Panthers rookie wide receiver Chris Brazzell was injured in Wednesday's training camp practice and it looks like he's going to be out for an extended period of time.
Brazzell went down during a 7-on-7 drill and had to be carted off the field. Joe Person of TheAthletic.com reports that the third-round pick suffered an LCL tear that is expected to keep him out for up to eight weeks.
Head coach Dave Canales said that Brazzell was held out of a couple of earlier practices because of knee soreness, although Person reports that the injury is not believed to be related to the previous issue.
"It was just something that kind of started to get sore after the first couple of days, and then we just, he mentioned it to us," Canales said, via the team's website. "We started to look at it and we put him through some good recovery stuff and de-loaded him for a couple of days, got him back out there, and he couldn't finish the day."
The Panthers saw linebacker Nic Scourton go down with a torn ACL during practice last week, so it has been a rough start to camp on both sides of the ball for Carolina.

#canales #down

Discrimination remains "deeply embedded" within English football, according to the chief executive of Kick It Out, as reports of abuse surged by 25 per cent last season.
The anti-discrimination charity recorded 1,744 reports in the 2025-26 campaign, a significant rise from 1,398 in the previous year. For the first time, the number of distinct incidents surpassed 1,000, reaching 1,255.
Kick It Out clarified that while one incident can generate multiple reports, the reports-per-incident ratio for the past season stood at 1.39. The increase was widespread across various platforms and levels of the game.
Reports of online discrimination rose by five per cent to 650, while incidents in the professional game and at grassroots level both saw a 41 per cent increase, reaching 636 and 458 reports respectively.
The charity's data revealed alarming increases across all types of abuse. Islamophobia reports soared by 88 per cent, ***** phobia by 46 per cent, and anti-Semitism by 43 per cent. Racism reports were up 19 per cent, ***** ism by 12 per cent, and ableism by 20 per cent.

#cent #incident

So far, Manchester United have signed a back-up goalkeeper, two midfielders and a young forward this summer, but former Red Devils defender Danny Simpson says they need fresh blood in another position.
"Lisandro Martinez is injured, Matthijs de Ligt gets injured a lot and Harry Maguire is 33 now, so I think we could do with a centre-back," Simpson told BBC Radio Manchester.
United currently have a wealth of experience in the centre-back department with Martinez, De Ligt and Maguire, but injuries halted their playing time together last season.
It is not yet known if Martinez will be ruled out of the start of the domestic campaign with the injury he picked up during Argentina's World Cup final defeat by Spain.
De Ligt last featured for United in November 2025 under Ruben Amorim.

#martinez #centre #last

Scotland Eilish McColgan is giving herself "every opportunity" to defend her Commonwealth Games 10,000m **** le in her home country on Monday as she recovers from a foot fracture, says mother and coach Liz.
McColgan, 35, emulated her mum by roaring to gold in Birmingham four years ago in one of the most iconic moment of that event.
In an injury-scarred spell since then, she has transitioned to road racing but has committed to returning to the track so she can compete at a second home Games in Glasgow after doing the steeplechase in 2014.
However, battling through a gruesome toe injury in April's London Marathon led to an undetected stress fracture, which has cast McColgan's participation in Monday's historic mile event at Scotstoun in serious doubt.
Scotland win three medals in 45 minutes to kick-start Glasgow 2026

#Scotland #Event #injury #eilish

New Hamburg attacking addition Patson Daka bid the Bundesliga a spirited ****** o on Friday. Following his arrival at HSV's Austrian training camp, new striker Patson Daka has spoken about his decision to join the Bundesliga club and his determination to escape the difficult period that stalled his career at Leicester City.
The 27-year-old joined HSV on a free transfer after Leicester's relegation to the English third tier. Daka, for whom the former Premier League club paid approximately €30m five years ago, initially signed a one-year contract containing an extension option. The Zambian international is expected to make his unofficial debut in Saturday's friendly against 1. FC Heidenheim.
Daka's fellow new Hamburg signing – Moroccan U23 international Bilal Nadir – also saw his arrival on a free transfer confirmed Friday. Like Daka, Nadir is also hoping to put a recent rough patch behind him. Last October, whilst playing for Olympique Marseille, Nadir made unpleasant headlines when he collapsed on the field during a Ligue 1 match against Angers.
In their second season back in the Bundesliga, Hamburg are rapidly becoming the club of "second chances"; an apt categorization in the year that Mario Vuskovic is once again eligible to play following his long suspension. Daka optimistically led the group of new arrivals at his introductory press event.
The striker began researching HSV shortly after the club established contact. Daka also consulted former Salzburg teammates Hee-Chan Hwang (whom many will recall from his RB Leipzig days) and Masaya Okugawa (who mostly featured for Arminia Bielefeld), both of whom previously played in Hamburg.

#daka #year #patson

Heading into the 2026 NFL Draft, there was a lot of trade speculation and chatter regarding the Atlanta Falcons and their former top-five overall pick, tight end Kyle Pitts.
In the end the Falcons either didn't get an offer they liked or decided that they'd rather keep Pitts and bank on his 2025 breakthrough as a positive trend and not an aberration.
So, Matt Ryan and the rest of Atlanta's new-look front office re-signed Pitts to a big contract, totaling $54 million over three years.
With the 2026 season just a handful of weeks away, Pitts is earning more accolades. Pro Football Focus has a new list of rankings out for the top 32 tight ends in the NFL. Pitts made the cut, coming in at No. 8 on their list, one spot ahead of aging Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce.
"After a relatively disappointing three-year stretch from 2022-2024, Pitts bounced back in a major way this past season. His 928 receiving yards were second in the NFL to only Trey McBride, as were his 88 receptions. Pitts tallied 51 receptions that went for either a first down or touchdown, the second-most in the league."

