Toure ruled out of Benin clash

Toure suffered the injury while playing for Man City

Injury has forced Yaya Toure to withdraw from the Ivory Coast squad for Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Benin.

The England-based midfielder has not recovered from an injury he picked up at the weekend.

Toure hurt his right leg playing for Manchester City at Chelsea last weekend and would miss the match in Accra.

The Ivorian FA says newcomer Max-Alain Gradel of Leeds United was in line for a debut as a replacement.

Ivory Coast were due to host Benin in Abidjan but have had to move the game to neighbouring Ghana because of the security situation in the country.

Hundreds of people have died in Ivory Coast in the violent aftermath of a disputed November election.