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Top British gymnast Ondine Achampong tears ACL, may miss Paris Olympic Games

by admin | May 2, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Top British gymnast Ondine Achampong is expected to miss this summer’s Paris Olympics after announcing Monday that she tore her ACL. The 20-year-old says she’s “devastated” about the knee injury, which typically takes a year to recover from after surgery. Read...

USWNT’s Purce out for Olympics, NWSL season with ACL injury

by admin | Mar 29, 2024 | Representation, SEW

USWNT forward Midge Purce will miss the entire NWSL season and the upcoming Paris Olympics with an ACL injury. “I’ve torn my ACL. It’s a reality I’m still struggling with,” Purce, 28, wrote in a statement posted to social media on Wednesday. “I’m...

Real Madrid’s Caroline Weir latest women’s star to tear ACL

by admin | Sep 29, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Real Madrid midfielder Caroline Weir has suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, the club confirmed on Thursday. Weir, 28, picked up the injury in the first half of Scotland’s 1-1 UEFA Nations League draw with Belgium on Tuesday, and was substituted in...

Inside the ACL ‘epidemic’ plaguing women’s soccer and the high-stakes search for cures

by admin | Jul 11, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Claire Constant didn’t hear the dreaded pop, but did feel the jolt of pain. It shot through her body on May 16, two months before the tournament of her dreams. She’d been training, day after day, smiling and pushing toward her maiden World Cup — until she planted her...

UConn’s Paige Bueckers sees ‘finish line’ for ACL recovery

by admin | May 10, 2023 | Representation, SEW

“Coach Paige” became a staple of college basketball this season as UConn’s Paige Bueckers helped guide her teammates from the sidelines. Over the weekend, Coach Paige was back to work, mentoring the country’s top high school players as part of the Overtime Takeover...

‘If this was the men’s side people would be trying to solve this’ – USWNT star Christen Press on the ACL crisis in the women’s game

by admin | May 9, 2023 | Representation, SEW

WHAT HAPPENED? Press is just one name on an incredibly long list of those who have suffered ACL injuries in the women’s game recently, alongside the likes of USWNT team-mate Catarina Macario, Ballon d’Or winners Alexia Putellas and Ada Hegerberg, plus the...

Lucy Bronze: ‘Women’s football must come up with solution to ACL injury crisis’

by admin | Jan 16, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Everyone’s buzzing for the World Cup, and as European champions, it’s going to be a slightly different lead up to a tournament than in previous years. Clubwise, Barcelona are one of the favourites in every competition we’re in. We’ve got a number of world class...

Catarina Macario injury update: ACL tear recovery timeline, USWNT and Lyon matches missed

by admin | Dec 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Catarina Macario, one of the U.S. women’s national team’s brightest young stars, was dealt a significant injury blow during what’s been a breakout season for club and country. The 22-year-old came off after 13 minutes of Lyon’s final league...

ACL knee injuries in women’s soccer: In-depth look into causes, and why women are more prone to ligament tears

by admin | Nov 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW

“It’s the worst possible news on the eve of the tournament,” said England midfielder Izzy Christiansen to BBC Sport. Spanish football journalist David Menayo called it “a jug of cold water” thrown over his nation. They were referring to...

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