Source: Daily_Mail
What the back pages say on Monday, April 19: Fernando Torres faces fitness race for World Cup
DAILY MAIL: Fernando Torres is battling to be fit for the World Cup after an operation on his right knee in Barcelona last night ruled him out for the rest of the season. READ MORE[LNB]Also: The brother of Manchester United starlet Mame Biram Diouf was assaulted outside Eastlands on Saturday as violence once again marred the Manchester derby. READ MORE[LNB] Struggling: Spaniard Torres had an operation in his homeland[LNB]THE SUN: Fernando Torres will miss the rest of the season - but should be fit for the World Cup.[LNB] Also: Gianfranco Zola insists he will not hold showdown talks about his future until he has kept West Ham in the Premier League.[LNB]DAILY MIRROR: Fernando Torres will miss the rest of the season after having a second operation on his knee last night. [LNB]Also: Roy Hodgson has urged UEFA to play fair with Fulham's European adventure.[LNB]DAILY STAR: Sir Alex Ferguson will quit Manchester United at the end of next season - and Jose Mourinho will succeed him. [LNB]Also: Fernando Torres is facing a fight to be fit for the World Cup after a knee op last night.[LNB]THE INDEPENDENT: Liverpool's miserable season has been capped by confirmationthat Fernando Torres will not play again this campaign, with the Spaniard havingundergone a second operation last night on the right knee which kept him out for six weeks in the winter. [LNB]Also: A new pitch is being laid at Wembley following criticism of the playing surface there, with work commencing yesterday.[LNB]THE TIMES: The Formula One circus has been spectacularly grounded by the Iceland volcano that has shut down European airspace and threatens to disrupt a growing list of sporting fixtures from Europa League football to England's departure for cricket's Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean. [LNB] Derby delight: Paul Scholes scores United's winner at Eastlands[LNB]Also: Kevin Pietersen and fellow players in Bangalore were meeting last night to consider an emergency security report from Reg Dickinson as the Indian Premier League semi-finals were switched to Mumbai in a bid to assuage fresh concerns after the bombings near the stadium on Saturday night.[LNB]DAILY EXPRESS: Fernando Torres has played his last game for Liverpool this season after undergoing surgery on his right knee in Spain. [LNB]Also: Arsene Wenger gave his players a coating after their title hopes were Pole-axed by an horrendous error from goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski at Wigan.[LNB]DAILY TELEGRAPH: The Professional Cricketers' Association is investigating claims that players were put under pressure to go ahead with Saturday's Indian Premier League match between Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians despite a bomb blast outside the stadium in Bangalore. [LNB]Also: Liverpool striker Fernando Torres will not play again this season - and is a doubt for Spain's World Cup squad - after undergoing a second operation in four months on torn cartilage in his troublesome knee in Barcelona last night.[LNB]THE GUARDIAN: Manchester United's jubilation after a weekend that reinvigoratedtheir title hopes has been tempered by the news that the brother of their striker Mame Biram Diouf was beaten up during a prolonged outbreak of violence after the derby victory against Manchester City. [LNB]Also: Indian sports officials and police yesterday insisted the Commonwealth Games in Delhi this year would be safe for athletes and spectators, despite rising security fears in the wake of a double bomb blast at an Indian Premier League match in Bangalore. [LNB]
