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Yahoo
12-07-2025
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MLB Announces Change After Ronald Acuna Jr. Injury News
MLB Announces Change After Ronald Acuna Jr. Injury News originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Superstar right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. is in his eighth major-league season as an Atlanta Brave after making his MLB debut in 2018 and winning National League Rookie of the Year. Advertisement Since then, he has established himself as one of baseball's most exhilarating talents despite missing significant time due to ACL injuries on both knees. After suffering his first tear in July 2021 in his right knee, Acuna returned to post an NL MVP performance in 2023, becoming the first player in MLB history to steal 70 bases and hit 40 home runs in a single season. Now, in 2025, fresh off a second ACL tear in his left knee, Acuna has dominated once again—homering on the very first pitch he saw in his first at-bat in nearly a year. Atlanta Braves right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr (13) Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Last week, Acuna earned his fifth All-Star selection and announced he would compete in the Home Run Derby. Advertisement However, after injuring his lower back and missing Tuesday's game against the Athletics, MLB announced that first baseman Matt Olson will replace Acuna in the Derby. Through 42 games this year, Acuna has already smashed 11 home runs, adding to a career that includes two 40-plus home run seasons in both 2019 and 2023. Olson, in his tenth major-league season and fourth with the Braves, also offers elite power—he's hit 17 home runs so far in 2025 and led MLB with 54 long balls in 2023. With Acuna sidelined for the Derby, it remains uncertain whether he'll still participate in the All-Star Game or instead prioritize getting fully healthy for the second half. Atlanta is enduring a disappointing season thus far at 40-52, sitting 10.0 games out of a playoff spot as the All-Star break approaches. Advertisement This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 11, 2025, where it first appeared.
France 24
05-07-2025
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- France 24
Germany captain Gwinn to miss rest of Euro 2025 with injury
"The captain of the German women's national team suffered an ligament injury in her left knee in the team's opening match against Poland on Friday," said the DFB in a statement on their website. "She (Gwinn) is expected to be out for several weeks." The full-back left the pitch in St Gallen after 40 minutes following a defensive challenge against Poland's Ewa Pajor. She initially tried to retake the field before leaving in tears, embraced by team-mate Lea Schueller -- one of two second-half goalscorers for the Euro 2022 runners-up as they won 2-0. Gwinn, 26, has already ruptured cruciate ligaments in both knees, with the second ACL injury causing her to miss the World Cup two years ago. Germany, bronze medallists at the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, are one of the favourites for the European Championship, alongside holders England and world champions Spain.
Associated Press
05-07-2025
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- Associated Press
Germany awaits news about captain Giulia Gwinn's latest knee injury at Euro 2025
ST. GALLEN, Switzerland (AP) — Germany was awaiting news Saturday on the severity of captain Giulia Gwinn's latest knee injury at the Women's European Championship. The 26-year-old Gwinn injured her knee while a making a likely goal-saving tacking on Poland captain Ewa Pajor during Germany's 2-0 win on Friday. She had to be supported off the field in tears after getting hugs from teammates. Gwinn, who previously had two cruciate ligament injuries, was to have an MRI in Zurich on Saturday to determine the extent of the injury. Gwinn missed the 2023 World Cup while she recovered from the second cruciate injury. 'We all know Giulia's history. We're all, all of us, keeping our fingers crossed that it's nothing so serious,' Germany vice-captain Janina Minge said. 'We have to stand together as a team, to stand with her and hope for the best.' Jule Brand, who scored one goal and set up the other on Friday, said Gwinn's injury was a 'shock for us all. When Giuli is down then it's never good because she always gets straight back up again.' Gwinn tore the ACL in her right knee in a European qualifier against Ireland in September 2020, then suffered the same injury again in her left knee while training with Germany in October 2022. ACL injuries can vary in severity but can mean as much as a year off if surgery is required. Already this year, Germany goalkeeper Sophia Winkler and midfielder Marie Müller suffered cruciate ligament injuries. Germany star Lena Oberdorf, Gwinn's teammate at Bayern Munich, didn't make the squad because she's still working her way back from her knee injury sustained nearly a year ago in a win over Austria. Bayern's Carolin Simon missed the 2023 World Cup with the same injury. ___ AP soccer:
Yahoo
04-07-2025
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Mead eyes Euros repeat for England after emotional rollercoaster
Darling of England's coronation as European champions three years ago, Beth Mead is back among the goals ahead of Euro 2025 after the toughest moments of her career on and off the field. Mead became a household name after her six goals on home soil led the Lionesses to England's sole major tournament victory in the men's or women's game since 1966. Advertisement But even that moment of elation was tinged with the emotion of her mother's battle with cancer. June Mead's diagnosis with ovarian cancer a year before the Euros provided her daughter with a "motivation I never knew that I had", the Arsenal forward later revealed. "People on the outside just saw me breaking all these records, winning all these awards," Mead told the Players' Tribune. "Mum was on such a high watching me that season. I think for all of us, football was our anchor. It was the one thing that was distracting us, and giving us so much joy. "We rode that wave into the Euros — that whole July just absolutely flying, into the final, into lifting the trophy." Advertisement Mead was still coming to terms with her newfound fame when she was shaken by the news her mother's cancer had spread. A few months later Mead suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury -- an all too common occurence in the women's game -- that would cost her a place in England's run to a first ever World Cup final in 2023. What appeared her