If Sheahan's suspension from all rugby is confirmed, he will miss the World Cup in Australia.
At his peak Younis was unplayable but his ferocious action has led to back problems which caused him to miss the 1992 World Cup and almost all the 1995 season.
That caused him to miss the Sydney World Cup and his senior debut at the World Championships in Los Angeles - the scene of his World Junior track triumph last year.
As well as ruling him out of action for Spurs, the injury also saw Modric miss four key World Cup qualifying matches for Croatia, including the 5-1 defeat to England at Wembley, as they failed to qualify for the 2010 finals in South Africa.
Reaching South Africa had been a long-held mission for Egypt, who last qualified for the 1990 World Cup, yet a lacklustre display means they miss the continent's first World Cup.
Kempson said he was "gutted" to miss out of the World Cup for the second time in his career.
BBC: Kempson is missing out on the World Cup for a second time
He will miss England's World Cup qualifier with Croatia on 9 September.
The U.S. men's national soccer team is going to stub all 10 of its toes in qualifying and miss out on a World Cup.
The Fulham midfielder has suffered ill-affects of a previous stress fracture and is set to miss Wales' 2010 World Cup qualifier in Azerbaijan on 6 June.
But Toshack hoped that Davies would have continued at international level until long-term injury absentees Aaron Ramsey and Jack Collison, the Premier League stars who will miss Wales' first three World Cup qualifiers, return to full fitness in the new year.
Montgomery, who could have been a shock inclusion in the South Africa side for the World Cup, will miss the competition, which starts in Australia in October.
Rooney, who had a hugely disappointing World Cup, is likely to miss England's friendly with France on 17 November.
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The 22-year-old Flood, who will provide England with another goal-kicking option, was unlucky to miss out on the original 30-man World Cup squad.
Ireland fly-half David Humphreys and another World Cup prospect Jonathan Bell will both miss the Ravenhill game.
Ferdinand is recovering from the knee injury that ruled him out of the 2010 World Cup and which will see him miss the start of the domestic season.
Though Nike recently warned investors that it would miss fourth quarter estimates, the company says the World Cup has already been a boon to sales, with soccer-related revenue up 39% in the last three months.
Former women's overall World Cup winner Nicole Hosp is also injured and will miss the Vancouver Games in February.
Eto'o will miss the remainder of Barcelona's Champions League group games, the Fifa Club World Cup and up to 20 league matches.
Downhill world champion John Kucera and World Cup slalom champion Jean-Baptiste Grange are just two who will miss next year's Winter Olympics through injury.
Sangakkara is set to miss only the first six weeks of the season after the proposed Asia Cup and the ICC World Twenty20 in the Caribbean, which is scheduled to end on 19 May.
The South Africa Football Association have confirmed he will miss the tournament that kicks off on 14 June and serves as a dress rehearsal for the 2010 World Cup.
Ponting is now set to miss the Twenty20 matches and one-day series with England but is expected to be fit for the World Cup, which starts on 19 February.
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