Preston striker Milutin Osmajic has been charged with violent conduct after allegedly biting an opponent during last week's goalless draw with Blackburn in the English Championship.

The Montenegro international is alleged to have bitten Rovers defender Owen Beck, who was sent off for kicking out at Duane Holmes in the same incident late in the second-tier game at Deepdale on Sunday.

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"Milutin Osmajic has been charged following Preston North End's EFL Championship game against Blackburn Rovers on Sunday, 22 September," said a Football Association statement.

"It's alleged that the forward committed an act of violent conduct by biting an opponent around the 87th minute."

Osmajic, 25, has until Monday to provide a response.

Blackburn boss John Eustace said in his post-match press conference: "(Beck's) got a big bite mark on the back of his neck. He's shown all the lads. He's a little bit quiet, a little bit shook up."

Former Uruguay forward Luis Suarez, now of Inter Miami, served a number of bans during his career for biting incidents, including a 10-game ban when playing for Liverpool.

<h3>West Ham boss rules himself out after calf injury</h3>

West Ham manager Julen Lopetegui jokingly ruled himself out of his side's next game after ending up on crutches following their heavy League Cup loss away to Liverpool.

Football injuries are usually confined to the players, but so incensed was Loptegui by the London club's performance during Wednesday's thumping 5-1 defeat, he hurt his calf as he jumped in frustration.

The Spaniard hobbled around West Ham's training ground on Thursday and could still be using crutches for the Premier League match at London rivals Brentford on Saturday.

"I can't play in this match, for sure," Lopetegui joked. "I have a little injury in my calf. But it's not important. I don't play so it's not important."

The former Spain and Real Madrid boss, who replaced David Moyes at West Ham, is under increasing pressure just months into his new job after a poor start to the season.

The club are 14th in the Premier League table after just one win in their first five matches.

"We know we have to improve," said Lopetegui, who will be without Edson Alvarez against Brentford following the midfielder's red card on Wednesday.

"We are just starting. The demand is high. The Premier League is going to be long for all of us and these players are going to improve. I am sure of this.

"It's true we need one win and we want to win the next match. The next challenge is Brentford. A very good team, a very complete team. Very strong away and especially at home."

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Preston striker Milutin Osmajic has been charged with violent conduct after allegedly biting an opponent during last week's goalless draw with Blackburn in the English Championship.

Preston striker Milutin Osmajic has been charged with violent conduct after allegedly biting an opponent during last week's goalless draw with Blackburn in the English Championship. The Montenegro international is alleged to have bitten Rovers defender Owen Beck, who was sent off for kicking out at Duane Holmes in the same incident late in the second-tier game at Deepdale on Sunday. Also Read: German court charges three in Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher blackmail case "Milutin Osmajic has been charged following Preston North End's EFL Championship game against Blackburn Rovers on Sunday, 22 September," said a Football Association statement. "It's alleged that the forward committed an act of violent conduct by biting an opponent around the 87th minute." Osmajic, 25, has until Monday to provide a response. Blackburn boss John Eustace said in his post-match press conference: "(Beck's) got a big bite mark on the back of his neck. He's shown all the lads. He's a little bit quiet, a little bit shook up." Former Uruguay forward Luis Suarez, now of Inter Miami, served a number of bans during his career for biting incidents, including a 10-game ban when playing for Liverpool. West Ham boss rules himself out after calf injury West Ham manager Julen Lopetegui jokingly ruled himself out of his side's next game after ending up on crutches following their heavy League Cup loss away to Liverpool. Football injuries are usually confined to the players, but so incensed was Loptegui by the London club's performance during Wednesday's thumping 5-1 defeat, he hurt his calf as he jumped in frustration. The Spaniard hobbled around West Ham's training ground on Thursday and could still be using crutches for the Premier League match at London rivals Brentford on Saturday. "I can't play in this match, for sure," Lopetegui joked. "I have a little injury in my calf. But it's not important. I don't play so it's not important." The former Spain and Real Madrid boss, who replaced David Moyes at West Ham, is under increasing pressure just months into his new job after a poor start to the season. The club are 14th in the Premier League table after just one win in their first five matches. "We know we have to improve," said Lopetegui, who will be without Edson Alvarez against Brentford following the midfielder's red card on Wednesday. "We are just starting. The demand is high. The Premier League is going to be long for all of us and these players are going to improve. I am sure of this. "It's true we need one win and we want to win the next match. The next challenge is Brentford. A very good team, a very complete team. Very strong away and especially at home." Disclaimer: This story has been published from a news agency feed with minimal edits to adhere to WION's style guide. The headline may have been changed to better reflect the content of the story or to make it more suitable for WION audience.

