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SHEFFIELD reserve Paul Cooper is to have surgery to repair a badly broken ankle.Cooper crashed out of Sunday's defeat at Newcastle alongside partner RichardHall who has severe bruising of the leg.Said Cooper: "I'm going to be in hospital for a day or two more. I need a CT scan because there is a lot of damage to the ankle and then some sort of operation."

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RORY Schlein is ready to hand Coventry's play-off push a timely boost by returning from injury.Schlein has been named in the side for the trip to Belle Vue - exactly amonth after suffering multiple injuries.He said: "I know I can heal fast and the physio Carl Seal at Abbey Clinichas been spot-on with the machines we've used. I said all along I'd be back quickly."

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TUESDAY AUGUST 11:

NATIONAL LEAGUE: Isle of Wight v Weymouth 7.30

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12:

SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Poole v Swindon 7.30

PREMIER LEAGUE: Birmingham v Somerset 7.30, King's Lynn v Edinburgh 7.30

THURSDAY AUGUST 13:

SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Peterborough v Belle Vue 7.30

PREMIER LEAGUE: Sheffield v Newport 7.45

ANGLIAN PAIRS: Ipswich 7.30

PREMIER LEAGUE KOC: Redcar v Scunthorpe 7.30

NATIONAL LEAGUE KO CUP: Bournemouth v Plymouth 7.30

BRITISH UNDER-15 CHAMPIONSHIP: Isle of Wight 7.30


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