soccer

Liverpool's Hugo Ekitike ruptures Achilles, to miss World Cup

2026-04-15 19:30:00 UTC

Hugo Ekitike will miss the World Cup and be out for at least nine months after he ruptured his Achilles tendon against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday night, the France Football Federation confirmed on Wednesday.

Liverpool forward Ekitike ruled out of World Cup for France with leg injury

2026-04-15 19:30:00 UTC

Hugo Ekitike was ruled out of the World Cup for France after sustaining a leg injury in Liverpool’s Champions League quarterfinal loss to Paris Saint-Germain, France coach Didier Deschamps confirmed Wednesday.

Hugo Ekitike injury: France striker set to miss World Cup as Liverpool fear lengthy lay-off

2026-04-15 19:30:00 UTC

Association_football

Association football, more commonly known as just football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a ball around a pitch.

The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed goal defended by the opponent. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport.