London: Manteo Mitchell felt the pop in his leg and knew it wasn't good. "It felt like somebody literally just snapped my leg in half," he said. The American sprinter had half a lap to go in the first leg of the 4x400-meter relay preliminaries Thursday and a choice to make: keep running or stop and lose the race. To him, it was never much of a choice. He finished...
02:48 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Cincinnati: Rafael Nadal has dropped out of the Western & Southern Open because of a knee problem that forced him to miss the Olympics. Nadal pulled out of the London Games because of a sore left knee, missing the chance to defend his title and be Spain's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. He won the French Open for a record seventh time earlier this year but has been bothered...
02:15 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Toronto: Andy Murray has pulled out of the third round of the Rogers Cup with a knee injury. The Olympic gold medalist says he hurt his left knee during the opening match against Flavio Cipolla of Italy. Murray was to play Canadian Milos Raonic late Thursday. Murray says he's unsure whether he will play in the ATP Tour's next stop in Cincinnati or the upcoming U.S. Open. His withdrawal follows...
02:10 AM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Jamaican former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell's season is over after additional medical tests confirmed a strained left adductor muscle, his agent told Reuters on Tuesday. "It would be about three weeks to recover from the strain, and at that stage without having trained for three weeks, it just does not make sense to continue," Paul Doyle said in a telephone interview. Surgery will not be required...
10:40 AM, Aug 08, 2012
Veteran off-spinner Daniel Vettori has been sidelined for the tour of India following a groin injury. ...
08:44 AM, Aug 07, 2012
The England offspinner has more demons to exercise before the second Test against South Africa. ...
05:52 PM, Jul 31, 2012
The Sri Lankan wicketkeeper has fractured a finger on his right hand and could be out for up to six weeks. ...
07:59 PM, Jul 28, 2012
The slow-left arm spinner was released after a brief check up at the Colombo's Lanka Hospital. ...
03:46 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Sri Lanka pacer Kulasekara picked up a groin injury during the first ODI at Hambantota on Saturday. ...
02:12 PM, Jul 23, 2012
London: Organisers may think the most closely-guarded secret of the 2012 Games is the one who will light the Olympic flame, but of far greater interest to the wider sporting public is the condition of Usain Bolt's right hamstring. The Jamaican triple gold medallist from Beijing is the number one attraction of the London Games, but the question mark over his fitness has added an extra layer of intrigue to...
01:48 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Manchester: Manchester United says that defender Chris Smalling will miss the start of the Premier League season after undergoing a foot operation that will rule him out for up to 10 weeks. Smalling, who was just recovering from a groin injury sustained in May that ruled him out of the European Championship, broke a metatarsal earlier this week. United manager Alex Ferguson says "he got an injury on the Wednesday...
09:45 AM, Jul 22, 2012
Boucher suffered a lacerated eye after being struck in the left eye by a bail in a warm-up match against Somerset. ...
09:47 PM, Jul 19, 2012
The seamer is suffering from a hamstring injury and is a doubt for the Oval game starting Thursday. ...
05:57 PM, Jul 18, 2012
The SA wicketkeeper has been forced into premature international retirement following a freak eye injury. ...
09:01 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Former India wicketkeeper said, an experienced player like Boucher could have avoided the incident by wearing a helmet. ...
09:05 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Former India wicketkeeper Saba Karim is surprised of the fact that Boucher was not wearing a helmet. ...
07:57 PM, Jul 10, 2012
The England seamer injured himself in Sunday's second match at The Oval. ...
11:26 PM, Jul 02, 2012
New York: The rapper Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson has been released from a hospital after suffering minor injuries when his SUV was involved in a traffic accident early Tuesday morning in New York, according to Jackson's publicist. Jackson's bullet-proof SUV was rear-ended by a Mack truck on the Long Island Expressway in New York City, according to the rapper's website thisis50.com. Jackson, widely known by his stage name 50 Cent,...
08:04 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Poznan: Croatia coach Slaven Bilic could be forced to reshuffle his attack ahead of their Euro 2012 opener against Republic of Ireland as striker Ivica Olic is in doubt for the tournament due to injury. The departing Bayern Munich forward sustained a thigh problem in the friendly draw against Norway at the weekend, and it remains to be seen whether the Wolfsburg-bound player will be match fit in time for...
02:49 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Paris: Two-time Grand Slam finalist Vera Zvonareva of Russia withdrew from the French Open shortly before her first-round match Monday, citing an injured right shoulder. "My shoulder injury has still not healed," Zvonareva said. "So it's definitely not the best year. It's part of the sport and I have to find a way to get back and to be healthy again, so I can compete without pain." The 11th-seeded Zvonareva...
04:44 PM, May 28, 2012
