Knee injury ends Dieke's campaign (From Craven Herald)

Knee injury ends Dieke's campaign

11:38pm Sunday 29th July 2012 in National Sport © Press Association 2013

Great Britain defender Ifeoma Dieke has been ruled out of the rest of the Olympic football campaign after a scan revealed a cruciate knee ligament injury.

The Scottish player suffered the blow in the 3-0 win over Cameroon after going down in a battle for possession with opposition substitute Ajara Nchout and was carried off on a stretcher.

Women's coach Hope Powell sent the 31-year-old to have the injury assessed and the outcome means she is out of the tournament, team officials have confirmed.

The British Olympic Association have requested permission from the International Olympic Committee to bring Chelsea's versatile 24-year-old Dunia Susi into the squad as a replacement.

Great Britain have already qualified for the quarter-finals and play their final group game against Brazil at Wembley on Tuesday.