MANCHESTER, England - Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick was ruled out for about four weeks on Friday, just as another

MANCHESTER, England - Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick was ruled out for about four weeks on Friday, just as another of manager Louis van Gaals vice-captains prepared to end his 12-year stay at Old Trafford. Vapormax Plus Kopen .Carrick has a muscle injury and could miss up to six games, depriving the team of a player who has been instrumental in its improved results since November.The England international has shored up Uniteds midfield since returning from a long-term injury during the 1-0 loss to Manchester City on Nov. 2. United has lost only once in 14 games since then, and is fourth in the English Premier League heading into Saturdays home match against Leicester.Van Gaal also said Darren Fletcher, who like Carrick is a deputy to captain Wayne Rooney, is at West Ham ahead of a potential move to Upton Park. The Scotland midfielder has struggled for first-team opportunities under Van Gaal.Fletcher made his United debut in 2003, and has played 342 times despite missing almost two years due to ulcerative colitis, a debilitating illness.He is an important guy in the dressing room. I like him as a human being and as a player. We shall miss him, Van Gaal said.But he has not played so many times; always that is the main goal of a player. We have talked about that. He prefers to play. Therefore, we have helped him to go away. For us, it is a miss, a loss.United announced the signing of 20-year-old right back Sadiq El Fitouri from local side Salford City, which is co-owned by former United stars Gary Neville, Phil Neville and Paul Scholes.The Libya-born El Fitouri, who spent time at Manchester City as a teenager, made his debut only in December for seventh-tier Salford, and impressed during a weeks trial at United.He has signed an 18-month contract and will start in the United Under-21s. 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Chika Amalaha tested positive for the diuretic amiloride and masking agent hydrochlorothiazide -- both banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency -- after winning the 53-kilogram weight class last Friday, games officials said. Shes the first athlete to test positive during the games, which opened last Wednesday night. Amalaha asked for the backup "B" sample to be tested, which will happen in London on Wednesday. If that sample also comes back positive, she will be stripped of her medal. "It sends a strong message to anybody in any sport that if you go down the path of doping, any substance to enhance performance, they will be caught," Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive Mike Hooper said. Its the second Commonwealth Games in a row that Nigeria has been in the doping spotlight. Four years ago in New Delhi, three of the four doping cases involved Nigerian runners, including womens 100-meter gold medallist Osayomi Oludamola. Meanwhile, the king of the track met with British royalty in the athletes village. Prince William and his brother, Prince Harry, met Jamaicas Usain Bolt, the multiple Olympic sprint champion and world record-hollder over 100 and 200 metres. Off White Vapormax Nederland. . Harry posed for a photo with Bolt, who is running in the 4x100 relay this week. William was reported to have jokingly said to Bolt as he approached him: "Whats all the fuss about?" Elsewhere at the games on Tuesday: CANADIANS, KIWIS 1-2: Catharine Pendrel of Canada, the 2011 mountain bike cross-country world champion who finished ninth at the 2012 London Olympics, won gold in the womens cross-country race at the Cathkin Braes Country Park course in Glasgow. Her Canadian teammate Emily Batty took the silver, with Rebecca Anderson of Australia earning the bronze. "We trained well as a team," Pendrel said. "I knew from training and the nationals that Emily was on fire, so Im proud she got silver." In the mens race, New Zealanders were 1-2, with Anton Cooper beating Samuel Gaze by just three seconds for gold. Australian Daniel McDonnell took the bronze. SHOOTING FOR GOLD: Australian shooters won both golds on offer in early events, with English and Indian competitors taking the minor medals. Adam Vella defeated Aaron Heading of England in the mens trap final, and Manavjit Sandhu of India took the bronze. David Chapman of Australia took gold in the 25-meter rapid-fire pistol, Indias Harpreet Singh took silver and Kristian Callaghan of England earned the bronze. ' ' '