Samba successfully undergoes knee surgery
Nepali national women’s football team captain Sabitra Bhandari has undergone successful right knee surgery in Auckland, New Zealand on Wednesday morning.
Taking to social media, she said that Dr Simon and his team performed her surgery.
A few weeks ago, the striker widely known as "Samba" had sought financial support through social media, stating that she needed to undergo a knee surgery in Aspetar, Qatar. But due to ongoing tensions in the Middle East, the plan had to be changed. Later, she decided to undergo surgery in New Zealand.
Samba suffered a knee injury last December in the Australian League.
Lukaku drops out of Belgium’s World Cup warm-ups
Belgium’s top scorer Romelu Lukaku has withdrawn from their trip to the U.S. this week and will miss World Cup warm-up matches in Atlanta and Chicago, Reuters reported .
The 32-year-old Lukaku, who has netted a record 89 goals in 124 internationals, has elected to work on his fitness and will skip Saturday’s clash against the U.S. and another friendly against Mexico.
“Romelu prefers to train in the coming period with the aim of further optimising his physical readiness,” the Belgian Football Association said in a statement on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
Hogh hoping for Denmark debut as last World Cup chance looms
Denmark have the luxury of choosing from a number of in-form forwards when they host North Macedonia in their World Cup qualifier in Copenhagen, with Bodo/Glimt Kasper Hogh in with a chance of making his international debut after a superb campaign in Europe, Reuters reported.
Hogh shook off a poor ending to his league season in Norway last term by netting against Manchester City, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League to win himself a spot in the Danish squad for the first time.
With the winner of Thursday's clash set to face either Czechia or the Republic of Ireland next Tuesday for a place in the finals, the form of Hogh and the likes of Newcastle United's William Osula, who scored a brilliant late winner against Manchester United recently, is a big boost for the Danes, according to Reuters.
Liverpool's Salah to end glittering Anfield career at end of season
Mohamed Salah will leave Premier League champions Liverpool at the end of the season, the Egyptian forward announced on Tuesday (Mar 24) as he started a farewell to what the club said were nine "illustrious" years at Anfield, Reuters reported.
The 33-year-old arrived at Anfield from Roma in 2017 before making 435 appearances for Liverpool, scoring 255 goals to leave him third on the Reds' all-time leading goalscorers chart behind only Ian Rush and Roger Hunt.
Salah has also won the Premier League Golden Boot award on four occasions while starring for Liverpool in both their 2019/20 and 2024/25 title triumphs as well as lifting the 2019 Champions League trophy, according to Reuters.
