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  • Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal is set to miss between three and four weeks after injuring his right ankle in Sunday’s 1-0 defeat by Leganes in La Liga. “Tests carried out this morning revealed a grade 1 injury to a ligament in the ankle,” Barcelona said in a statement on Monday. The club estimated he would…

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  • Harry Kane has warned his England teammates that country should come before club after admitting his disappointment at the spate of withdrawals for this week’s UEFA Nations League matches. Arsenal duo Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice, Manchester City’s Jack Grealish and Phil Foden, Chelsea teammates Cole Palmer and Levi Colwill, Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool and Southampton’s Aaron Ramsdale comprised the eight players to pull out of games against Greece in Athens and Republic of Ireland at Wembley. Interim boss Lee…

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  • Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said the reception given to Gavi gave him goosebumps as the midfielder returned from an 11-month injury layoff during Sunday’s 5-1 win over Sevilla in LaLiga. Gavi has not played since tearing his ACL while playing for Spain last November but came off the bench for the final 10 minutes against Sevilla at the Olympic Stadium. The 20-year-old replaced Pedri, taking the…

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  • TURF WAR: Madrid to miss Mbappe against rivals Atlético

    And so they come full circle. Real Madrid have gone 39 league games without defeat, more than an entire season’s worth of games. They have not been beaten in the league in almost exactly a year: not since Sept. 24, 2023. That was against Atlético Madrid. They have not been beaten in any competitive game since Jan. 18,…

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  • AFCON 2024: Onuachu replaces injured Sadiq in Nigeria’s squad

    Trabzonspor striker, Paul Onuachu will now take the place of injured Umar Sadiq in Nigeria’s squad for the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations. Sadiq sustained a knee injury in Nigeria’s friendly defeat to Guinea on Monday which has effectively ruled him out of the competition. Onuachu was initially named in Nigeria’s provisional 40-man squad for…

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  • Beijing frowns at Myanmar after artillery shells injured 5 Chinese people

    China has lodged protests to Myanmar after five people were injured by artillery shells fired during battles between its ruling junta and rebel groups that landed in its small town near their border, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday, CNN reported. While addressing a press conference on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang…

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  • Ronaldo rejects penalty during Asian Champions League match against Persepolis

    Cristiano Ronaldo’s honesty helped to nullify a penalty he was awarded as his 10-man Al-Nassr side held on to draw with Persepolis of Iran 0-0 in the Asian Champions League on Monday. Ronaldo went down in the box in the opening moments and the referee pointed to the spot, but the Portugal international footballer joined…

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  • Osimhen battles injury amid speculations over Napoli exit

    Victor Osimhen could make his return from another injury lay-off this weekend when Napoli take on Atalanta in the Serie A. The 24-year-old has not featured for the Italian champions since he picked up a hamstring problem while on international duty with Nigeria in October. According to TransferMarkt, Osimhen has suffered 14 different injuries in…

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    Members of Shania Twain’s production crew were taken to hospital in Canada after their tour bus crashed.  The bus and a truck were travelling from Winnipeg, where Twain performed on Tuesday, to Saskatoon – a drive lasting around nine hours. The two concerts were part of the star’s Queen Of Me tour. Maverick Management told…

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  • A baby boy has suffered serious injuries after falling out of a second-storey window in Burnley. The child, aged one, was airlifted to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital for treatment. Police are investigating and say they are trying to track down several people who stopped to help the baby outside a home on Heap Street. DI Mark Saunders…

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  • Rafael Nadal on Thursday withdrew from the French Open because his hip injury has not healed and said he expects 2024 to be his final year in professional tennis. “It’s not a decision I’m taking, it’s a decision my body is taking,” said the 36-year-old Spanish player, who has played at the claycourt major every…

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  • Neymar Jr will be back for PSG and Brazil soon! Surgeons at the Qatari hospital on March 10 “successfully” operated on the right ankle of Brazil star Neymar following an injury that will rule him out for the rest of the season, his club said. The 31-year-old Paris Saint-Germain player hobbled into Aspetar on crutches…

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  • Basketball fans are long used to seeing the likes of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade on the sidelines of their kids’ sporting endeavours, so it was no surprise to see Zaire Wade being cheered on by his father at the Basketball Africa League Combine in Paris this past weekend. The BAL Combine, on Jan. 15 and 16,…

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  • Real Madrid‘s impressive 3-0 win away at Celtic to start their Champions league campaign wasn’t without bad news. Karim Benzema‘s forced substitution caused concern. Both Benzema and Eder Militao faced physical problems in Glasgow, and news about their condition were expected to arrive as soon as this Wednesday. The team returned to the capital at around 05:00, and Carlo Ancelotti gave his players the…

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  • It’s not confirmed, but it doesn’t look like good news for Erling Haaland and Borussia Dortmund. The Norway striker got injured at the weekend, coming off in the 60th minute after opening the scoring against TSG Hoffenheim. Two days on, Dortmund have shared on their website the following update: “Haaland was examined in detail on…

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  • Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba will continue his recovery from a thigh injury in Dubai, having travelled to the Gulf state for warm weather training. Pogba suffered his thigh problem while on international duty with France earlier this month, experiencing discomfort in a training session and withdrawing from the squad. He is not expected to…

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