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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Eduardo Herrera's debut goal secures victory

Mexico completed a successful international break with a 1-0 win over Paraguay in a bruising encounter.

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Santos: Portugal attitude was fine in Cape Verde defeat

Portugal suffered an embarrassing 2-0 loss to Cape Verde on Tuesday but head coach Fernando Santos had no issue with his team's attitude.

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Bayern face anxious wait over Alaba injury

There are fears Bayern Munich's David Alaba could be facing a lengthy lay-off after he suffered a knee injury playing for Austria.

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Cricket World Cup star Mitchell Starc sidelined for up to three weeks

Starc experienced soreness in his knee towards the end of the World Cup

Set for short period of recovery before heading off for Test tours

Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc, the player of the tournament at the recent cricket World Cup, will be out for up to three weeks after suffering a minor knee injury.

The 25-year-old left-arm paceman climbed to the top of the world’s one-day international rankings for bowlers after taking 22 wickets in Australia’s World Cup winning campaign but suffered a left knee niggle during the closing stages.

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England’s Andros Townsend hits back at critics after Italy draw

• Winger ‘desperate to get on the pitch and silence a few critics’

• Roy Hodgson says Tottenham player ‘is a game-changer’

• Italy 1-1 England: Daniel Taylor’s match report

• Dominic Fifield: Kane gets real taste of international football against Italy

• Simon Burnton: Five talking points from the Turin friendly

Andros Townsend secured England an unlikely draw in Italy before hitting back at his critics, and primarily the former Arsenal winger Paul Merson, for questioning his original selection in the national squad.

The Tottenham Hotspur forward, who was described as a “game-changer” by Roy Hodgson after his cameo here, was summoned from the bench in the second half and thumped in his side’s equaliser from distance 11 minutes from time. The 23-year-old had scored on his England debut against Montenegro in October 2013 to help propel England to the World Cup, only to be ruled out of the tournament through injury.

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