Things were looking bleek for the U.S. national team on the injury front as recently as a month
ago. Between Charlie Davies' uncertain future and the knee injuries to Clint Dempsey and Oguchi
Onyewu, the U.S. squad had three of its marquee players facing uncertain recovery timetables while
others, such as Ricardo Clark and Benny Feilhaber, were also injured.
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KICKETTE 17 March @ 12:50 PM EDT
Images via AFP
Nursing an injury can be quite a chore. We wouldn't know, of course, because we're too busy
wallowing in our Celine Dion sorrows to keep up with the status of two of England's top players'
World Cup stampy-making injuries. So, what's a Kickette to do other than critique which bum leg is
best?
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KICKETTE 17 March @ 12:50 PM EDT
Images via AFP
Nursing an injury can be quite a chore. We wouldn't know, of course, because we're too busy
wallowing in our Celine Dion sorrows to keep up with the status of two of England's top players'
World Cup stampy-making injuries. So, what's a Kickette to do other than critique which bum leg is
best?
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Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel is hoping to make an early return from injury after reporting that
he is in a better state of health.
The Slovakia international is recovering from a broken metatarsal in his right foot he suffered in
the Europa League win away to Unirea Urziceni last month.
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Liverpool vice-captain Jamie Carragher is desperate for Fernando Torres to come back from
international duty unscathed.
Torres, in the Spain squad to face France in a midweek friendly, marked his first start since
January 13 with the winning goal in the bruising 2-1 victory over Blackburn at Anfield.
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Daniel Agger underwent a scan on an injured knee today after leaving Anfield on crutches following
the 2-1 win over Blackburn.
Doctors discovered severe bruising to the Dane's right knee, and he will now undergo treatment at
Melwood.
A club spokesman said: "Daniel underwent a scan this morning which has shown severe bruising to the
bone in his right knee.
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Red Rants 10 February @ 01:45 PM EDT
Right. It looks like our match previewer is AWOL so let's keep it short here. Consider this an
open discussion thread predictions, pre-match whines, moans, cheers; everything.
We lost our last match against Villa, but this United side is streets ahead of the huffing,
puffing, lump of blob that was getting by on crutches.
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By Ollie Irish
Looks very much like Thomas Vermaelen might have fractured his fibula (lower
leg) against Villa last night. Arsene Wenger revealed: "The news is not good. [Vermaelen] will have
an X-ray on Thursday morning. He is on crutches.
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Gooner Talk 27 January @ 06:13 PM EDT
Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen may miss the majority of the season after leaving Villa Park on
crutches with a suspected fractured fibula. Full Article To Come.
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Anfield Talk 30 December @ 12:15 PM EDT
Liverpool's dramatic 1-0 injury-time win over Aston Villa was overshadowed by an injury scare
involving England defender Glen Johnson.
The right-back, 25, came off with two minutes left after suffering a suspected knee injury.
"We don't know, we have to do a scan – maybe he has a problem with his knee," said manager Rafa
Benitez afterwards.
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Tottenham Hotspur keeper Carlo Cudicini is out of the hospital and on crutches, but the
footballer is expected to miss the rest of the season with wrists fractures and a pelvis fracture
that may require more surgery. Cudicini already underwent emergency surgery on both his right
wrist and pelvis following a motorbike injury a week ago in England.
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by CARL ELDRIDGE Crocked Kieran Gibbs will give Arsene Wenger another injury headache ahead of
the trip to Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday.
The young left-back hobbled out of England U-21's 0-0 draw in Lithuania last night and this
morning's paper report on the injury which comes after RVP was sidelined with ankle ligament
damage.
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Soccerblog 15 November @ 08:27 PM EDT
RVP's convalescence time has been reduced to 4-6 weeks, less than the two months feared. He has
a partial tear of the ankle ligament. A Dutch official said it was not a fracture but there was
still significant ankle damage.
"It's impossible to put an exact time frame on it because some players heal more quickly than
others.
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Cristiano Ronaldo takes his football seriously. How do I know this? Because he is one of the
best footballers in the entire world. So when you are one of the best you don't want anyone to
challenge your dedication to your craft, right? Well Cristiano Ronaldo is no different then
anyone.
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QPR Report 22 September @ 11:49 AM EDT
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QPR's Heidar Helguson will have scan to see
if he can make Reading- Heidar Helguson will have an MRI scan tomorrow to see if there is a chance he can make this
weekend's clash with Reading.
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Arseblog 09 September @ 03:49 AM EDT
Tonight the Arthurs, Hildas and Lionels of the football world will play each other and when the
games are over our players will come back in wheelchairs, on crutches and with stitches in their
groins and everything shall return to normal once again.
Russia play Wales and there are still some doubts over the fitness of Andrei Arshavin.
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The
Colorado Rapids played their prettiest soccer in the 2-2 home draw against
Seattle earlier this season. They have played their most professional soccer in the last two home
victories which included a tight 1-0 win over Toronto last night.
Sometimes, it's about digging deep and finding ways to win.
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Ok, Ok, I know, there was no blog yesterday. Blame the internet pixies for spreading their love
in the form of viruses (or should we blame me for downloading stuff I just should have left alone?
Nah, let's not do that). By the time I got my laptop cleared yesterday it was bedtime and then I
had work first thing today, and then it was late afternoon and there seemed no point as it would
have put me all out of whack for today's blog, and blah blah blah.
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AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK:
1. FASTEST BRAZILIAN RED CARD AHHHH WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?! YOU COULDN'T EVEN CONTROL
YOURSELF FOR TEN SECONDS BEFORE GETTING SENT OFF?!?!?!? WHAT KIND OF PERSON CAN'T CONTAIN THEIR
ANGER FOR EVEN A SINGLE MINUTE?
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Stewart Downing was at Aston Villa's training ground to discuss his £12 million move from
relegated Middlesbrough and unlike most footballers worth £12 million, he arrived on crutches. The
England international is recovering from surgery on his fractured foot and won't be able to make
his debut until October, but Martin O'Neill has apparently decided to throw caution and cash to the
wind and sign him now instead of next January as previously believed.
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On the 20th of June 2006 in Cologne, Germany, I was sat high behind the goal in the
RheinEnergieStadion (then called simply 'The FIFA World Cup Stadium') when in the fourth minute, a
figure crumpled to the ground. It was hard to see who it was from my unique vantage point, but the
man sitting to my left immediately turned round and said 'any money it's Owen'.
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All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of Dirty Tackle...
The last time Michael Owen leaves a Manchester area hospital without being on crutches.
[Eurosport]
West Ham fans sabotaged Joe Cole's wedding suit. [The Spoiler]
Jose Mourinho is not getting a divorce.
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