1.   Villa had suffered a double injury blow before manager Ron Atkinson had settled in the dugout.

2.   MIDDLESBROUGH striker Andy Payton has suffered another injury blow.

3.   Utility player John Moore has been hit by yet another injury blow.

4.   For McCague, who bowled badly in the first innings of the first test in Brisbane, it is just the latest injury blow.

5.   The Magpies had their own injury blow.

6.   In-form Sheffield Wednesdsday suffered a cruel double injury blow in the first-half, losing Jon Newsome and Graham Hyde to ankle injuries.

7.   It was a further injury blow to an Australian side already missing Michael Bevan and Shane Warne because of hamstring injuries.

8.   Alternatively, Hoddle could use this latest injury blow to bring back the enigmatic Matthew Le Tissier to renew his old Southampton partnership with Alan Shearer.

9.   England suffered a major injury blow on Friday when leading strike bowler Dominic Cork ruled himself out of the World Cup quarter-final against Sri Lanka.

10.   Linford Christie and Colin Jackson fell victim to a double injury blow at Crystal Palace Friday, just three weeks before the European Championships.