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Cuadrado faces long layoff
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Colombian winger Juan Cuadrado has undergone successful surgery on his left knee, Serie A champions Juventus confirmed on Friday.
The 30-year-old picked up the injury during Juventus's 2-1 Champions League defeat to Young Boys in Switzerland two weeks ago.
The club said Cuadrado "underwent an arthroscopic treatment which was perfectly successful" following meniscus and cartilage damage.
"The player will begin the recovery process in the next few days," Juventus added without giving details for how long he will be sidelined.
Italian press have estimated that the player could be out for up to three months which would rule him out of the Champions League last 16 fixtures against Atletico Madrid in February.
Anti-racism protocol not followed in Koulibaly case
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European football governing body UEFA said Friday that the correct anti-racism protocol had not been followed during the Italian league game between Inter Milan and Napoli midweek amid repeated abuse of Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly.
Napoli's French-born Koulibaly was targeted by monkey noises and racist chants at the San Siro, before being sent off for sarcastically applauding referee Paolo Mazzoleni.
According to UEFA's protocol, the match should have been suspended then but instead the game was allowed to continue.
West Ham snap up Rice
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West Ham were celebrating on Friday after rising teenage star Declan Rice signed a new long-term contract with the Premier League club.
The 19-year-old midfielder, who has made 51 appearances for the east London side, has signed new terms until 2024 -- with the option to extend for a further year.
Wife of Andrew Strauss dies
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Ruth Strauss, whose cancer diagnosis prompted her husband Andrew Strauss to step down from his role as England's director of cricket, has died, her family announced in a statement on Saturday.
The statement said Ruth had died aged 46 of the rare form of lung cancer she suffered from in her home country of Australia.
Strauss, a former England cricket captain, announced in early October he was standing down permanently as the national side's director of cricket following a period of compassionate leave.
Ruth was diagnosed with cancer during the Ashes in December 2017 and he took a break from his position earlier this year after she began a new course of treatment.
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