Ballard back at Sunderland after hamstring injury

Daniel Ballard has won 34 caps for Northern Ireland [Getty Images]Northern Ireland's Daniel Ballard will miss the rest of the international window through injury, but manager Michael O'Neill said the Sunderland defender "hopefully" could be back by his side's next fixtures in November.The 27-year-old centre-back suffered a hamstring injury in added time of his country's 1-0 win over Georgia on Friday night and left the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena on crutches.Having returned to the Black Cats, h