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Vol. 5 Num 845 Tue. October 10, 2006  
   
Sports


Poldi to play against Slovakia


Germany international striker Lukas Podolski has been hit with a two-match friendly ban after lashing out at Blackburn Rovers' Georgian defender Zurab Khizanishvili.

A sports tribunal at the German football federation (DFB) on Monday banned Podolski for two games after he kicked Khizanishvili during the friendly against Georgia, which Germany won 2-0.

Since the incident - which led to Podolski being sent off - occurred in a friendly, the ban does not rule the Bayern Munich striker out of Wednesday's Euro 2008 qualifier against Slovakia.