Madrid  - Spanish Liga club Espanyol announced on Wednesday that captain Raul Tamudo would be out of action for around two months.

Tamudo, 30, has torn the femoral biceps muscle in his left leg, according to the club doctors. The injury was suffered in Sunday's 1-0 home defeat against Sporting Gijon, a result which led to coach Bartolome Marquez being replaced by Mane.

Tamudo was expected to be part of the Spain squad at Euro 2008 but missed the tournament due to a broken arm.

Brussels - Standard Liege striker Milan Jovanivic is linked with a winter break move to a top club such as Real Madrid or Bayern Munich, according to Belgian news reports on Wednesday.

The Het Laatste Nieuws daily said that the German champions Munich were ready to splash out 10 million euros (12.6 million dollars) for the 27-year-old Serbian marksman, who has a contract at Staadard until 2010.

But Munich coach Juergen Klinsmann said on Wednesday that he "knows nothing" about such a plan.

London  - Sometimes a team's greatest strength can be its greatest weakness.

Nicolas Anelka has scored 12 Premier League goals for Chelsea this season, making him the top-scorer in the division by four.

But a curious fact about the distribution of those goals perhaps reveals a greater truth about Chelsea's true strength this season, and explains their comparatively disappointing home form.

Kiev - Bad weather forced Greek football side Olympiakos to make an unscheduled landing and an unplanned 500-kilometre journey by bus ahead of a UEFA Cup match on Wednesday, Korrespondent magazine reported Tuesday.

The Athens club had been en route to the city Kharkiv to play Metalist when fog closed in on the east Ukrainian city's airport.

Olympiakos players and staff landed at the main airport of the Ukrainian capital Kiev in the early afternoon and, after delays, continued on to Kharkiv by hired bus.

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