http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/432-athlete-injuries.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/432-athlete-injuries.html http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2104874-france-calls-up-lacazette-to-replace-injured-menez.html PARIS (AP) — France coach Didier Deschamps has called up Lyon forward Alexandre Lacazette for the first time to replace the injured Jeremy Menez for next month's friendly matches against Uruguay and Brazil. The French Football Federation said Thursday that Menez has pulled out because of back pains. The Paris Saint-Germain winger has not played since scor... Thu, 23 May 2013 10:34:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2104874-france-calls-up-lacazette-to-replace-injured-menez.html 2013-05-23T10:34:46Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2102822-dortmunds-goetze-champions-league-final.html DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Goetze will miss Saturday's Champions League final against Bayern Munich after failing to recover from a hamstring injury, leaving the team without one of its best players. Dortmund confirmed Wednesday that Goetze will not be fit in time to face his future club at Wembley Stadium in London. It wo... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:03:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2102822-dortmunds-goetze-champions-league-final.html 2013-05-22T15:03:01Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2102350-badstuber-to-10-months-knee-surgery.html MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich defender Holger Badstuber will miss another 10 months after undergoing further surgery on the cruciate ligament tear in his right knee. The Bundesliga champion says Badstuber had an operation on Monday to remove the ligament ruptured in a recurrence of the injury sustained during Bayern's 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund last De... Wed, 22 May 2013 09:28:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2102350-badstuber-to-10-months-knee-surgery.html 2013-05-22T09:28:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2101308-andy-murray-french-open-to-injury.html LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray withdrew from the French Open on Tuesday because of a chronic back injury and will now focus on preparing for the start of the grass-court season next month. The U.S. Open champion met with specialists this week after being forced to pull out of his second-match against Marcel Granollers of Spain at the Italian Open last Wednesda... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:18:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2101308-andy-murray-french-open-to-injury.html 2013-05-21T22:18:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2099862-goetze-pulls-training-doubt-final.html DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Goetze pulled out of training on his comeback from a hamstring injury Tuesday, putting his participation in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in doubt. Goetze took part in individual jogging exercises in the morning before joining the team session in the afternoon, but he could onl... Tue, 21 May 2013 19:36:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2099862-goetze-pulls-training-doubt-final.html 2013-05-21T19:36:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2097476-defender-mats-hummels-mend-wembley.html DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund's central defender Mats Hummels is expected to recover from an ankle injury in time to play in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich. Hummels twisted his right ankle in the 2-1 home loss to Hoffenheim in the final round of the Bundesliga on Saturday. Team doctor Markus Braun says Hummels being on the f... Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2097476-defender-mats-hummels-mend-wembley.html 2013-05-20T09:15:27Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2096020-barcelona-toasts-title-with-win-valladolid.html BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Newly crowned Spanish champion Barcelona celebrated winning the league title in front of its home fans by easing to a 2-1 victory over Valladolid on Sunday. While rain and dropping temperatures threatened to dampen the party in the stands, Barcelona had little trouble keeping alive its bid to equal Real Madrid's 2012 record haul of... Sun, 19 May 2013 22:28:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2096020-barcelona-toasts-title-with-win-valladolid.html 2013-05-19T22:28:43Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2095158-sampdoria-beats-juventus-3-2-final-serie-game.html MILAN (AP) — Sampdoria became the only team to beat Juventus twice in the league under Antonio Conte as it secured a 3-2 victory over the newly-crowned Serie A champion on Saturday. Eder, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Mauro Icardi helped Sampdoria come from behind after Fabio Quagliarella had scored against his old team. Emanuele Giaccherini reduced the defici... Sat, 18 May 2013 22:26:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2095158-sampdoria-beats-juventus-3-2-final-serie-game.html 2013-05-18T22:26:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2095410-dortmund-defender-hummels-doubt-cl-final.html DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels is doubtful for the Champions League final but midfielder Mario Goetze is continuing his recovery from injury. Dortmund, which plays Bayern Munich in an all-German final at Wembley next Saturday, says Goetze is due to resume team training on Tuesday and that it looks "quite good" for the 20-... Sat, 18 May 2013 19:50:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2095410-dortmund-defender-hummels-doubt-cl-final.html 2013-05-18T19:50:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2095324-setback-bayerns-badstuber-knee-injury.html MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich and Germany defender Holger Badstuber has suffered a recurrence of the cruciate ligament tear in his right knee. The Bundesliga club says Badstuber needs another operation and will be out of action for several more months. Badstuber missed more than half the Bundesliga season from the initial injury, sustained when he slipped a... Sat, 18 May 2013 18:42:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2095324-setback-bayerns-badstuber-knee-injury.html 2013-05-18T18:42:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2094932-mascherano-valdes-injury-barcelona.html BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Defender Javier Mascherano and goalkeeper Victor Valdes have recovered from injury and are available for Barcelona's remaining three games of the season. The club says Mascherano is fit again after he injured a ligament in his right knee during the Champions League game with Paris Saint-Germain on April 2. Valdes had been sidelined... Sat, 18 May 2013 13:03:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2094932-mascherano-valdes-injury-barcelona.html 2013-05-18T13:03:38Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2094878-ex-serbian-player-seriously-injured-bar-fight.html BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say Predrag Danilovic, who played for the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, is seriously injured after being stabbed in a bar fight. Police say Danilovic was hurt during a brawl early Saturday in a cafe in a residential part of the capital, Belgrade. Doctors say Danilovic underwent an operation to treat injuries to hi... Sat, 18 May 2013 12:28:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2094878-ex-serbian-player-seriously-injured-bar-fight.html 2013-05-18T12:28:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2090034-nadal-struggles-to-beat-qualifier-gulbis-rome.html ROME (AP) — Six-time champion Rafael Nadal overcame one of the worst opening sets of his career to edge Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Thursday and reach the Italian Open quarterfinals. Nadal's performance, and sometimes sluggish movement on the court, raised questions about whether he will be able to successfully defend his title at th... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:47:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2090034-nadal-struggles-to-beat-qualifier-gulbis-rome.html 2013-05-16T20:47:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2087662-lionel-messis-hamstring-injury-hurting-barcelona.html BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi's hamstring injury has hurt more than just a muscle in the Argentine's right leg, and it's still smarting. The Barcelona forward scored 60 goals in all competitions this season, enough to ensure the team wins the Spanish league title yet again. But with Messi struggling to recover from the injury he picked up in the Ch... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:37:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2087662-lionel-messis-hamstring-injury-hurting-barcelona.html 2013-05-15T16:37:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2085854-wigan-relegated-epl-arsenal-reclaims-4th.html LONDON (AP) — Wigan is going to be relegated to the League Championship, while Arsenal seemingly is heading back to the Champions League. Drained after winning the FA Cup for the first time on Saturday, Wigan crashed back to earth with a 4-1 loss at Arsenal on Tuesday to be relegated after eight seasons in the Premier League. "The FA Cup is an achievement... Wed, 15 May 2013 00:36:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2085854-wigan-relegated-epl-arsenal-reclaims-4th.html 2013-05-15T00:36:23Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2083972-chelseas-eden-hazard-europa-league-final.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Chelsea will face Benfica in Wednesday's Europa League final without Eden Hazard after the gifted Belgium playmaker failed to recover in time from a hamstring injury. By comparison, Benfica only has to deal with hurt pride after it lost the Portuguese league lead to archrival FC Porto last weekend. If anything, Hazard's absence will dimin... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:26:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2083972-chelseas-eden-hazard-europa-league-final.html 2013-05-14T18:26:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2083826-injured-messi-season.html MADRID (AP) — Lionel Messi could be done for the season after he was ruled out for up to three weeks because of his nagging hamstring injury, meaning he's set to fall short of breaking his own Spanish league scoring record. Barcelona said Tuesday that the four-time FIFA player of the year has re-aggravated the right hamstring strain that has limited him f... Tue, 14 May 2013 14:25:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2083826-injured-messi-season.html 2013-05-14T14:25:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2083898-boogaard-sad-example-ice-hockey-goons.html The lawsuit doesn't read nearly as well as the story, which laid bare the life of an NHL enforcer for all to see. The way John Branch wrote about Derek Boogaard in the New York Times should have been enough to cause even the most hardcore ice hockey fan to reconsider the peculiar role that goons, or fighters, play in the sport. It was a sad and troubling ... Tue, 14 May 2013 11:32:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2083898-boogaard-sad-example-ice-hockey-goons.html 2013-05-14T11:32:46Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2082974-arsenals-wilshere-to-surgery-ankle.html LONDON (AP) — Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere will undergo an operation on his right ankle, ruling him out of England's end-of-season friendlies against Ireland and Brazil. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Wilshere "will have small, mild surgery ... to remove a small pin. It will not be a problem." Wilshere missed the whole of last season with a variet... Mon, 13 May 2013 22:31:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2082974-arsenals-wilshere-to-surgery-ankle.html 2013-05-13T22:31:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2080366-madrids-varane-surgery-knee.html MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane says he will need surgery on his injured right knee. The 29-year-old France international wrote on Twitter on Sunday that medical tests indicate he has "torn cartilage" that will require an operation. Varane hurt his leg in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Espanyol that allowed Barcelona to clinch the Spanish league... Sun, 12 May 2013 17:12:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2080366-madrids-varane-surgery-knee.html 2013-05-12T17:12:38Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2078716-barcelonas-valdes-abidal-atletico-match.html BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says it will be without goalkeeper Victor Valdes and defender Eric Abidal for Sunday's match at Atletico Madrid. The Spanish club says that Valdes has not recovered from a left-foot injury that kept him out of last weekend's game also. Abidal will be sidelined after hurting a muscle in his left leg during Friday's trainin... Sat, 11 May 2013 11:33:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2078716-barcelonas-valdes-abidal-atletico-match.html 2013-05-11T11:33:54Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2068660-djokovic-loses-to-dimitrov-2nd-round-madrid.html MADRID (AP) — Grigor Dimitrov stunned Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Madrid Open on Tuesday, beating the top-ranked Serb 7-6 (6), 6-7 (8), 6-3 for the biggest win of his career. The 28th-ranked Bulgarian saved three set points in the first before taking the lead, and Djokovic then appeared to hurt his right ankle when trailing 4-2 in the second... Tue, 07 May 2013 23:40:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2068660-djokovic-loses-to-dimitrov-2nd-round-madrid.html 2013-05-07T23:40:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2069550-wigan-slumps-to-costly-3-2-loss-to-swansea.html WIGAN, England (AP) — Wigan twice squandered the lead to slump to a costly 3-2 home loss to Swansea on Tuesday and stay rooted in the Premier League's relegation zone with just two games left. The league's perennial escapologist, Wigan would have clambered out of the bottom three with a win but defensive howlers led to Swansea striker Itay Shechter making... Tue, 07 May 2013 22:35:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2069550-wigan-slumps-to-costly-3-2-loss-to-swansea.html 2013-05-07T22:35:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2063176-fiorentina-loses-1-0-to-roma-serie.html MILAN (AP) — Fiorentina's Champions League hopes diminished as a late goal meant it lost 1-0 at home to Roma in the Serie A on Saturday, in a match where it hit the woodwork twice. Former Fiorentina striker Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, who scored a hat trick in last weekend's 4-0 win against Siena, headed in a corner in stoppage time. The result left Fiorentina ... Sat, 04 May 2013 21:43:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2063176-fiorentina-loses-1-0-to-roma-serie.html 2013-05-04T21:43:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2063034-bale-spurs-course-champions-league.html LONDON (AP) — Tottenham stayed in contention for Champions League action next season after beating Southampton 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday with Gareth Bale scoring against his former club in the 86th minute. After being marked out of much of the game, the 23-year-old Welshman found space 25 yards out, picked the ball off substitute Lewis Holtby ... Sat, 04 May 2013 18:53:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2063034-bale-spurs-course-champions-league.html 2013-05-04T18:53:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2063150-city-winger-scott-sinclair-hospital.html MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City winger Scott Sinclair is undergoing treatment in hospital for a blood clot on his shoulder. City manager Roberto Mancini said on Saturday that Sinclair, who played for Britain in last year's London Olympics, "had a problem yesterday, (but) I don't think it is a bad situation and it is under control." ... Sat, 04 May 2013 17:55:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2063150-city-winger-scott-sinclair-hospital.html 2013-05-04T17:55:46Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2062682-ferguson-to-hip-surgery-offseason.html MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson will have hip surgery this summer that could see him miss the start of next season. The English champions confirmed widespread reports in the British media on Saturday that Ferguson is booked in for an operation that will not interfere with the club's three-week preseason tour of Thailand,... Sat, 04 May 2013 12:34:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2062682-ferguson-to-hip-surgery-offseason.html 2013-05-04T12:34:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2060536-swann-bresnan-injury-england-ct.html LONDON (AP) — Graeme Swann and Tim Bresnan were called up by England on Friday for next month's Champions Trophy after recovering from elbow injuries, with selectors deciding against resting the bowlers ahead of the Ashes series against Australia. Swann and Bresnan, who have only just returned to action with their English county sides after missing the re... Fri, 03 May 2013 14:10:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2060536-swann-bresnan-injury-england-ct.html 2013-05-03T14:10:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2060584-milan-midfielder-montolivo-final-4-games.html MILAN (AP) — Midfielder Riccardo Montolivo could miss AC Milan's final four Serie A matches after tearing a muscle in his right leg, an injury that could affect the Rossoneri's attempt to hold off Fiorentina for third place and the final Champions League spot. Montolivo was injured in training on Thursday. Milan says Montolivo will be evaluated in the com... Fri, 03 May 2013 10:37:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2060584-milan-midfielder-montolivo-final-4-games.html 2013-05-03T10:37:57Z