Soccer-Bendtner ready for Denmark comeback following suspension

Oct 1 (Reuters) - Troubled striker Nicklas Bendtner has been recalled to the Danish team by coach Morten Olsen following a six-month suspension for the World Cup qualifiers against Italy and Malta. Bendtner, who recently returned to Arsenal's first team in a League Cup game against West Bromwich Albion, has not played for the national side since appearing in a friendly against Turkey last November. Since then, he has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. A conviction for drink-driving by a Copenhagen court in March led to a six-month suspension from the national team and an unsuccessful loan spell at Juventus saw him return to London to an uncertain future at Arsenal. "Since the summer, the attacker (Bendtner) has returned from injury, clarified his situation with his English club Arsenal, and had a number of conversations with Morten Olsen about his sporting situation and his life off the field," the Danish football association (DBU) said in a statement. Denmark are currently third in Group B on 12 points, one behind second-placed Bulgaria. The Danes will play group leaders Italy in Copenhagen on Oct. 11 before hosting Malta four days later. (Reporting by Philip O'Connor in Stockholm, editing by Pritha Sarkar)