Knee injury

     Next Uruguay striker Luis Suarez is to have surgery on his knee on Thursday morning, just over three weeks before the start of the World Cup, according to local media reports.Suarez helped Uruguay to fourth place at the last World Cup in South Africa four years ago and was expected to play a key role in the country's campaign at the June 12-July 13 tournament in Brazil.According to a report on the website of Uruguayan TV station Tenfield, the 27-year-old Liverpool striker had an MRI scan on Wednesday which revealed damage to the meniscus in the knee with the team doctor deciding surgery was necessary.Recovery from such arthroscopic surgery takes from 15 to 20 days, according to the report, leaving Suarez little room for manoeuvre before Uruguay play their first match against Costa Rica in Fortaleza on June 14.Uruguay also face England and Italy in opening round Group D.- Please click NEXT for more... Image: Liverpool's Luis Suarez winces in pain after … [Read more...] about World Cup chit-chat: Uruguay’s Suarez to undergo knee surgery, may miss WC opener

David Davutovic looks at the latest news from across the globe in his weekly Duva’s XI column. And it makes pretty reading for fans of A-League new boys Western United. Stream every game of The 2019/20 Hyundai A-League season LIVE & On-Demand with KAYO SPORTS. Get your 14 day free trial & start streaming instantly > 1. AUSTRALIA TO HOST WORLD CUP FINAL Australia will host the 2023 Women’s World Cup final in a likely joint bid with New Zealand. That will headline this week’s official submission to FIFA, with the bid books due this Friday (December 13). The prospect of the Matildas playing in a home World Cup final looms as one of Australia’s greatest sporting events. Sydney’s ANZ Stadium appears to be the frontrunner to host the final, with AAMI Park set to be Melbourne’s main venue. Australia/New Zealand is among seven likely bids, alongside South Korea, Japan, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia the other bidders. FIFA … [Read more...] about Duva’s XI: Ange Postecoglou’s J-League victory with Yokohama F. Marinos one of Australia’s greatest coaching triumphs

Snowboard-and-ski season is fast upon us. And while your mind may be ready for the powder, chances are your body isn’t. That’s because skiing and snowboarding are sports that require a specific type of lower-body muscle strength, which you don’t typically get from summer activities. Fail to build up the right muscles -- primarily supporting the knees and lower back -- and you leave yourself open to some nasty injuries. Think about your body when you ski: Your knees are absorbing all the impact from the terrain up through the body. “The knee gets tremendous overuse due to the forces placed on it,” says Mike Wunsch, CSCS, director of fitness at Results Fitness in Santa Clarita, Calif. “And it has to take the slack from the now locked-in ankle.” Weak quads and hamstrings can make the knee joint vulnerable to a ligament injury, such as an LCL or ACL tear, either from a fall or from ski tips running in opposite ways. “The lower back is … [Read more...] about Plan to ski or snowboard? Strengthen up now!

As a child, when Sai Deepak used to watch the Bruce Lee-starrer Enter The Dragon and Jackie Chan’s Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow with his father, he was totally entranced by the energetic martial arts routines in them. The little kid, gazing up at the television had no clue that, as a 23-year-old, he’d be the country’s youngest person to hold three individual Guinness World Records. The fascination of this Taekwondo artist with Guinness World Records started two years ago. On November 26, 2017, Sai Deepak was awarded a record for ‘most full-contact elbow strikes with alternate elbows in one minute’ at a count of 142. The next record on December 24 2017 was ‘most full-contact knee strikes in three minutes’ at a count of 175. The most recent one awarded on August 30 2019, is ‘most one leg full-contact knee strikes wearing five-kilogram ankle weights in three minutes’ and the count there is 87. He adds, “I dedicated this … [Read more...] about Hyderabad athlete Sai Deepak B heads to UK, US for Taekwondo world championship

        Rajesh Shukla, additional district magistrate (ADM) of Old Delhi area, who was one of the first officers to reach the factory in Anaj Mandi on Sunday morning and took part in rescue operations to save inmates in the burning building, ended up in hospital with minor injuries.There was confusion about the number of people in the building when firefighters reached the site. Forty three people died in the blaze. “When he reached the spot, I was informed that there might be a couple of people stuck on the second floor,” Shukla said.“Fortunately, I was already in my fire suit and I entered the building immediately. I rushed towards the place where I was told that the people were stuck. When I reached there, there were two people who were conscious but several others were unconscious lying on the floor and gasping,” Shukla said.He asked the people who were conscious to leave with him and carried the others down to the exit. In the … [Read more...] about Officer who helped rescue dozens from burning building injured in rescue op