FC Utrecht News

The Godenzonen were unable to create any chances of note, and the winger's brace meant head coach Frank de Boer's first Eredivisie loss on home soil Utrecht have recorded a 2-0 win over Ajax at the Amsterdam ArenA in Sunday afternoon's Eredivisie encounter.

The home side somewhat surprisingly opened the scoring after the interval, but the Sweden international rescued a point for the Boeren PSV were held to a 1-1 away draw by Utrecht in Sunday's Eredivisie encounter at the Galgenwaard.

I missed it in the shuffle of the new year but the seemingly-inevitable has happened.

Zambia coach Herve Renard has said he remains positive despite his 2012A Africa CupA of Nations preparations being hit by injuries.

Zambia have given up hope Dutch-based striker Jacob Mulenga will recover in time from injury and left him out of their preliminary squad for next month's African Nations Cup finals.