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• France striker Benzema out of Belarus game (AP)
  Striker Karim Benzema has been ruled out of France's 2012 European Championship qualifier against Belarus after failing to recover from an ankle injury. The French federation said hours before Friday's game at the Stade de France that the Real Madrid forward had been ruled out after undergoing a fitness test in the morning.
• Essien puts Ghana career on hold (AP)
  Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac says Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien is putting his international career on hold to regain the form he enjoyed before sustaining the injuries that ruled him out of the World Cup. Essien injured a hamstring while playing for Chelsea last December and ruptured a cruciate ligament the following month while on Ghana duty at the African Cup of Nations.

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• I know how to be a top Gunner
  ANDREY ARSHAVIN has discovered how to be an effective force on the pitch for Arsenal
• We can't afford a stroll in the Park
  JI-SUNG PARK insists Man Utd are not happy with seven points from three games

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• Lampard: Chelsea veterans will keep getting better
  Frank Lampard has hit back at critics who claim Chelsea's squad is past it - and declared there is more to come from the Premier League champions.

  
  
  
• Villa interview Houllier
  Former Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier has emerged as a leading candidate to replace Martin O'Neill as Aston Villa manager after being interviewed by the club's owner Randy Lerner.