English Championship: Preston forward Milutin Osmajic charged for violent conduct

Tomas Berdych battled the elements and a gritty display by his unseeded Croatian opponent Ivan Dodig on Wednesday before sealing a 7-6(5) 5-7 6-1 7-6(2) win. 
 
With the rain cutting a swathe through the programme for the second day running, the 10th-seeded Czech served for the match when play resumed after being called off with him leading 4-1 in the fourth set the previous day. 
 
But in damp windy conditions that gradually turned to steady drizzle, and led to play being called off on all but one of Wimbledon&#39;s other outside courts, Dodig broke serve and saved two match points before taking the match to a tiebreak. 
 
But Berdych, runner-up to Rafael Nadal at the All England Club in 2010 and contesting his 52nd consecutive grand slam, steadied his nerves to take the breaker 7-2 when he forced a backhand error from Dodig. 
 
The Czech, vocal in his criticism of how French Open officials managed rain interruptions at Roland Garros earlier this month, next plays unseeded German Benjamin Becker. 
 
Play on all outside courts was suspended until 1330 GMT, with further rain delays forecast into the evening. 
 
Centre Court action began on time with the roof closed. 
 
Defending champion Novak Djokovic will take on Frenchman Adrian Mannarino before seven-times champion Roger Federer plays Britain&#39;s world number 772 Marcus Willis. 
 
(Reuters)

Tenth seed Berdych next plays unseeded German Benjamin Becker

Tomas Berdych battled the elements and a gritty display by his unseeded Croatian opponent Ivan Dodig on Wednesday before sealing a 7-6(5) 5-7 6-1 7-6(2) win. With the rain cutting a swathe through the programme for the second day running, the 10th-seeded Czech served for the match when play resumed after being called off with him leading 4-1 in the fourth set the previous day. But in damp windy conditions that gradually turned to steady drizzle, and led to play being called off on all but one of Wimbledon's other outside courts, Dodig broke serve and saved two match points before taking the match to a tiebreak. But Berdych, runner-up to Rafael Nadal at the All England Club in 2010 and contesting his 52nd consecutive grand slam, steadied his nerves to take the breaker 7-2 when he forced a backhand error from Dodig. The Czech, vocal in his criticism of how French Open officials managed rain interruptions at Roland Garros earlier this month, next plays unseeded German Benjamin Becker. Play on all outside courts was suspended until 1330 GMT, with further rain delays forecast into the evening. Centre Court action began on time with the roof closed. Defending champion Novak Djokovic will take on Frenchman Adrian Mannarino before seven-times champion Roger Federer plays Britain's world number 772 Marcus Willis. (Reuters)

Berdych battles to four-set win at rain-hit Wimbledon

Andy Murray once tried to make his international team mate Liam Broady&#39;s life a misery by ensuring his first speech at a Davis Cup welcome dinner was a disaster. 
 
Now the world number two is planning to make Broady&#39;s life just as uncomfortable in the unforgiving world of grand slam tennis. 
 
For the first time in 56 matches over 11 years, Britain&#39;s twice grand slam champion Murray finds himself drawn at Wimbledon against a fellow countryman and he admits that playing his 22-year-old colleague will feel &quot;weird&quot;. 
 
For a former champion long buoyed by support from the home fans, Murray could instead find the showcourt crowds cheering for a lad from Stockport &nbsp;- home town of Murray&#39;s only rival for the accolade of Britain&#39;s best player ever, Fred Perry &nbsp;- when they play on Tuesday. 
 
Broady reckons he is playing the part of Leicester City, the 5,000-1 no-hopers who went on to win the Premier League. Barring one thing; he believes he&#39;s probably an even bigger outsider to pull off one of Wimbledon&#39;s great sensations. 
 
It has all left the tournament&#39;s second favourite Murray admitting he does not quite know what to expect with their first round match. 
 
&quot;It will be interesting. Obviously never happened before, not for me anyway,&quot; Murray told a news conference on Saturday. &quot;Liam&#39;s a good guy. Works hard. I would imagine we&#39;d probably play on one of the big courts, so a big experience for him, as well. Yeah, look forward to it but, I mean, it will be a bit strange.&quot; 
 
Broady inhabits a different world to Murray, scrabbling around in Challenger and Futures tournaments to make his way in the game as the world number 234. 
 
