Briefs: Capel sidelined, African draw rescheduled
Reuters - Thursday 09 October 2008, 10:39
Sevilla winger Diego Capel will be sidelined for
up to four weeks with the muscle injury that forced him out of
the Spain squad for their forthcoming World Cup qualifiers, the
Primera Liga club said on their website.
Capel was replaced by Liverpool's Albert Riera on Tuesday,
for the trips to face Estonia and Belgium in qualifying Group
Five.
The draw for the last phase of Africa's 2010 World
Cup qualifiers has been changed by FIFA from October 24 to October
22, world football's governing body said on Thursday.
The draw will be held in Zurich and divide the last 20
contenders into five groups of four.
The group winners will qualify for the World Cup finals in
South Africa, while the top three finishers will participate in
the 2010 African Nations Cup finals in Angola.
Only Benin, Cameroon and Nigeria have already secured their
berths, but the other 17 qualifiers will be known after second
round group phase is completed this weekend.
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