Argentine Gago may miss World Cup with knee injury

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina midfielder Fernando Gago could miss the World Cup after his club Boca Juniors said on Monday that he would need up to 60 days to recover from a knee injury. A scan revealed ligament damage after Gago suffered a hard knock during Boca's 0-0 draw at Colon in Santa Fe in an Argentine first division match on Sunday. "The midfielder suffered a grade two sprain in his left knee, with partial lesion of the collateral medial ligament," Boca said on their official website (www.bocajuniors.com.ar). Club doctors recommended the knee be immobilised for a fortnight and that Gago, who will miss the rest of the Argentine season which ends in mid-May, should then begin rehabilitation. Argentina play Bosnia-Herzegovina in Rio de Janeiro in their opening Group F match on June 15. They also face Iran and Nigeria in the group. (This story was refiled to fix headline) (Reporting by Rex Gowar, editing by Ed Osmond)