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Cannavaro ruled out of Euro
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NewsByte on 03 June, 2008 02:04:42
 
Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro was ruled out of the upcoming Euro 2008
championships after suffering a left ankle injury according to Ansa press
agency.
The replacement for the 34-year-old Real Madrid defender - capped 116 times -
will be announced soon, the Italian Football Federation informed Ansa on Monday.
Cannavaro - who will hold a press conference on Monday - suffered the injury
during a training session at their Austrian base, just hours after Italy arrived
in the country.
He underwent scans at a hospital in Modling, 15 kilometres south of Vienna,
after colliding with Giorgio Chiellini during the practice match and was
subsequently transferred to another hospital in Vienna.
Cannavaro underwent an MRI scan, after which the doctor Franz Maria Kainberger,
who was interviewed by Ansa, said the centre-back had suffered a double sprain
of his ankle and that an operation might be needed.
The centre-back left the hospital during the evening and went back to Italy's
hotel in Baden to rejoin his team-mates.
Cannavaro, who led Italy to the World Cup title in 2006, had been prone on the
ground for around 20 minutes and carried off on a stretcher.
He has been replaced by Fiorentina's 26-year-old defensive rock Alessandro
Gamberini.