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The hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be announced today at FIFA House after a fierce bidding campaign dogged by allegations of bribery and collusion.

Australian midfielder Tim Cahill was distraught after his red card in his side's 4-0 defeat to Germany, describing his dismissal against Germany in their World Cup opener as the saddest moment of his career. Cahill was sent off in the 56th minute

Karim Benzema, Patrick Vieira and Samir Nasri were shock omissions from Raymond Domenech's provisional 30-man World Cup squad. Striker Karim Benzema, a rare starter at Real Madrid, has been left out as Domenech has called up five uncapped players

Germany manager Joachim Low has included a couple of surprise selections in Dennis Aogo and Holger Badstuber in his provisional squad for this summer's World Cup. Hamburg defender Aogo and Bayern Munich's Badstuber were named in the 27-man squad

Wayne Rooney, who has missed several games for Manchester United recently due to ankle and groin injuries, believes England could benefit from his enforced absence.

Jose Mourinho has dismissed reports claiming he is to coach Ghana in their World Cup campaign. It was claimed over the weekend that Ghana had made the Portuguese a $1million deal to manage them in South Africa. The reports came despite the fact Ghana

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres will miss the rest of the season following knee surgery. The Spanish international underwent knee surgery in January, but he has been troubled by the problem for a number of weeks. A Liverpool spokesman said: "It

Chelsea have confirmed that Ashley Cole will be unavailable for out for three months after fracturing his left ankle on Wednesday. The left-back sustained the injury in the Blues' 2-1 defeat to Everton at Goodison Park in a challenge with Landon Donovan

FIFA have named the seeding for Friday's draw for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.

Thierry Henry has admitted that he contemplated retiring from international football after being overwhelmed by the furore over last week's handball controversy. The Frenchman dominated the headlines last week after he handled the ball before laying on for William Gallas to equalise against Ireland, a result which saw France progress to South Africa 2-1 on aggregate.