MONACO -- Japan midfielder Takumi Minamino has torn the ACL in his left knee while playing for AS Monaco and will almost certainly miss the World Cup. Minamino was injured in a French Cup game on Sunday against Auxerre and "medical examinations revealed a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament," Monaco posted on social media on Monday. Players typically need up to nine months to return from an ACL injury.
"It's a tough injury, but I know one thing about Patrick," Brady said. "He's very tough and he's very resilient. He's going to work extremely hard to get back. You see these ACL tears happen a lot in the NFL and it's tough to see it happen because you have these incredible athletes at the top of their game. You get hit the wrong way, or contorted a certain way and all the force goes to these knees or in some cases the ankles ... it's the nature of the sport."
Tottenham have confirmed that Jessica Naz will miss the rest of the 2025-26 season after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Naz suffered the injury during Spurs' 2-1 over Aston Villa in the Women's Super League on Sunday and will now require an operation on her right knee. The 25-year-old has started in each of Spurs' 10 WSL games this season, registering one assist, with the north London side sitting in fifth in the English top-flight.
England and Tottenham forward Jess Naz has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and will miss the rest of the season. The 25-year-old picked up the injury in Spurs' late win over Aston Villa on Sunday and will require an operation on her right knee. It is the second time Naz has suffered an ACL injury in her career having missed the 2019-20 Women's Super League season as a result of the issue in her other knee.
Williams got hurt with four minutes remaining in Sunday's 34-24 win over the host New York Giants. The 49ers' lead was at 34-17 when Williams lined up at left defensive end, raced past left tackle Marcus Mbow, and grasped at quarterback Jaxson Dart as he backpedaled and unleashed an incomplete pass from the Giants' 31-yard line. Williams immediately grabbed at his right knee and banged his hands into his helmet while splayed on his back on the MetLife Stadium's synthetic field, which has long come under fire for safety concerns.
It can be so easy for injuries to derail careers. Who knows what was going through Bayern Munich U-23 right back Vincent Manuba's mind during the 2024-25 season, but it was probably not happy. Having suffered a meniscus injury at the start of the season that kept him out for over two months, he briefly returned to play and then promptly suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in November of 2024.
Brentford have confirmed midfielder Antoni Milambo will miss the rest of the season after suffering an ACL injury on international duty. Milmabo, who joined the Bees from Feyenoord in the summer, sustained the injury while playing for Netherlands Under-21s against Bosnia-Herzegovina. He was taken off on a stretcher. The 20-year-old has received limited playing time at Brentford so far, making three appearances, two of them coming in the EFL Cup.
The defending Premier League champions were close to a deal for Guehi with Crystal Palace in the summer of 2025, but the Eagles pulled the plug late on. While Liverpool remain keen on Guehi, BBC Sport senior football correspondent Sami Mokbel has noted that the Reds are unlikely to pay for him in the January transfer window if they are able to sign him on a free transfer next summer.
That's what he was doing in Sunday's game when a low hit by a Bills defender knocked the ball loose on a return and immediately made it clear that Gibson was not okay. He was ruled out of the game as soon as the Patriots made the announcement, and now they know he tore his ACL and will miss the rest of the 2025 season.
The New England Patriots spent big this offseason to bring in free agent wide receiver Stefon Diggs. New England is Diggs' fourth stop in the NFL after spending 2024 with the Houston Texans and several seasons each with both the Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings. After being on pace to hit the 1,000-yard mark yet again, Diggs went down with an ACL tear that ended his 2024.
Icardi made a face when he realised he was a substitute during the final tactical training session the day before the Liverpool match. He didn't warm up before the match. He watched the team celebrate their victory from the back. He was the first to leave after the match. He didn't receive the captain's armband like he did in the Frankfurt match.
Unfortunately for the Houston Rockets and their passionate fans, they're probably going to be without former Raptors standout and current veteran point guard Fred VanVleet for the whole 2025-26 season. He tore his ACL during offseason training, which is a tough blow considering the season start is just around the corner. Now, I think in the grand scheme of sports injuries, when you hear "sprained" or "bruised," maybe there's a little more of a silver lining.
