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Thailand’s Natthaphong Samana and Sinthaweechai Hathairattanakool are both suspended after they picked up yellow cards in their game last Saturday. Both of them will miss the match against Singapore in the qualifying tournament of the Asian Cup on Wednesday.

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Argentine football icon Diego Maradona was banned from all football by FIFA for two months. The sanction came in response to Maradona’s sexually-explicit rant after Argentina’s game against Uruguay in the World Cup qualifiers last October.

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Christiano Ronaldo has rejoined Real Madrid’s training and may play against FC Zurich in the Champions League on November 25.  The Portuguese star had been suffering from an ankle injury for almost two months.

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Mexico’s Antonio De Nigris who played for Larissa in Greece died last Monday, November 16.  The cause of death was still unconfirmed but was suspected to be of a heart attack. The 31-year old striker is survived by his wife Sonia and his five-year old daughter Miranda.