Hodgson's woes mount as Cahill ruled out

England defender Gary Cahill has been ruled out of Euro 2012 with a double fracture of the jaw, the Football Association (FA) announced on Sunday.

The 26-year-old, who won the FA Cup and Champions League with Chelsea this past season, suffered the injury when he was shoved in the back by Belgium's Dries Mertens during the first half of a 1-0 friendly win at Wembley on Saturday and, as a result, collided with England goalkeeper Joe Hart.

He was sent for X-rays and now has become the third player to drop out of England manager Roy Hodgson's squad this week after midfielders Gareth Barry and Frank Lampard's hopes of playing in Poland and Ukraine were dashed by injury.