#receptions

Bill Belichick and general manager Michael Lombardi are facing fresh scrutiny after North Carolina was shut out of the 2026 NFL Draft, ending a run of at least one Tar Heel pick every year since 2016.
The empty draft class comes after months of UNC describing itself as the NFL's "33rd team," and it has only deepened questions about the roster's talent level heading into Year 2 under Belichick, even after the Tar Heels added 61 players this offseason and followed a 4-8 debut.
CBS Sports **** yst Matt Zenitz said NFL personnel still view the Tar Heels as lacking high-end talent.
"UNC didn't have a single player drafted," Zenitz said via The College Football Insiders. "When talking to NFL people this summer, different people around the NFL front office and personnel world, this is a team that is once again depleted of next-level talent."
Defensive lineman Melkart Abou Jaoude is UNC's top projected NFL prospect. He had 10.5 sacks last season, finishing second in the ACC and tied for 12th nationally, and is still viewed as a Day 3 draft candidate.

#talent #level

Former Wolfsburg and RB Leipzig professional Xaver Schlager – a free agent since July 1st – has officially selected Nottingham Forest as his next station. The Austrian international will be reunited with newly appointed Forest head coach Oliver Glasner, under whom he worked for two seasons at Wolfsburg between 2019 and 2021.
Schlager departs German football having made 150 Bundesliga appearances over the course of the last seven seasons. During that time, he scored seven Bundesliga goals and earned 55 caps for his native country.
Schlager arrived in German football when Wolfsburg signed him from Red Bull Salzburg in the summer of 2019. An ankle injury disrupted the first half of his debut campaign, but the Austrian soon established himself alongside Maximilian Arnold in central midfield. By August 2021, Schlager had already made 70 competitive appearances for die Wölfe and developed into one of the team’s most important midfielders.
His Wolfsburg rise was interrupted by a cruciate ligament rupture suffered against Leipzig early in the 2021/22 season. Schlager underwent surgery and remained sidelined until February 2022. He nevertheless returned strongly enough to earn a move to Leipzig, who paid approximately €12m for him that summer.
Schlager quickly became an important part of Marco Rose’s Leipzig midfield. He scored the winner against Werder Bremen in November 2022 as the German Red Bulls extended their unbeaten run across all competitions to 13 matches. His energetic pressing, physicality and willingness to contest virtually every midfield duel made him well suited to Rose’s football.

#bundesliga

Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks had an unwanted take on the FIFA World Cup hydration breaks.
For the first time in its history, the 2026 FIFA World Cup featured two hydration breaks, each in one half. It was framed as an addition to help players hydrate during the game.
However, soccer fans didn’t buy into it, as the hydration breaks were clearly a cover-up to earn more advertising revenue for broadcasters.
After a mixed reaction from fans, FIFA is currently undecided over the inclusion of hydration breaks in future tournaments.
FIFA may be undecided on hydration breaks’ future, but Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks certainly want them to return in the future.

#fifa #shanks

The 2026 FIFA World Cup has come to an end, but its impact continues to be felt in the transfer market.
Following the latest Transfermarkt update, several Barcelona players have seen their market values rise after impressive performances during the tournament.
At the top of the list remains Lamine Yamal, who continues to share the ***** le of the world's most valuable footballer.
Before the World Cup, the Barcelona winger was valued at €200 million. Following Spain's successful campaign, his market value has increased by €20 million, taking him to €220 million.
He remains level with Erling Haaland, who also received a €20 million increase, leaving the two stars tied as the most valuable players in world football according to Transfermarkt.

#following #Barcelona #valuable

Los Angeles Angels fired their scout for filming the Colorado Rockies coaching staff, but they were at risk of facing punishment from the MLB.
Justin Prinstein, the Angels scout who called himself ‘The Baseball Spy,’ garnered a lot of controversy when he used his cellphone to record Rockies coaches during a scouting trip.
Even though filming by scouts is not prohibited under the MLB’s rules, the Angels quickly took action against the scout and apologized to the Rockies organization for the action.
According to The Athletic, the Los Angeles Angels will not face any punishment from the MLB for the actions of Justin Prinstein.
The reporting suggested that Prinstein recorded the Colorado Rockies coaching staff of his own volition, and he was not instructed to do so by the Angels.

#Angels #prinstein #scout

Bills' Keon Coleman has a message for the haters originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Keon Coleman hears the noise. Of course he does. It's hard to ignore the haters entirely in the year 2026.
But the Buffalo Bills' wide receiver, preparing for his third year in the NFL, isn't letting the criticism bring him down.
Instead, he has a blunt message for the haters.
"None of them going to come lace them up and try to stand in front of me," Coleman told ESPN as part of a new article. "People are going to say what they want to say. At the end of the day, my job is to come out here, put my cleats on, strap them up and prove my worth here."