Columbia’s talismanic striker Radamel Falcao will not play in this year’s World Cup after losing his battle with fitness. Falcao has been out of action since January after picking up a serious knee injury with his club AS Monaco. The diminutive forward was unable to recover in time for the world’s biggest football tournament and he was subsequently left out of the 23 man squad named by national coach Jose Pekerman yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »