Murray withdraws from ATP Tour Finals

2011-11-22T09:00:28Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Murray has withdrawn from the ATP World Tour Finals due to a groin injury, the Briton said on Tuesday.

The world number three required treatment on court during a straight-sets defeat by

Chargers' Dielman out for season after concussion

2011-11-16T16:31:06Z

The San Diego Chargers placed Pro Bowl offensive lineman Kris Dielman on injured reserve Wednesday, ending his season due to the concussion he suffered against the Jets on October 23.

Dielman, a left guard, had a seizure on the team flight home from the ga...

High school football player dies after head injury

2011-10-15T12:00:34Z

(Reuters) - A high school football player died after he suffered a head injury during a varsity game in central New York late on Friday, the schools said.

A lineman from the visiting Phoenix Central School District suffered a head injury in a collision in the third quarter of a game with Homer Central High School, south of Reuters) - Injury-prone New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro has been sidelined indefinitely with a concussion, the National Hockey League team said on Friday.

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11 injured in two Philippine blasts

2011-10-09T06:30:47Z

Two powerful explosions believed to be from home-made bombs ripped through a motel and a cock-fighting arena in the southern Philippines on Sunday, wounding 11 people, police said.

The first explosion at noon tore through the ground floor of the two-storey Red Palm inn in Zamboanga, a port city in the troubled southern island of Mindanao, where Islamist mi...

Djokovic pulls out of Shanghai Masters

2011-10-07T03:30:28Z

World number one Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next week's Shanghai Masters after failing to recover from a troublesome back injury, according to organisers.

Djokovic apologised for the pull-out, which deprives Shanghai of another star name after Roger Federer decided to skip the tournament to rest and...

Sports-related brain injuries in youngsters soar, CDC says

2011-10-06T11:00:32Z

(Reuters) - Traumatic brain injuries in youth athletes climbed by 60 percent in the last decade, with young men injured playing football or biking accounting for most of the emergency room visits, data released on Thursday showed.

But one reason for the rise might be increased awareness of the dangers of head injuries, the Edna Kiplagat of Kenya withdrew from next month's New York Marathon on Wednesday with a left knee injury, handing Liliya Shobukhova the women's World Marathon Ma...

US hospital seeks to free Reagan shooter

2011-10-02T21:30:12Z

A US government mental hospital is seeking to eventually set free John Hinckley Jr., the man who tried to assassinate ex-president Ronald Reagan in 1981, CNN reported on its website.

Hinckley, now 56, was committed to St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington in 1982 after he wa...

Talks delayed as violence flares in northern Kosovo

2011-09-27T17:30:29Z

EU-brokered talks between Belgrade and Pristina were delayed Tuesday after the latest surge of violence on the disputed Serbia-Kosovo border left four NATO troops and six Serb protesters wounded.

"Due t...

'Mass casualties' as plane crashes at US air show

2011-09-16T18:30:21Z

Dozens of people were injured and possibly some killed when a vintage aircraft crashed into the ground at an air show in the US state of Nevada, a spokesman and video images showed.

Initial reports suggested 60 people were injured, 30 of them seriously, after the crash at the William Servat was named in France's XV for their opening World Cup clash with Japan in North Harbour next Saturday despite not having played since June 4.

The 32-year-old has been out of action since Toulouse's Fr...

Mumbai runway reopens after jet pulled out of mud

2011-09-05T03:30:15Z

Mumbai airport's main runway reopened for the first time in three days on Monday, after a Turkish Airlines jet skidded on landing in the Indian city and became stuck in mud.

Officials at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport said a t...

Turkish Airlines plane skids off runway at Mumbai

2011-09-02T03:30:29Z

A Turkish Airlines plane skidded off the runway after landing in the Indian city of Mumbai but no one was injured, officials said.

The Airbus A340 plane carrying 97 passengers and crew from Istanbul "veered o...

Opera tenor Licitra in hospital after accident

2011-08-29T07:30:27Z

MILAN (Reuters Life!) - Leading Italian opera tenor Salvatore Licitra, seen as an artistic heir to the late Luciano Pavarotti, is in serious condition with head injuries suffered in a Sicilian scooter accident, his publicist said Monday.

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Chelsea hopeful over Drogba's horror head injury

2011-08-27T18:30:21Z

Chelsea are hopeful Didier Drogba's head injury will be confirmed as nothing more serious than concussion after the Ivory Coast striker was taken to hospital during his side's 3-1 win over Norwich.

The Ivory Coast forward was stretchered off at Stamford Bridge on Saturday after a mid-air collis...

Drogba taken to hospital after head injury

2011-08-27T15:30:11Z

Didier Drogba was taken to hospital after suffering a horrific head injury in Chelsea's 3-1 win over 10-man Norwich on Saturday.

Drogba was knocked out in a collision with Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy and was carried off on a stretcher wearing what appeared to be a breathing aid after receiving treatment for seven ...

Robben ruled out of Bayern's Kaiserslautern game

2011-08-26T12:30:14Z

Dutch winger Arjen Robben has been ruled out of Bayern Munich's trip to Kaiserslautern on Saturday with a groin injury, his club announced on Friday.

"For now it's total rest," said Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes.

"I know from my own experience (a...

Passengers injured when bus flips on Pennsylvania Turnpike

2011-08-13T07:00:43Z

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Greyhound bus overturned on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early on Saturday, trapping one passenger inside the vehicle and injuring nearly two dozen others, Turnpike officials said...

Ankle braces may help teen basketball players

2011-08-12T09:30:21Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The ankle braces many basketball players strap on to prevent injuries may actually work, a study of high school players suggests.

Researchers found that of the nearly 1,500 basketball players they followed for a season, those who were assigned to wear ankle braces during practice and games were 68 percent less likely to suffer an ankle sprain or fracture.

Th...

Concussed Bayer goalkeeper suffers memory blank

2011-08-09T08:30:29Z

Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Fabian Giefer revealed Tuesday he can no longer remember what has happened to him in the last month after being concussed in a collision during last weekend's German league match.

The 21-year-old insists he has suffered a memory black-out since colliding with Mainz's Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting in the 84th-minute of hi...

Pereira to miss start of season due to knee injury

2011-08-01T17:30:14Z

Real Mallorca's French winger Michael Pereira will be sidelined for one month due to a knee injury and will miss the start of the season, the Spanish club said Monday.

The 23-year-old picked up the injury during Real Mallorca's 2-2 friendly draw away to Dutch side Groningen on Sunday after coming off wor...

Nail bombs injure 42 protesters in Damascus: report

2011-07-31T07:30:15Z

AMMAN (Reuters) - At least 42 people were injured Sunday when Syrian forces threw nail bombs at a demonstration in the Damascus suburb of Harasta, where the army's ultra loyalist Fourth Division had deployed to subdue pro-democracy protests, two residents said.

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Driver swipes L.A. police cruisers, injures 4 officers

2011-07-30T13:30:13Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four Los Angeles police officers were injured on Saturday, one of them critically, when a 64 year-old woman who may have been asleep at the wheel struck their cruisers, police said.

The 2:20 a.m. crash in the city...

Non-head injuries may impact thinking skills: study

2011-07-28T15:00:17Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A blow to the head isn't the only injury that can make a football player a little slow and confused.

A sprained ankle or strained knee might also affect how athletes perform on a computer-based test of attention, memory, and reaction time generally used to manage concussions, according to new research.

That means trainers and team doctors should rely on talk...

Hernandez hospitalised after training injury

2011-07-27T15:30:33Z

Mexico striker Javier Hernandez was hospitalised after suffering concussion in a training ground incident on Manchester United's US tour, the English champions announced on Wednesday.

Hernandez, who hit 20 goals last season, was hurt when taking pa...

Gervinho marks Arsenal debut with double

2011-07-23T15:30:22Z

Ivory Coast international Gervinho marked his Arsenal debut with both goals in a 2-1 win over Bundesliga side Cologne in a pre-season friendly on Saturday.

Gervinho, signed in the summer from French champions Lille, played just 29 minutes before he was substituted ...

China bus blaze 'kills 41'

2011-07-22T12:30:32Z

A fire on an overcrowded bus carrying flammable materials killed 41 passengers in central China on Friday, state television reported, in one of the country's worst road accidents this year.

The double-decker bus was taking people to southern Hunan province when it caught fire early on Friday morning on a highway, OSLO (Reuters) - Seven people have been killed and two are seriously injured after a blast rocked the center of Oslo, Norwegian police said on Friday.

"Seven people have died and two are seriously injured," Sveinung Sponheim, acting chief of police for Oslo, told a news conference.

Separately, a Reuters correspondent saw soldiers taking positions around centr...

Bomb caused Oslo explosion, two confirmed dead: report

2011-07-22T08:30:21Z

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police said that a bomb caused the explosion in central Oslo Friday, news agency NTB reported, quoting a police chief.

State broadcaster NRK radio said two people were now confirmed dead, raising the initial toll from one.

"So far I can confirm that we have received seven people at Lincolnshire killed five men and seriously injured another, police said on Thursday.

The blast occurred late Wednesday at an industrial estate in Boston.

"There was a rumour going round that it was some Polish nationals who have been brewing their own vodka, which is a bit of a problem round here at the moment," said local resident Ian N...

Three injured in final Pamplona bull-run

2011-07-14T05:30:08Z

At least three people were injured, none of them seriously, in falls during the final bull run of Spain's San Fermin festival, officials said.

The injured suffered bruises and cuts in spills and were being treated in hospital, a spokeswoman for the festival organisers said on Thursday. No other details on the injured were immediately available.

The six bulls and six steers wearing be...

More woe for RadioShack as Popovych leaves Tour

2011-07-12T07:30:25Z

American team RadioShack on Tuesday announced that Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych was out of the Tour de France because of a fever.

Popovych, who pulled out of the race before the start of the 158km 10th stage from Aurillac to Carmaux, joins teammates Chris Horner and

Two gored in Spanish bull run

2011-07-12T07:30:22Z

Fighting bulls gored two young men Tuesday as the half-tonne beasts tore through the winding streets of Pamplona in Spain's San Fermin festival, officials said.

More than a thousand thrill-seekers ran alongside the six bulls and six steers bolting through the streets of the northern city, some daring to get as close as possible to their horns.

Eight people were injured, including the...

Explosion targets brothels, taverns in northern Nigeria

2011-07-11T20:30:14Z

An explosive device went off in a red-light district in a northern Nigerian city but caused no casualties, residents and journalists said Monday.

The device, believed to be home-made, went off Sunday in the Obalande district of Kaduna, notorious for its brothels, taverns and a cluster of hotels.

"The explosive was concealed in a refuse drum kept in a ditch near a culvert and it went off when fun-seekers were having go...

Chelsea's Essien out for up to six months

2011-07-11T16:30:19Z

Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien could be out for up to six months following surgery on a knee injury he suffered in training last week, the Premier League club announced Monday.

The Ghana international had an operation to repair a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus following a...

Blast in outskirts of Nigerian capital Abuja

2011-07-10T09:00:06Z

ABUJA (Reuters) - An explosion in Suleja, a satellite town on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja, seriously injured at least four people on Sunday, the National Emergency Management Agen...

One dead, 14 injured in Dutch stadium roof collapse

2011-07-07T14:30:24Z

Part of the roof of the FC Twente football stadium in the eastern Netherlands collapsed Thursday during building alterations, killing one person and injuring 14 others, a city official said.

"It is terrible. One person has died and 14 others were injured. Ten of them were taken to hospital. Two of those are seriously injured," Mayor Peter den Oudsten told a press conference in th...

Two Spanish soldiers killed in Afghanistan

2011-06-26T12:30:17Z

Two Spanish soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, and another three were injured, when their armoured vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, the defence ministry said Sunday.

The soldiers were on a reconnaissance patrol when the blast occurred some 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Qala i Naw city in the northwestern province of Badghi, it said in a statement.

The injured were evacuated by helicopter to a ...

44 killed as Russian plane crashes on highway

2011-06-20T18:30:30Z

Forty-four people were killed and eight survived with serious injuries when a Russian passenger plane crashed onto a motorway before landing, leaving bodies strewn over the road, officials said Tuesday.

The RussAir Tu-134 tried to land just before midnight local time Monday on a motorway two kilometres (a little over a mile) from Petrozavodsk airport in the Karelia

Deaths from head trauma rare in young athletes

2011-06-20T13:00:10Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Very few young athletes die from a blow to the head on the playing field, but such deaths that do occur could often have been prevented, a study published Monday suggests.

Looking at U.S. records of sudden deaths in athletes age 21 or younger, researchers found that between 1980 and 2009, an average of nine athletes died each year from blunt trauma.

Four killed, 28 wounded in Pakistan attacks

2011-06-18T08:30:20Z

Four people, including two children, were killed and 28 wounded Saturday in a bomb blast and a militant attack on Pakistani troops, security officials said.

The children and one civilian were killed by a remote-control motorcycle bomb targeting security forces in Punjgur district of the insurgency-hit southwest province of Baluchistan.

"Three people including two children were killed and 26 people were injured...

Clijsters withdraws from Wimbledon with foot injury

2011-06-15T08:00:11Z

LONDON (Reuters) - World number two Kim Clijsters has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to a foot injury, the tournament said in a statement Wednesday.

The Belgian four-times grand slam winner was due to be the number two seed at Wimbledon, which begins next week.

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Blast at Intel microchip plant injures 7

2011-06-07T16:30:12Z

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Seven workers at an Intel Corp microchip manufacturing plant outside Phoenix were injured by an explosion at the facility on Tuesday, and the building was immediately evacuated, fire officials said.

The blast of undetermined orig...

Israeli settlers, police clash at West Bank outpost

2011-06-02T12:30:45Z

Six Israeli police officers and five settlers were injured on Thursday in clashes that erupted as police dismantled an illegal settlement outpost, a police spokesman told AFP.

Police moved in to the Ali Ayan outpost in the West Bank, north of Ramallah, early on Thursday, spokesman Micky Rosenfeld<...

Three killed in Gaza training camp 'blast'

2011-05-31T07:30:17Z

Three Gazans were killed on Tuesday in a mysterious blast at a training camp used by militants of the Popular Resistance Committees near the Egyptian border, medics told AFP.

"Three martyrs were killed and four others were injured in a blast in a site belonging to the Popular Resistance in the Tel Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah," said Adham A...

Monaco crash victims Perez and Petrov optimistic of racing in Canada

2011-05-30T15:30:26Z

Monaco Grand Prix crash victims Vitaly Petrov of Russia and Mexican rookie Sergio Perez both escaped serious injury and said on Monday that they hope to be fit for the Canadian Grand Prix in a fortnight's time.

Pet...

Australia doctor charged over hepatitis outbreak

2011-05-27T09:30:32Z

Australian police on Friday charged a doctor with endangering life and recklessly causing serious injury over an outbreak of the blood-borne disease hepatitis C at a Melbourne clinic.

The 61-year-old medic faces 162 charges after a year-long investigation into allegations that a patients at medical centre were infected with the illness, which can develop into cirrhosis and liver cancer.

"The man has been charged with 54 charge...

Boogaard's death caused by alcohol and drugs: examiner

2011-05-20T13:00:06Z

TORONTO (Reuters) - The sudden death of New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard was ruled accidental and caused from a lethal combination of alcohol and painkillers, a U.S. medical examiner ...

Tough guy Boogaard's brain donated to research

2011-05-16T03:30:16Z

The family of New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard has agreed to donate his brain to medical researchers.

Boogaard, who made his living by fighting, and protecting his smaller National Hockey League teammates, had suffered a season-ending concussion five months ago whi...

More than 40 injured in China bank blast

2011-05-13T12:30:23Z

More than 40 people were injured on Friday when a disgruntled former employee set off a petrol bomb at a bank in a Tibetan-inhabited region of northwest China, authorities said.

The attack started a fire at the Agriculture Credit Cooperative in Huazangsi, Gansu province, according to a statement issued by local officials. Of the injured, 19 were in serious condition.

A common-sense law

2011-05-04T02:30:22Z

Legislature should kill proposal to repeal Nevada's motorcycle helmet law

There is overwhelming evidence that motorcycle helmets save lives, prevent serious injuries and save money.

In one legislative session after another, Sen. Don Gustavson, R-Sparks, has introduced a bill that would repeal the mandatory helmet law only to see the proposal die in committee.But this year — the fifth time he intr...

Police inadvertently shoot dog attack victim

2011-04-27T08:30:30Z

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German woman who had escaped without serious injury from a dog attack was accidentally shot by police while she hid from the animal behind a door, police said on Wednesday.

Police in Berlin shot the dog dead, but a stray bullet went through the door behind which the woman was cowering, striking her in the ar...

Essien boost for Blues in title chase

2011-04-26T16:30:11Z

Michael Essien could be fit for Chelsea's vital Premier League clash with Tottenham this weekend after tests indicated a knee injury was not as serious as first thought, the club said Tuesday.

Essien hobbled off the field at...

Forgotten victims of Pakistan's Taliban war

2011-04-25T13:31:00Z

Shadi Khan was once a proud soldier fighting the Taliban, but today he quivers in pain, socks bagged around metal pins after a bomb blew off his legs on Pakistan's deadliest battlefield.

His unit had arrested 10 Taliban operatives and killed another eight, and was heading back to base camp in South Waziristan

At least 25 Iraqis killed in Syria bus crash

2011-04-21T09:30:42Z

Twenty-five Iraqis died and 20 were injured on Thursday when their bus hit two trucks and plunged into a valley between Damascus and the central city of Homs, the official news agency Sana said.

"The driver of the bus carrying the travellers along the road from Damascus to Homs lost control of his vehicle, which collided with two trucks. Th...

6-year-old brings gun to school, three children hurt

2011-04-19T11:00:12Z

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Three children were injured at lunchtime on Tuesday at a Houston elementary school when a gun fell out of a 6-year-old's pocket and went off in the cafeteria, Houston Independent School District official...

German circus families in shootout over tent space

2011-04-19T08:00:24Z

BERLIN (Reuters) - A shootout between two German circus families competing over tent space has left six people injured, police said on Tuesday.

The disagreement came to a head on Monday evening as the families fired guns, used knives and attacked each other with batons, police in the Bavarian city of

Uganda opposition leader shot in finger at march

2011-04-14T09:30:37Z

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was Thursday shot in the finger when police tried to stop him organising a protest march, an aide said.

"He was shot in the finger by a rubber bullet. We have taken him to hospital to establish the extent of his injury," Patrick Wakidi, an aide to Besigye told AFP.

The Ugandan Red Cross and police spokesmen both confirmed B...

Syria takes the initiative ahead of protests

2011-04-04T12:30:40Z

A new governor was appointed to the Syrian protest hub of Daraa on Monday while a Facebook group urged rallies in honour of those killed in previous demonstrations.

In the port city of Latakia, eight prisoners died and 17 were injured in a jail blaze, police said.

President Bashar al-Assad, wh...

King blow for Spurs as injury toll mounts

2011-03-31T12:30:31Z

Tottenham captain Ledley King could be out for the rest of the season, manager Harry Redknapp revealed Thursday as the club's injury crisis deepened.

Redknapp told Sky Sports News that centre-half King needs a second operation on a gro...

At least one dead in shooting at Houston high school

2011-03-30T21:00:11Z

HOUSTON (Reuters) - At least one person died and several others were injured in a shooting on Wednesday evening on athletic fields at a local high school, police said.

Houston Police Department spokesman John Cannon described the incident at

Jordan king urges unity after unrest

2011-03-27T15:30:13Z

Jordan's King Abdullah II called for national unity on Sunday, two days after a man died and 160 people were injured in clashes between protesters and government supporters.

"The most important thing now is our national unity, which must not be touched," the king told tribal leaders in the southern town of Petra, a major archaeological and tourist site.

"We need to stay away from any behaviour or attitude that wo...

Israel kills eight Gazans as border violence spirals

2011-03-22T18:30:34Z

Eight Gazans were killed on Tuesday, among them two minors and four militants, as tensions soared on the border with Israel after days of rocket fire and retaliatory air strikes.

The victims died in two separate Israeli attacks on the eastern part of Gaza City following a day of bloodshed and violence.

Two of the dead were aged 11 and 16, and four were from the armed win...

Another "Spider-man" actress sidelined by injury

2011-03-22T18:00:09Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yet another performer in the trouble-plagued Broadway musical "Spider-man Turn Off the Dark" has been sidelined by an injury suffered on stage, a spokesman for the show said on Tuesday.

Baghdad bomb attacks kill army officer, policeman

2011-03-22T07:30:20Z

A senior army officer and a policeman were killed and nine people injured by a series of attacks in Baghdad on Tuesday, according to a source within Iraq's interior ministry.

Lieutenant-Colonel Yussef Mohammad, based in the defence ministry, was killed while driving on an expressway in the east of the capital by a magnetic bomb that had been placed under his car.

In central Bagh...

Injured Naismith to miss Brazil friendly

2011-03-21T15:30:18Z

Rangers midfielder Steven Naismith has withdrawn from the Scotland squad for Sunday's friendly with Brazil with hamstring and groin injuries, assistant manager Peter Houston has confirmed.

Naismith was injured in Sunday's

NY Chinatown bus in another deadly crash

2011-03-15T16:30:28Z

Two people died and dozens were injured in the second fatal accident of a bus from New York's Chinatown in a matter of days, police said Tuesday.

The bus running from Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood to Philadelphia sped off the tarmac and along the grass divider on the

Crosby back on ice as concussion rules change

2011-03-14T21:30:14Z

Penguins center and Canadian Olympic hero Sidney Crosby returned to the ice for light training on Monday after missing 29 games with a concussion and its aftermath.

However, Crosby, who last played on January 5 in Pittsburgh's 8-1 victory over Tampa Bay, said he still didn't know w...

Rugby season over for Toulouse's Lamerat

2011-03-14T11:30:31Z

Toulouse centre Remi Lamerat has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury, the French Top 14 club said Monday.

Lamerat ruptured a cruciate ligament in his right knee after being tackled by Jamie Noon in Saturday's 23-22 win over league rivals Brive.

Set to join Castres next season, Lamerat will be out of action for six months.

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Injured Hernandez in doubt for rugby World Cup

2011-03-07T10:30:34Z

Racing Metro's injury-prone Argentinian star Juan Martin Hernandez has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a ruptured knee ligament and is a doubt for the September 9-October 23 World Cup.

"There remains very little time before the World Cup, but I will do everything possible to be there," said Hernandez, who sustained the injury in Racing...

Explosive device 'wounds eight' in Myanmar

2011-02-27T14:30:09Z

Eight people were injured, one seriously, on Sunday by an explosive device believed to have been detonated accidentally in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon, an official said.

The evening blast happened in the north of the city when a 26-year-old man accidentally set off the device he was carrying in his bag at a street stall, he said.

"Altogether eight people including the bomber were inj...

Violence erupts at Bulgaria football match

2011-02-27T11:30:10Z

Thirty-two policemen were injured, three of them seriously, and 23 fans arrested as violence marred the Sofia derby between arch-rivals Levski and CSKA, police said Sunday.

Another 15 drunken fans were not allowed into the stadium for the game Saturday evening, Sofia police chief Valery Yordanov told a press conference Sunday.

One 25-year-old CSKA fan was taken to hospital with serious injuries to the head and face, hospi...

Springbok Smith may miss rugby World Cup

2011-02-26T14:30:14Z

South Africa loose forward Juan Smith tore an achilles tendon in a weekend Super 15 match and could miss the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

Smith was injured playing for Central Cheetahs

Stretches before running have no impact on injury

2011-02-18T12:00:20Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It makes no difference if you stretch or not before a run, because stretching won't affect your risk of injury, according to a study.

"There is a lot of controversy about this," Dr. Daniel Pereles, from George Washington University, told Reuter...

Bolton's Ricketts out for rest of season

2011-02-18T09:30:28Z

Bolton's injury problems mounted on Friday after it was confirmed defender Sam Ricketts will miss the remainder of the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Bolton boss Owen Coyle's defensive options had already been limited after centre-half Zat Knight was ruled out for four to six weeks with an ...

Stretches before running have no impact on injury: study

2011-02-17T17:30:29Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - It makes no difference if you stretch or not before a run, because stretching won't affect your risk of injury, according to a study.

"There is a lot of controversy about this," Daniel Pereles, from George Washington University, told Reuters Hea...

Jones pens new Blackburn deal

2011-02-15T17:30:21Z

Blackburn defender Phil Jones on Tuesday signed a new contract with the Premier League club.

Jones, who can play in defence or midfield, follows captain Chris Samba, Michel Salgado, Jason Roberts and Mark Bunn in agreeing new contracts in the last month.

The...

Egypt building collapse kills 13

2011-02-12T13:30:13Z

At least 13 Egyptians died and nearly two dozen were injured on Saturday when a building collapsed in the southern Egyptian tourist town of Luxor, security officials said.

They said the toll could rise further as rescue workers were still digging through the rubble of the six-storey building, which appeared to have collapsed as a result of construction work around its ground floor support walls.

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Former Super Bowl-winning QB reports memory loss

2011-02-03T19:00:04Z

DALLAS (Reuters) - Super Bowl memories are meant to last forever, but former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon worried on Thursday that his could fade away like his ability to remember things as simple as why he wa...

Steelers bad boy Harrison blasts NFL commissioner

2011-02-02T17:30:27Z

Pittsburgh Steelers bad boy James Harrison says the NFL's crackdown on illegal hits to the head is turning the America's most watched sport into a game of weekend flag football.

Harrison, who has ...

Policeman killed at Bangladesh airport protest

2011-01-31T09:30:41Z

A Bangladeshi policeman was beaten to death on Monday when clashes erupted as 20,000 villagers demonstrated against proposals to build a new airport, officials said.

Scores of people were injured during the violence as locals threw bricks and rocks at police after the government approved plans to build a $7 billion airport outside Dhaka, the national capital.

Protesters, some armed with sticks and axes, attacked police at...

Buffett gets all clear after Australia stage dive

2011-01-26T17:30:19Z

Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett was released from hospital in Australia Thursday after plunging off the stage during a concert encore and hitting his head.

The US musician, best known for his 1977 hit Margaritaville, fell from the stage in front of a sell-out crowd in Sydney on Wednesday, horrifying fans and crew.

"I thought he'd broken his nec...

Blood drug could many save lives in combat, trauma

2011-01-19T09:30:19Z

LONDON (Reuters) - A cheap generic drug used to stem bleeding from heavy menstrual periods could save the lives of tens of thousands of accident victims each year and help reduce the number of deaths in combat, scientists said on Wednesday.

In a systematic review of studies on the effectiveness of tranexamic acid, or TXA, British researchers found that it reduces the risk of death in injured...

Injured Spider-Man actor can't wait to fly again

2011-01-03T20:30:11Z

Injured Spider-Man actor Christopher Tierney says he can't wait to rejoin the musical

The actor badly hurt after plunging more than 30 feet in front of a shocked audience watching the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" says he's ...

Injuries, fires ring in Philippine New Year

2011-01-01T03:30:35Z

The Philippines brought in the New Year in custom rowdy fashion on Saturday with firecrackers and celebratory gunfire that left at least two dead and hundreds injured, authorities said.

A series of blazes that erupted at various sites in the capital Manila also kept the fire department busy throughout the night as parties led to brawls and stabbing incidents.

The health department said 546 people were injured...

One dead, dozens hurt in Naples new year festivities

2011-01-01T01:30:08Z

NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) - One person was killed, more than 70 injured, and fireworks set on fire dozens of piles of rubbish as the city of Naples rang in the new year.

The southern city and its hinterland are traditionally the most explosive area in Italy on New Year's Eve, and Friday night ...

Man Utd boss won't go shopping in January sales

2010-12-31T15:30:38Z

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has ruled out a spending spree in the January sales.

United are in pole position to regain the Premier League title as they go into 2011 on top of the table, but Ferguson doesn't plan to bolster his squad with new signings during the one-month transfer window.

Title rivals Guard Lorin Dixon of top-ranked UConn returning from a foot injury to play at Stanford

No. 1 Connecticut has cleared key reserve guard Lorin Dixon to play in its showdown at ninth-ranked Stanford.

Dixon took part in the Huskies' shootaround earlier Thursday and was deemed healthy from a foot injury. She had...

Favre has not passed concussion test

2010-12-30T08:30:19Z

Coach says Favre has not yet passed a concussion test that would clear him to play vs Lions

Vikings interim coach Leslie Frazier says Brett Favre has not yet passed a concussion test and can't play in the season finale at Detroit on Sunday.

Frazier s...

ER transfer-time "rules" may not be useful

2010-12-23T14:30:28Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Illinois hospitals often don't meet a state-mandated goal of transferring seriously injured patients to a more appropriate facility within two hours -- but patients don't appear to suffer as a result, a new study concludes. The findings suggest that similar "two-hour rules" for emergency rooms elsewhere may no...

Colts WR Collie's status unclear after concussion

2010-12-20T14:00:33Z

Indianapolis Colts receiver Austin Collie's status uncertain after latest concussion

The Colts haven't ruled out receiver Austin Collie for this week's game against the Oakland Raiders.

Collie has left three games this season with head injuries after suffering ...

Colts may continue playoff charge without Collie

2010-12-20T11:30:13Z

Collie's likely absence may leave charging Colts down another receiver in playoff chase

Colts coach Jim Caldwell won't say how much time receiver Austin Collie could miss after sustaining another concussion.

But Caldwell said Monday that the decision wil...

Guatemala Bus Fire

2011-01-04T14:01:53Z

An investigator inspects a charred city bus where five people died and 16 were injured in Guatemala City, Monday Jan. 3, 2011. The cause of the explosion is unknown. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Sweden Train Crash

2011-01-01T05:00:09Z

A X2000 train is seen after it crashed at the Central Station in Malmo, Sweden, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. One person was injured in the crash. (AP photo/Scanpix Sweden/Johan Nilsson) SWEDEN OUT

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CONCUSSIONS 2

2010-12-13T13:01:41Z

ADDS chart; graphic describes what happens to the brain of a football player to possibly cause a concussion

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Panthers Seahawks Football

2010-12-05T19:01:35Z

Seattle Seahawks' Mike Williams catches a pass during warm-ups prior to the start of an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010 in Seattle. Williams left the game with an ankle injury on Seattle’s...

Iowa St Arnaud Football

2010-11-19T01:31:52Z

In this photo taken Nov. 13, 2010, Colorado's Patrick Mahnke, top center, and Nick Kasa, bottom, sack Iowa State's Austen Arnaud (4) as the ball is fo...

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