Yet on the Davis Cup beat, they have got to know each other pretty well. When he first joined the British team, Broady recalled, Murray was vociferous in trying to ensure he went through the newcomers&#39; initiation ceremony of having to make a speech at his first welcome dinner. 
 
&quot;He had obviously never been to one of the dinners before, so wasn&#39;t sure exactly what he should say,&quot; Murray smiled. &quot;We were telling him the wrong things to say and hoping he would stand up and actually say them.&quot; Disappointingly for him, though, Broady &quot;did fine&quot;. 
 
However fine he is on Tuesday, though, he will only be a launch pad for Murray to kick off a campaign in which, even Roger Federer concedes, the Scot and Novak Djokovic are the outstanding favourites. 
 
Djokovic won their last battle in the French Open final, leaving Murray able once again only to marvel at the world number one&#39;s extraordinary level of excellence. 
 
&quot;His consistency and drive over the last few years has been incredible. I don&#39;t know if that&#39;s ever happened before, where someone&#39;s pretty much gone over a year consistently reaching the finals of tournaments,&quot; said Murray. 
 
&quot;In an individual sport, if you have a really bad day, wake up, you feel terrible, you lose at this level. He hasn&#39;t had really any of those results or those matches over the last few years. That&#39;s very impressive.&quot; 
 
To break the Serb&#39;s dominance, Murray has just been reunited with Ivan Lendl, the former Czech great who coached him to Wimbledon glory in 2013. 
 
Their first week saw Murray lift a record fifth Queen&#39;s title, leaving the number two seed to enthuse: &quot;It actually gives a bit of extra confidence, because I know last time we worked together, it was very successful. I trust in what he says.&quot; 
 
(Reuters)

For the first time in 11 years, Britain's twice grand slam champion Murray finds himself drawn at Wimbledon against a fellow countryman

Andy Murray once tried to make his international team mate Liam Broady's life a misery by ensuring his first speech at a Davis Cup welcome dinner was a disaster. Now the world number two is planning to make Broady's life just as uncomfortable in the unforgiving world of grand slam tennis. For the first time in 56 matches over 11 years, Britain's twice grand slam champion Murray finds himself drawn at Wimbledon against a fellow countryman and he admits that playing his 22-year-old colleague will feel "weird". For a former champion long buoyed by support from the home fans, Murray could instead find the showcourt crowds cheering for a lad from Stockport - home town of Murray's only rival for the accolade of Britain's best player ever, Fred Perry - when they play on Tuesday. Broady reckons he is playing the part of Leicester City, the 5,000-1 no-hopers who went on to win the Premier League. Barring one thing; he believes he's probably an even bigger outsider to pull off one of Wimbledon's great sensations. It has all left the tournament's second favourite Murray admitting he does not quite know what to expect with their first round match. "It will be interesting. Obviously never happened before, not for me anyway," Murray told a news conference on Saturday. "Liam's a good guy. Works hard. I would imagine we'd probably play on one of the big courts, so a big experience for him, as well. Yeah, look forward to it but, I mean, it will be a bit strange." Broady inhabits a different world to Murray, scrabbling around in Challenger and Futures tournaments to make his way in the game as the world number 234. Yet on the Davis Cup beat, they have got to know each other pretty well. When he first joined the British team, Broady recalled, Murray was vociferous in trying to ensure he went through the newcomers' initiation ceremony of having to make a speech at his first welcome dinner. "He had obviously never been to one of the dinners before, so wasn't sure exactly what he should say," Murray smiled. "We were telling him the wrong things to say and hoping he would stand up and actually say them." Disappointingly for him, though, Broady "did fine". However fine he is on Tuesday, though, he will only be a launch pad for Murray to kick off a campaign in which, even Roger Federer concedes, the Scot and Novak Djokovic are the outstanding favourites. Djokovic won their last battle in the French Open final, leaving Murray able once again only to marvel at the world number one's extraordinary level of excellence. "His consistency and drive over the last few years has been incredible. I don't know if that's ever happened before, where someone's pretty much gone over a year consistently reaching the finals of tournaments," said Murray. "In an individual sport, if you have a really bad day, wake up, you feel terrible, you lose at this level. He hasn't had really any of those results or those matches over the last few years. That's very impressive." To break the Serb's dominance, Murray has just been reunited with Ivan Lendl, the former Czech great who coached him to Wimbledon glory in 2013. Their first week saw Murray lift a record fifth Queen's title, leaving the number two seed to enthuse: "It actually gives a bit of extra confidence, because I know last time we worked together, it was very successful. I trust in what he says." (Reuters)

Andy Murray plans harsh initiation ceremony for Broady