Bacuna: Aston Villa’s Leandro Bacuna will serve a six-game ban for barging an assistant referee. The Dutchman, who plays as a midfielder and as a full-back, was dismissed by referee Andre Marriner in the 94th minute of the 1-0 victory over Derby in the Sky Bet Championship last Saturday. He shoved assistant Mark Russell after a throw-in was awarded to the Rams.

Bale: Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale has been suspended for two La Liga matches for his dismissal against Las Palmas on Wednesday. The Wales international was shown a straight red card in the 3-3 home draw for a second-half kick and shove at opponent Jonathan Viera. Bale will miss Real’s La Liga clashes with Eibar today and Real Betis next weekend. He has also been fined €600 and the club €700 . Real have 10 working days to appeal.

Tite: Uncapped Benfica goalkeeper Ederson has been called into the Brazilian squad for World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Paraguay later this month, national coach Tite said yesterday. Flamengo midfielder Diego and Sport forward Diego Souza were two other surprise inclusions in a squad that will be missing Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus, who is injured. Brazil face Uruguay in Montevideo on March 23 and Paraguay in Sao Paulo five days later.

Grosskreutz: World Cup winner Kevin Grosskreutz has left Stuttgart by mutual consent after being hospitalised in an altercation in the German city. The 28-year-old reportedly received a head injury in the incident in Stuttgart city centre earlier on Tuesday. Grosskreutz, who was part of the victorious Germany squad at the 2014 World Cup, was released from his contract with the 2. Bundesliga leaders yesterday.

Mkhitaryan: Henrikh Mkhitaryan will miss Manchester United’s Premier League clash with Bournemouth with a hamstring complaint. The attacking midfielder missed last weekend’s EFL Cup final with an injury that could also keep him out of next week’s Europa League last-16 first leg at Rostov. Phil Jones is pushing for a return after a foot injury, but Bastian Schweinsteiger is a doubt with an unspecified knock.

Championship: Birmingham vs Leeds United 1-3.

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