LONDON - England defender Gary Cahill has been ruled out of Euro 2012 with a double fracture of the jaw, the Football Association announced yesterday.

Cahill suffered the injury when he was shoved in the back by Belgium's Dries Mertens during the first half of a 1-0 international friendly win at Wembley on Saturday and, as a result, collided with England goalkeeper Joe Hart. He was sent for X-rays and now the luckless Chelsea centre-back 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.

Liverpool's Martin Kelly was called up yesterday as a replacement. The FA said: "The Chelsea defender has two fractures of his jaw. The England medical team have been in close contact with Cahill's club doctors."

John Terry, Cahill's Chelsea and England central defensive colleague, has been passed fit - for the time being at least - after suffering a hamstring problem .