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We kick-off with Football and Wayne Rooney will miss Manchester United's Champions League clash with Valencia on Wednesday night.

Sir Alex Ferguson has told club officials the 24-year-old will not be fit enough to make the trip to Spain after being withdrawn with an ankle injury against Bolton on Sunday.

In another development Chelsea’s Frank Lampard faces at least another two weeks out as he recovers from a hernia operation.

This means Lampard will miss Chelsea's Champions League game against Marseille tonight at Stamford Bridge and two other key matches : the Premier League clash with Arsenal this weekend and England's Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro at Wembley on October 12th.
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Back on the pitch and in the S-League last night – Beijing Guoan got going in their tie against Gombak United and drew 1-all at the Yishun Stadium.

The match however was marred by the sending off of Yan Hai in the 68th minute.

In the Singapore Cup Quarter-final first-leg – Aleksander Duric scored a brace to help Tampines Rovers put one foot into the semis after defeating Balestier Khlasa 3-0 at the Tampines Stadium.

More Singapore Cup Quarter-final action tonight as Etoile FC will play their first-leg tie against Kitchee FC of Hong Kong at the Queenstown Stadium.

That tie will kick-off at 7:45pm.
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Finally in Formula One and in the aftermath of the Singapore Grand Prix – Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali believes the title will now be decided by a psychological battle between the drivers and not their cars.

After winning the Singapore Grand Prix, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso moved to second in the drivers' championship, just 11 points off leader Mark Webber, with the top five covered by just 25 points.

However Ferrari is at a disadvantage as Alonso has used all eight of his allocated engines for the season, and will have to make two used engines starting with the Japanese Grand Prix in 2 weeks time.
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