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England & Arsenal Left-Back Ashley Cole Picks Up Injury For Arsenal Reserves V Spurs Denting Chances Of World Cup Fitness

Submitted by Scott Harkness on Tue, 28/02/2006 - 15:26.

England and Arsenal left-back Ashley Cole has injured his left-ankle in a reserves match against Tottenham Hotspur yesterday.

The England left-back is just returning to fitness after many months on the sidelines, and will be devastated at this latest setback.

Cole only managed to play 7 minutes of the reserve match against their local rivals before having to withdraw after badly twisting his ankle.

It is still to early to tell how bad the injury is, but it is nonetheless a major setback for the defender, who, at full fitness, is a certainty to join the England squad for the World Cup Finals in June.