David Moyes provides Rooney head injury update

David Moyes has delivered a positive update on Wayne Rooney's situation but refused to reveal whether when the striker can be considered for selection.
The Reds' No10 sustained a nasty head injury in training ahead of the trip to Liverpool in the previous Barclays Premier League fixture and also missed England's World Cup qualifying double-header against Moldova and Ukraine.
Naturally, United are keen to be cautious with Rooney due to the nature of the injury.
"He's in great physical shape but obviously he's got the cut right in the middle of his forehead which could split where the skin is very thin," stated Moyes. "He's had the stitches out and it's knitted well.
"We've just got to see where the level of risk is with his head injury."
Wilfried Zaha, meanwhile, will not be any more likely to feature against Crystal Palace simply because he signed from the Eagles.
"We've been pleased with Wilfried," explained the boss. "He's been quite bright over the few days since he's been back. He got a couple of games for the England Under-21s and is one of the most promising players on the way up.
"The fact that it's his old club in this game won't change my views in any way but he's someone who we hope he can continue to

Kaka raring to go ahead of debut, says Allegri

Brazilian forward Kaka will make his debut for AC Milan Saturday when the Rossoneri visit Torino hoping to make amends after losing their first game of the season.

Kaka spent six highly successful seasons with Milan from 2003-2009, winning the Champions League and Ballon d'Or trophy for the world's best player before signing for Real Madrid.

But, unsettled at the Santiago Bernabeu and with one eye on next year's World Cup, he returned to the San Siro amid much fanfare two weeks ago, when he signed a two-year deal following a free transfer from Real.

Despite lacking full match fitness, Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri confirmed that Kaka can't wait to take to the field in what should be an emotional return for the 31-year-old.

"Kaka is in good shape physically and has trained well and enthusiastically," said Allegri Friday.

"I think he'll be a bit emotional ahead of his debut tomorrow and that's normal as he's lacking a bit of match fitness. That will come with time."

Milan are the only expected title contenders in Serie A to have dropped points in their opening two league games, following an opening day reverse away to promoted Verona.

Napoli sit top ahead of Inter on goal difference, while Roma, Fiorentina and Juventus also have six points each.

With Milan hosting Celtic Wednesday in their first Champions League group match of the season, Allegri hinted that he may rest Mario Balotelli and give Alessandro Matri, recently signed from Juventus, a run out.

"I have to think about the starting line-up, whether it's Balotelli, or Matri or one of the others," said the Italian.

"Robinho is ready and he's on good form. He's scoring too. We're in good shape up front. I just have to choose who'll start."

QUANTUM OF PUNISHMENT

S Sreesanth : Banned for life after being found guilty of underperforming for a reward and ensuring the occurrence of an event during a match while knowing it is the subject of a bet. Also accused of receiving payment or gift for the possibility of bringing cricket into disrepute and failing to report an approach by bookmakers to fix a match to BCCI's anti-corruption unit.

Ankeet Chavan : Banned for life after being found guilty of underperforming for a reward and ensuring the occurrence of an event during a match while knowing it is the subject of a bet. Also accused of receiving payment or gift for the possibility of bringing cricket into disrepute.

Amit Singh: Banned for five years for soliciting other players for match-fixing in the IPL and failing to report an approach by bookmakers to fix a match to BCCI's anti-corruption unit. Also found guilty of failing to report to the BCCI about another player being approached by a bookie.

Siddharth Trivedi: Banned for one year for receiving payment or gift for the possibility of bringing cricket into disrepute and failing to report an approach by bookmakers to fix a match to the BCCI anti-corruption unit.

Harmeet Singh: Let off due to lack of evidence. Was accused of failing to report to the BCCI ACU the knowledge of another player being approached by a bookie.

Ajit Chandila: Prosecution in process. Charges: Same as those for Sreesanth. 

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All eyes on Yuvraj as India A face WI A

BANGALORE: Yuvraj Singh would be the cynosure of all eyes when he captains India A, a team on a roll after the clean sweep against New Zealand A, in an ODI series against the West Indies A starting on Sunday.
India A: Yuvraj Singh (Capt.), Unmukt Chand, Robin Uthappa, Baba Aparajith, Kedar Jadhav, Naman Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, Siddharth Kaul, Jaydev Unadkat, Vinay Kumar, Sumit Narwal, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mandeep Singh, Rahul Sharma.

West Indies A: Kieran Powell (Capt.), Veerasammy Permaul, Ronsford Beaton, Nkrumah Bonner, Jonathan Carter, Sheldon Cottrell, Miguel Cummins, Narsingh Deonarine, Kirk Edwards, Andre Fletcher, Leon Johnson, Nikita Miller, Ashley Nurse, Andre Russell, and Devon Thomas.

PCB hoping for tri-series invite in India

KARACHI: Desperate for regular cricket clashes with India, the PCB is hoping to convince the BCCI to host a tri-series later this year when the officials from the two boards come face to face during an Asian Cricket Council meeting in Chennai on Saturday.
Reliable sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board said that chief operating officer Subhan Ahmad will not only attend a meeting of the ACC but also hold discussions with BCCI officials.

Liverpool double

It's a Liverpool double: Barclays Player of the Month for August is Daniel Sturridge; Barclays Manager of the Month for August is Brendan Rodgers.