Football: Nose surgery prevents Alex Hleb from trip to Austria

Belarus skipper Alex Hleb underwent a nose surgery in Stuttgart last week.  He was discharged but again admitted the next day after some complications were detected, reports Press Ball. According to Hleb, he suffered from headache and fever. He has to visit doctot for one week, so he will be unable to travel to Austria to cheer up Belarus team during international friendlies with Honduras and South Korea who are warming up before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

However, the player promised to come to Minsk for a friendly against Sweden.