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London: Arsenal winger Theo Walcott will miss Sunday's League Cup Final against Birmingham after sustaining a sprained ankle in his side's 1-0 win against Stoke at the Emirates.Captain Cesc Fabregas is also a doubt for the Wembley fixture after suffering a hamstring strain earlier in the same match.Walcott looked to fall awkwardly under a challenge from Dean Whitehead and was carried off on a stretcher.The fact the injury was sustained against Stoke, whose defender Ryan Shawcross broke young Arsenal star Aaron Ramsey's leg on their last visit to the Emirates, was not lost on manager Arsene Wenger."We cannot tell how long Theo will be out for but he is definitely out for Sunday," Wenger said. "Theo is disappointed of course.
Madrid:     Cristiano Ronaldo, the world's most expensive footballer, will soon resume full training after passing medical tests on his troublesome ankle.Madrid said Tuesday that Ronaldo will continue with his planned recovery program until Friday when he will take part in a regular training session with the squad. Madrid did not say whether the Portugal forward would be available for Saturday's league match against Racing Santander.Professor Niek van Dijk performed the examination on the 24-year-old.
Milan had already qualified and Lens tied 3-3 at last place Bayern Munich.Barcelona wound up the only one of the 32 first round teams to have a perfect record of six wins by beating Galatasaray 3-1. In the same group, Lokomotiv scored a 2-0 victory over Brugge to jump from last and take second spot, leaving the Belgians with the consolation of a place in the third round of the UEFA Cup.The draws for both competitions are on Friday in Geneva.The three final qualifiers joined three Spanish clubs, defending and nine-time champion Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, Italy's Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan and AS Roma, England's Manchester United and Arsenal, Germany's Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund,algeria world cup jersey, the Netherlands' Ajax Amsterdam and Switzerland's FC Basel in the second round.The eight group winners - Real Madrid, Barcelona,2014 world cup jerseys, Valencia,england world cup jersey, Arsenal, Manchester United, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus - are seeded in Friday's round so that they can't meet each other in the next phase.Juan Sebastian Veron and Ruud van Nistelrooy scored the goals as Manchester United made sure of top spot in Group F.