#injury-recovery

#injury-recovery

Chelsea have been able to welcome their summer signing from Sporting CP ahead of schedule, but the early union isn't the result of happy circumstances. The Blues confirmed the signing of Portuguese winger Geovany Quenda from Sporting in March 2025, with the 18-year-old slated to leave the Lisbon club for London in the summer of this year. But the teenager has been spending time at Chelsea's Cobham training centre before the move, according to BBC Sport reporter Nizaar Kinsella.

"After the injury last year and then returning to GS racing, I was so far off," Shiffrin said Sunday. "I felt like there was no hope to be faster."

Poeltl has spent the last two and a half seasons anchoring the Raptors' defense, gobbling up rebounds, setting hard screens, and giving Toronto something it otherwise lacks: a legitimate interior presence to match opposing centers. When he is right physically, the Raptors are a different team. Over the previous two seasons, the Raptors have been 7.6 points per 100 possessions better with the Austrian big man on the floor.

"He did the first light sparring today," "Parrumpa" revealed the good news on Tuesday. "Everybody was able to see how hard the injury was, two months ago. But Pantoja is such a focused person, he worked hard to heal since day one. He can't wait to return and [get a finish] against Joshua Van."

I was young and crazy and was skiing somewhere I shouldn't have been in Lebanon and I fell 14 meters,

Lillard -- who has not played this season while recovering from a torn Achilles tendon -- will participate in the 3-point contest on All-Star Saturday, the NBA announced. Lillard is joining 2018 3-point contest champion Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns in the field, along with Charlotte's Kon Knueppel, Philadelphia's Tyrese Maxey, Cleveland's Donovan Mitchell, Denver's Jamal Murray, Milwaukee's Bobby Portis Jr. and Miami's Norman Powell.

Christian McCaffrey went from a question mark to an exclamation point Thursday night when the 49ers' running back was named the NFL's Associated Press Comeback Player of the Year at honors night at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The NFL's Offensive Player of the Year in 2023, McCaffery played just four games last season because of bilateral Achilles tendinitis and a PCL strain.

I think Connor and Mark gave me so many things. Right before the postseason, we made some adjustments with how my hip is lined up. And I think a lot of my issues before that was me trying to find a comfortable feeling with that. And so I think working with them, getting that feeling, locking it in the postseason.

I'm learning to go slowly, not too fast too soon. It's probably the reason I got the fracture in the first place.

According to SPORT, Espart's recovery has gone according to plan, and the young right-back is close to making a full return. Indeed, there have been no setbacks in his rehabilitation, and the teenager returned to training this week with Barça Atletic. For now, he is training partially on an individual basis, but the idea is that by next week, he will be ready to be included in Juliano Belletti's squad.

It has not always been straightforward for Fernandez, who joined Chelsea shortly after being named best young player at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as he helped Argentina lifted the trophy for a third time. During his first 18 months in west London, he struggled to live up to that reputation. His first manager, Graham Potter, was sacked after failing to manage a bloated squad that could not even fit into the dressing room at the training ground,

FC Nuremberg has made a move in the transfer market, apparently acquiring a player from FC Bayern Munich. The player is expected to arrive in Nuremberg soon - here are the details of the transfer. According to nn.de, the club seems to have reached an agreement with Javier Fernandez. FC Bayern Munich has also reportedly given the green light for a loan deal.

The Diamondbacks and righty are in agreement on a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training, as first reported by MLB Transactions Daily ( on Instagram). Robert Murray of Fansided reports that the CAA client would earn $1.5MM if he makes the roster and has another $500K available to him via incentives. He can earn $50K for reaching each of 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 appearances. He'd then earn $100K bonuses at 50 and 55 games pitched.

terrible, very helpless

Probably just the tempo and the speed. You can do your best to replicate those in practice, but once you get out there in a game, at the NHL level, the tempo of the play is a lot quicker. Tonight, especially early on, at times I was a little behind. As the game wore on, I thought I got a little more comfortable.

PHILADELPHIA -- Not only did the 76ers find their way to a dramatic 128-122 victory over the Houston Rockets here at Xfinity Mobile Arena Thursday night, but on the two-year anniversary of Joel Embiid scoring 70 points here against the San Antonio Spurs, the superstar center put up a 32-point triple-double.

"Yeah I've just been very depressed and sitting at home injured and reading messages from people calling me 'sh*t'," Allen joked with reporters including Cageside Press on Wednesday.

"I said it to her this week, I said we've missed you in many ways, most of all because she just brings a little bit of color, she's got a great personality and she injects that into the environment," Hayes told ESPN's "Futbol W." "I've given her some responsibility this week and I think it's good for her. And she wants that, she's ready to take the next steps in her career. I think having her back is I hope the start of a really strong year for her."

But last season was an awful one for Duclair. He went down with a groin injury early in the season and did not fully recover. He appeared in 44 games, scoring just seven goals and 11 points. The overall year was disappointing for the Islanders, with Duclair being the whipping boy. Duclair needed to take a step back to recover physically and mentally. It seems the break, plus the change in management, helped the 30-year-old turn things around.

The striker has an extensive career of playing through the German football leagues, spending the majority of his career in the 2. Bundesliga, as well as the German top flight. However, Kleindienst has only improved with age and over the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons, reached new heights. Kleindienst hit his highest goal tally in the Bundesliga last season with an impressive 16 goals last season with Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Leading up to the match on Wednesday, AS reports that Barcelona have received positive news at the Ciutat Esportiva. Raphinha trained with the group during the morning recovery session and will be available for the Champions League encounter in Prague. The Brazilian international did not travel to San Sebastian at the weekend to face Real Sociedad due to a heavy blow to his right leg.

The three-time Rocket Richard winner knows how good he is and he loves to show that to the fans. Whether it was his "you can't hear me reference" to the Leafs crowd or his mean-mug he gave to the Colorado Avalanche fans who were flipping him off, there's been this new demenour about him that we hadn't seen for the first 30 games.