Switzerland's defender Philippe Senderos has been ruled out for the next two World Cup games after injuring his ankle in the game against Spain, the team's spokesman Marco von Ah said today.

Senderos limped off in the first half on a very special night - beating Spain, but that result does mean there is still a chance he will play again in the World Cup.

"We know that Philippe will miss the next two games but he will stay with the team," Von Ah said.

"He had an X-ray in Johannesburg today and it showed that there are no broken bones, just a painful distortion of his ankle," he added.

"He is feeling much better; he was really down last night, but the pictures from the X-ray proved to be encouraging," Von Ah said.

It never really worked for Senderos at Arsenal but he is a quality defender who will be missed by Switzerland although they did do quite well without him.