McGeady to miss World Cup qualifiers

Aiden McGeady is out of Ireland’s World Cup qualifiers against Sweden and Austria after suffering an injury setback.

The winger’s troublesome knee problem flared up again on Wednesday while training with his club, Spartak Moscow.

It had been reported the 27-year-old would make his comeback from a three-week lay-off for the Russian club in last night’s Europa League fixture but he didn’t feature in the 4-2 defeat — a 5-3 aggregate exit — against Swiss club St Gallen.