MOSCOW (AP) " Russia left injured midfielder Alan Dzagoev and defender Mario Fernandes out of its squad Monday for next month's Confederations Cup. CSKA Moscow said Fernandes, a naturalized Brazilian right back, will need an operation on his nose. The injuries are another blow to Russia, which already lost Zenit St. Petersburg goalkeeper Andrei Lunyov from its original 30-man preliminary squad when he was injured last week. Lunyov has been replaced by Arsenal Tula goalkeeper Vladimir Gabulov in the 28-man list of players heading to a pre-tournament training camp in Austria. Russia will unveil a final 23-man squad by June 7.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 23, 2017 08:08 UTC