#injury-update

#injury-update

Coach Darko also announced that the Austrian centre has been cleared for contact, meaning he is ready for practice, and now it's just a matter of getting his conditioning back into game shape. With how cautious Rajakovic has been with dealing with RJ Barrett's return, it's almost a certainty that Poeltl would most likely be on a minutes restriction when we see his return to NBA competition.

"He looks like he's doing well from that," coach Sean McDermott said Wednesday. Oliver, who has appeared in only three games this season, has been on injured reserve since Oct. 28 and has had surgery for a torn left bicep. He also dealt with an ankle injury early in the season and has three sacks and a forced fumble. "It probably adds a little bit of cloudiness to his return window," McDermott said.

MINNEAPOLIS - Cam Thomas scored 30 points in his return after missing 20 games with a left hamstring strain, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 123-107 on Saturday night. Michael Porter Jr. added 27 points and 10 rebounds for the Nets, who had six players score in double figures. Brooklyn (10-19) has won four of five and five of seven. The Nets, who improved to 7-3 in December, are allowing an NBA-low 103.1 points per game this month.

Jules Kounde has been making a habit of responding to speculation on social media and has offered a fresh update on Sunday night after going off injured against Villarreal.

San Jose Sharks forward Will Smith continues to rehab from his injury, but it remains unclear when he'll be able to rejoin one of the team's practices. Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said Friday that Smith has been attending meetings and working out at the team's practice facility in recent days but held off on giving any specific timeline for the 20-year-old's return.

Leonard taking contact again so soon suggests he could be back in game action well before his announced projected recovery timeline of three to four weeks. "Yeah, just another step in his progression to coming back," head coach Spencer Carbery said Friday afternoon. "Moves into now where he's able to get in and around other players, take a little bit of contact, so he'll just continue to progress."

FC Barcelona secured a hard-fought 2-0 victory over CD Guadalajara in the Copa del Rey on Tuesday night, securing progression to the Round of 16. Up next for the La Liga champions is a clash against Villarreal away at Estadio La Ceramica in their final match before the mid-season break. Pedri, Ferran among players who train on day off

The Maple Leafs have received good news on the injury front as Joseph Woll could return very soon. Woll may return to the Leafs' lineup for Tuesday's game against the Chicago Blackhawks. Joseph Woll believes that he has been progressing well, and his body has been feeling better every day. Woll has been out of the lineup after being sidelined with a lower-body injury on December 4th in a 5-1 win against the Hurricanes.

When the Dolphins run: Miami's speedy 1,000-yard rusher, De'Von Achane, sustained a rib injury last Sunday, but he has a positive outlook toward playing after an X-ray and MRI came back clean. Even after he and his 92 rushing yards exited in the win against the New York Jets, second-year tailback Jaylen Wright had a career afternoon with his first 100-yard rushing game and first NFL touchdown.

Real Madrid welcome one of their toughest test in Manchester City to the Bernabeu this evening. Pep Guardiola's side are not the force majeure they once were, but are a potent threat with the likes of Erling Haaland in their ranks, alongside a re-emerging Phil Foden. The Sky Blues have lost just one in this season's Champions League a shock 2-0 reverse against Bayer Leverkusen so Los Blancos will need everything at their disposal to overcome the English side's threat.

Santiago Gimenez has missed the last few games with an ankle issue, but he could make a return on Sunday. After receiving the positive news that Rafael Leao has avoided a muscle injury and should be available for the Supercoppa Italiana next week, a further boost has arrived regarding the condition of Gimenez. Santi nearing a return As today's edition of Tuttosport (via MilanPress) reports, Massimiliano Allegri will be without Leao for the game against Sassuolo on Sunday.

The Raptors played really well and did have moments on offence where they were "leaking oil" as Jack Armstrong would say, but they hung in there with one of the best teams in the league all night long, just to lose right at the end. This game will mark the third game at home as Toronto will have two more in a row after this against the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks for the NBA Cup Quarterfinals.

He has had a scan. We don't think it's too bad. "We're giving him every chance to declare himself fit, if possible. It was a knock, very similar to [the one] Joelinton suffered ... a sort of dead leg type feeling. The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. But Sandro's injury was concerning enough for him to get scanned. We'll see how he is today and give him every chance to be fit.

"When we say week to week, it's because it's longer than day to day," Darche explained. "But it's not month to month, either. I would suspect two to three weeks at the most. There's no surgery needed. There's no anything. It's just healing an old injury."

"Knies, Matthews and Roy all practiced today," Berube said. "Looked good, they finished practice, but still gotta see about tomorrow. So that's where they're at, but it was good that they were out there and finished practice, went through all the drills."

It's a big week, as you said, but at the end of this week, then we have Leeds away, Bournemouth away, Atalanta away, so it's another big one. It's always a big week, they are all important games, at the end of every game is three points, for sure there are games like Barcelona tomorrow and Arsenal Sunday that are important for different reasons, but actually the best thing for us is to win the game.

It is easy to forget that Lennart Karl is 17 sometimes, the way he dances around the field and demands the ball and plays like a seasoned professional's decision making. But 17 he is, which means his body is still growing and adapting, especially to professional football. It means he will take knocks and might be more susceptible to injury than most fully grown adults.