Cole ruled out of qualifiers

Arsenal left back Ashley Cole will miss England's two decisive World Cup qualifiers against Austria and Poland after suffering a stress fracture of his foot. England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson told a news conference yesterday that Cole would be out...

Arsenal left back Ashley Cole will miss England's two decisive World Cup qualifiers against Austria and Poland after suffering a stress fracture of his foot.

England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson told a news conference yesterday that Cole would be out for at least a month, ruling him out of Saturday's game against the Austrians and their final qualifier a week on Wednesday against group leaders Poland.

Liverpool's Stephen Warnock has already been called up as cover, Eriksson said. England are already missing right back Gary Neville through injury.

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