Manchester City defender Kyle Walker has undergone surgery after suffering a groin injury in the derby win against Manchester United.
The 32-year-old was substituted in the first half of City s 6-3 Premier League victory at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Manager Pep Guardiola said after Wednesday s Champions League win against Copenhagen that the right-back would be out for weeks .
That appeared to put Walker s availability for England s World Cup campaign in doubt, and news of an operation may not soothe national boss Gareth Southgate s concerns.
Guardiola said on Wednesday the problem was something abdominal , with City clarifying on Thursday it was a groin injury to his left leg .
The surgery was successful and a more detailed prognosis will be…
Inter s recent revival under Luciano Spalletti makes Wednesday s Milan derby impossible to call, according to Hernan Crespo.
After a stunning start to the season that saw the Nerazzurri top Serie A in December, their league campaign stuttered with a run of nine games without a win.
That ended any hope of the Scudetto for Spalletti s side, but three wins in their last four have reignited their Champions League dreams.
And Crespo, who had spells with both Milan clubs between 2002 and 2009, believes Inter s resurgence means their midweek clash could go either way.
Probably until a month ago everyone would have said [AC] Milan are favourites, Crespo told Omnisport, speaking courtesy of Hublot.
That s not because their players have changed but they h…
Thomas Tuchel professed his support for out-of-form goalkeeper Edouard Mendy after he produced an erratic display in Chelsea s 2-1 win over West Ham, insisting the Senegal international has been unlucky recently.
Mendy was rooted to his goalline from a West Ham corner when Chelsea fell behind on Saturday, Michail Antonio capitalising on a goalmouth scramble to put the Hammers ahead.
Although substitutes Ben Chilwell and Kai Havertz scored a goal apiece to turn the game around, Mendy was again involved late on as Maxwel Cornet had a fierce right-footed finish chalked off.
Referee Andy Madley was advised by VAR to check the goal, and eventually ruled that Jarrod Bowen had fouled Mendy in the build-up.
Visiting manager David Moyes labelled that decision sc…
Didier Deschamps accepted France faced a huge test at Euro 2020 as Germany coach Joachim Low had no doubt Group F was the group of death .
World champions France were drawn alongside Euro 2016 winners Portugal and Germany, plus a play-off winner, in the group on Saturday.
Deschamps acknowledged his team would be challenged in Group F, which will be played in Budapest and Munich.
It s a difficult group, but I think that Joachim Low and Portugal head coach [Fernando Santos] think the same thing. It s the hardest group, but we have to accept it, he said.
We will need to be ready at the beginning of the competition because our first game will be against Germany in Munich. They will play at home.
On paper, it s a tough group. These two teams have ma…
Some people are fans of the Philadelphia Eagles. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Philadelphia Eagles. This 2012 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read the other Why Your Team Sucks 2012 previews here 1. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting Andy Reid to win a Super Bowl. The Eagles had their chance last January to rid themselves of Andy Reid forever. They could have kicked him the curb and no one—not even Reid—would have put up much of a fuss. They could have replaced him with a more dynamic personality—such as a chair, or the corpse of a dog, or even an oscillating fan—and finally gotten something out of a talented roster. Instead, owner Jeff Lurie took a gigantic DUMP all over Philadelphia and let Reid stay.…