Freak accident rules Sweden keeper out of opening match

Sweden goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson is out of his country’s opening Group B encounter with Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday after suffering a bout of concussion.

The 24-year-old Rennes custodian, who would have been in the starting line-up to face the World Cup debutants, was struck on the head by a close-range drive from former Rennes team-mate Kim Kallstrom in training on Wednesday.