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William Gallas stripped of Arsenal captaincy William Gallas has been stripped of the Arsenal captaincy and dropped from the squad to face Manchester City at Eastlands tomorrow, according to the France Football website. Injured Dimitar Berbatov ruled out for ten days Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, was left to curse the international fixture calendar last night after Dimitar Berbatov was ruled out for up to ten days by an injury suffered when playing for Bulgaria this week. Gianluigi Buffon 'will not join Manchester City' Claudio Ranieri, the Juventus head coach, has dismissed rumours that Gianluigi Buffon is set for a big-money move to Manchester City. England call on Tim Payne to combat Springboks Front-row play, Graham Rowntree said yesterday, is a smart man?s game, a powerful man?s game. The scrum coach will hope, therefore, that Tim Payne lives up to that description after England, reluctantly, acknowledged that the London Wasps loose-head prop will start against South Africa at Twickenham tomorrow because of the withdrawal of Andrew Sheridan. Ricky Hatton out to prove he is not 'past it' Ricky Hatton is aiming to put the record straight against Paulie Malignaggi on Saturday night after admitting he looked like he was "past it" in his last fight.