Manchester City lost for the second successive game in the Premier League and fourth straight in all competitions following a 2-1 defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium on Saturday, Afrosport reports. City dominated the first half and rightly opened the scoring with a 23rd-minute strike from Erling Haaland, his 12th goal in 11 Premier League games this season. The Norwegian reacted quickly...
Galatasaray forward Mauro Icardi is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in their 3-2 win against Tottenham Hotspur in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday, Afrosport reports. The Argentine, who was eventually stretchered off, sustained the injury while trying to chase down Spurs goalkeeper Fraser Foster. He, however, went down in pain and was replaced by Belgium...
France head coach Didier Deschamps has dropped Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe from Les Bleus squad for this month's matches in the UEFA Nations League, Afrosport reports. The 56-year-old former France international revealed in an interview on Thursday that the decision to not include Mbappe in the squad was a "one-off" adding that the striker was eager to join the rest of his compatriots. “I had...
Neymar is set for a spell on the sidelines as the Brazilian forward will be out for at least a month due to a hamstring injury, Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal confirmed on Wednesday. The 32-year-old, who returned to action two weeks ago after spending over a year out with a serious knee injury, was replaced 29 minutes after coming on as a substitute in...
San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan on Monday sustained an injury in their 113-104 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, with the 21-year-old expected to undergo surgery, Afrosport reports. Sochan will have surgery to repair the proximal phalanx in his fractured left thumb, an injury he sustained in the second quarter at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. The Polish-American ran into a screen near the...
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