Great Britain’s Olympic dreams suffered an unexpected setback at Old Trafford last night as Moussa Konate’s late equaliser for Senegal earned them a 1-1 draw.

Diego Forlan has been handed the captaincy for Uruguay after defender Diego Lugano failed to make a full recovery from a knee injury for tonight’s World Cup semi-final against Holland.

HOWARD WEBB is still in with a chance of refereeing the World Cup final after he was one of 10 referees retained by FIFA yesterday until the end of the tournament.

Lionel Messi is starting for Argentina in their World Cup quarter-final against Germany today.

DEFENDER Martin Demichelis and substitute Martin Palermo succeeded where Argentina’s multi-talented strikeforce had failed as they scored the goals to break Greece’s resilience and end their World Cup hopes at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane last night.

Goalkeeper Robert Green paid the price for his blunder against the United States as he was replaced by David James for the World Cup meeting with Algeria in Cape Town.

Nemanja Vidic faces an anxious wait to find out how much damage his red card in the Club World Cup final win over LDU Quito will have on Manchester United’s Champions League defence.

Nemanja Vidic will get at least a one-match European ban, and possibly three, following his dismissal in the FIFA Club World Cup Final today.

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Wayne Rooney returned to the Manchester United starting line-up for their Club World Cup final clash with LDU Quito.