MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the World Cup (all times local):
3:20 p.m.
Midfielder Abel Aguilar won’t play for Colombia on Thursday against Senegal because of a left adductor injury.
Aguilar was injured in the first half of Colombia’s 3-0 victory over Poland last Sunday in Kazan and had to be stretchered off the field.
Colombia coach Jose Peckerman said Aguilar would not be available in the team’s decisive final group match in Samara, but he did not rule the 33-year-old veteran out of the rest of the tournament should Colombia advance.
Aguilar underwent an MRI to determine the extent of the injury. Peckerman said Wednesday the injury was not as serious as feared but it would still keep him out of the group finale.
Aguilar was replaced against Poland by Mateus Uribe.
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2:50 p.m.
Injured defender Dani Alves has visited Brazil’s national team ahead of its match against Serbia.
The Paris Saint-Germain player was dropped from the World Cup squad because of a right knee injury but will watch Wednesday’s match in Moscow.
Alves had lunch with his former teammates at the hotel where Brazil is staying.
He says he needed to show his “good vibe” to the players on this important day for the team.
Alves says it will be special for him to watch the Selecao from the stands for the first time.
Brazil needs at least a draw against Serbia to advance to the round of 16.
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12:25 p.m.
Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona says he is well after requiring medical treatment at a World Cup game in Russia.
Footage posted on social media showed Maradona apparently disoriented and being helped to climb stairs at Argentina’s 2-1 win over Nigeria on Tuesday.
He had earlier been seen reacting emotionally to the game and showing a middle-finger salute when Argentina scored. TV footage also showed Maradona with his eyes closed for part of the game.
Maradona says he was dizzy and his “neck hurt a lot,” so he was examined at the stadium.
Writing on Instagram underneath a picture of himself with medical staff, Maradona says, “I was checked by a doctor and he recommended me to go home before the second half, but I wanted to stay because we were risking it all. How could I leave?”
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