lowest moment, Mead now reflects on as a blessing. Her injury allowed the 30-year-old to move back home to the coastal town of Whitby in England's north-east to spend time with her mum in the final weeks before she died in January 2023. - Miedema match up - Advertisement It took another nine months for Mead to return to action on the field and much longer to find the form that guaranteed her a place back in the Arsenal and England side. But the seeds of a return to brighter days were sown in those difficult times. Mead recalls seeing up to 30 Arsenal players and staff at her mum's funeral having got up at 4.30am to make the five-hour drive from London. "They rallied around me and we found that strength together," she added. "We held onto each other. Held so many different emotions for each other. And that's what a family does." The spirit of Arsenal's band of sisters had its reward last month when they stunned the all-conquering Barcelona to win the Champions League in Lisbon. Advertisement Mead was central to that success. It was her moment of magic that split the Barca defence to tee up Stina Blackstenius for the only goal. Mead has also re-established herself as a key part of the England side aiming to retain their title at the Euros in Switzerland. Mead has scored three times in her last four caps. "When you win things, you're more hungry to do it again, she said. "I would wish more than anything for myself and for the team to be able to play like I did the last Euros. I'll do my very best to be able to get that level again." England's defence begins with a tough opener against France on Saturday before Mead will face off against her partner, Netherlands striker Vivianne Miedema in their second match in Group D. Mead described that draw as "inevitable" but is focused on firing England to glory once again. "Obviously we want each other to do well but not against each other!" kca/pb
BBC News
01-07-2025
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- BBC News
Euro 2025 kept Wales' Hughes hungry during ACL recovery
Wales striker Elise Hughes says the worry of missing out on Euro 2025 kept her motivated during the "bad times", as she recovered from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) 24-year-old Crystal Palace striker returned to action in February after missing nine months of football following the knee cap centurion Sophie Ingle has also returned to the squad after suffering the same injury, while goalkeeper Laura O'Sullivan, defender Mayzee Davies and midfielder Megan Wynne have all been ruled out of the tournament in Switzerland after ACL football governing body Fifa is funding research into whether hormonal fluctuations during menstrual cycles could be contributing to the rise in ACL injuries in women's year-long study at Kingston University London began in suggests female footballers are two to six times more likely to suffer the injuries than their male who was the top goalscorer in the Championship when she suffered her injury, is now hoping to make a big impact with Wales as they compete in their first major tournament. 'You never think it'll be you' Hughes had just sealed promotion with Crystal Palace when she suffered her ACL injury, but attention quickly turned to Wales."Obviously the injury at the time was really bad. It came in a season for me that I thought I did really well in," Hughes told BBC Sport Wales."I returned in February already knowing that the girls had qualified for us, and so then it was just an added motivation to be back and to be better and to be ready for the stage this summer."I was out for nine months. I fought every day to try and make it shorter but that's just not safe."Hughes says the road to recovery from an ACL injury is tougher than people realise, but she found the hardest thing was not being able to immediately return to play at the same standard."Obviously, at the start, you strip it right back to obviously learning to walk again, and you just never think that's going to be you," she said. "You obviously know that an ACL injury plagues the women's game in particular, but you just never think it's going to be you until it's you."But I feel like I didn't really understand it, I didn't really accept it until like three or four months in."Everyone is different. For me the hardest part for me was returning because I didn't return the same as when I left. And that was hard for me because I just thought I was going to come back in and be fit and firing, but I had just spent the best part of a season out of the game."No one prepares you for that moment. For me personally, the hardest part was coming back because of the expectations I have for myself." Sharing Ingle's injury burden Hughes says she made it a priority to try and help her international teammate when she suffered the same injury during pre-season in timeline always meant she would be touch and go to be fit for Euro 2025 and although she has been named in Wales' squad, the former Chelsea midfielder has not played a competitive game in more than a year."It was the first time I was more experienced than Soph at something, because I was obviously a few months ahead," Hughes said."I just said to her, like, listen, it's obviously awful."I reached out to Soph at the start, like once a week. She probably thought I was annoying at times! And then after that every month, just to make sure that she was feeling good, and you know that she was feeling positive, because sometimes you can slip away from the positivity."You know, it was harder for Soph with her time frame, and she was in a bit more of a hurry to come back, but she has done really well to do so safely. It is so great to have her back." Fit and firing for Switzerland Now fully fit, Hughes says she is desperate to make her mark in Wales' first major tournament Wilkinson's side have been drawn in a daunting group with England, France and the Netherlands, but Hughes says the Wales squad are already feeling at home in Switzerland and are ready to compete."It's really surreal to be here. We got here. The staff that came out the week before we were here have made it a home away from Wales. Where we are, in particular, is very Welsh scenery, so we feel right at home already," she added."Honestly, walking in is just everything we've ever wanted. And now that we're here, we're ready to go. We're really excited."Being at a major tournament is amazing. It's honestly once in a lifetime and you can just tell as soon as we got here, it was a real pinch-me moment."It was one of those moments where you really have to be in the present to appreciate it. And let me tell you, I think that the squad are very much there and we're really enjoying it."
