Gerrard ruled out with groin injury

Soccer: Steven Gerrard will miss England’s World Cup qualifier against Belarus tomorrow because of a groin injury.

Soccer:Steven Gerrard will miss England's World Cup qualifier against Belarus tomorrow because of a groin injury.

The Liverpool captain picked up the injury during Saturday’s 1-0 defeat in Ukraine and limped out of this morning’s training session.

England boss Fabio Capello said: “He didn’t finish training because the pain was the same as yesterday. He’s going back to Liverpool.”

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