Napoli midfielder Kevin de Bruyne is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines after undergoing surgery on the thigh injury he sustained while scoring a penalty against Inter Milan.
The 34-year-old clutched the back of his right thigh after opening the scoring in the 33rd minute on Saturday and was substituted a few minutes later.
The Belgium playmaker was taken to hospital where scans revealed a high-grade tear to his bicep femoris, a hamstring muscle at the back of the thigh.
Napoli confirmed that De Bruyne underwent successful surgery on Wednesday in Antwerp, Belgium, and will begin the first phase of his rehabilitation in Belgium.
Reigning champions Napoli, who beat Inter Milan 3-1 to return to the top of Serie A, have not put a timeline on his return to action.
De Bruyne joined Napoli on a free transfer from Manchester City in June.
He has scored four goals in eight league appearances and made a further three appearances in the Champions League.
Oct. 2 (UPI) — Two planes operated by Delta Air Lines subsidiary Endeavor Air collided Wednesday night on the tarmac of New York City’s LaGuardia Airport, according to reports, which said one person was injured.
Delta Air Lines described the incident in a statement as a “low-speed collision” between Endeavor Air Flight 5047 and Endeavor Flight 5155.
Flight 5047 was arriving from Charlotte, N.C., while Flight 5155 was to depart for Roanoke, Virginia.
Delta said preliminary information shows that the wing of Flight 5155 made contact with Flight 5047’s fuselage.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the collision occurred at a gate at 9:58 p.m. EDT.
Delta said a flight attendant suffered a minor injury in the collision, while the port authority said they had been transported to a nearby hospital as a precaution.
“Delta teams at our New York-LaGuardia hub are working to ensure our customers are taken care of after two Delta Connection aircraft operated by Endeavor Air were involved in a low-speed collision during taxi,” Delta said in the statement.
“Delta will work with all relevant authorities to review what occurred as safety of our customers and people comes before all else. We apologize to our customers for the experience.”
The incident is the first to occur during the government shutdown, which has shuttered programs and left federal workers furloughed.
Earlier Wednesday, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association warned that government shutdowns “reduce the safety and efficiency” of the National Airspace System and erode safety.
“During a shutdown, critical safety support staff are furloughed, and support programs are suspended, making it difficult for air traffic controllers and other aviation safety professionals to perform at optimum levels,” it said in a statement.
A DARTS match ended in bizarre fashion when a player accidentally injured himself on live TV.
The Modus Super Series International Pairs matchup between Wales and South Africa had fans in disbelief when one player pretended to punch another, only for it to inadvertently end in injury.
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Devon Peterson playfully pretended to punch Richie Burnett after Wales got the better of South Africa in the Modus Super Series International PairsCredit: X @MSSdarts
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Burnett pretended to go flying from the punchCredit: X @MSSdarts
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The Welshman accidentally banged his head on a nearby TV in the processCredit: X @MSSdarts
The tie, which was being played between Richie Burnett and Kurt Parry of Wales and Carl Gabriel and Devon Peterson of South Africa, ended in a 4-1 victory for the Welshmen.
And after a sensational 112 checkout from Parry to earn the victory, Peterson playfully pretended to punch Burnett for getting the better of him and his teammate.
Burnett, 58, tried to play along with the friendly playfighting by pretending to go flying as a result of the punch.
But his overenthusiastic reaction ended up leaving him with a real-life bump on the head, after he crashed into a TV in the corner of the room.
Fortunately Burnett seemed absolutely fine, giving his head a rub and laughing off the gaffe.
Fans loved the unusually hilarious moment and reacted on social media.
One labelled it as the “funniest end to a darts match ever.”
While another wrote: “We need Richie on the TV box more often”.
Aug. 8 (UPI) — A cruise passenger aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas was injured when a section of a water slide broke off.
The incident occurred Thursday, the cruise line said. The seven-day cruise departed from Miami on Saturday, and the incident happened while the ship was in the Eastern Caribbean between the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Bahamas.
“Our team provided medical care to an adult guest when acrylic glass broke off a water slide as the guest passed through the slide,” a Royal Caribbean Group spokesperson said in a statement to the Orlando Sentinel and ABC News.
“The guest is being treated for his injuries. The water slide is closed for the remainder of the sailing pending an investigation.”
He was listed in stable condition aboard the ship, the cruise line said.
The Frightening Bolt slide is among six on the ship’s Category 6 water park, which is the largest at sea.
The slide sends riders through a trap door with the translucent section on the top. Then, riders are dropped through a bomb door apparatus into the 46-foot-tall slide, which starts on the ship’s 15th deck and is the biggest one on a cruise ship.
The rider was hurt when passing through the broken section.
A video posted on X showed footage from after the incident and the reaction from onlookers. One person is heard saying: “Stop the slide.”
“These slides are probably much more frequently than land-based are continuously and constantly being inspected for any issues,” Stuart Chiron with the Cruise Guy told ABC News. “If cracks are determined, these slides and attractions are immediately taken out of service.”
The Icon of the Seas’ cruise stops were in Philipsburg, St. Maarten; Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands; and the island’s private island at CocoCay, Bahamas.
The Icon of the Seas will sail through the Western Caribbean, starting in September.
On July 28, there was an altercation on the ship between two crew members from South Africa. While the vessel was off the coast of San Salvador Island in the Bahamas, a 35-year-old man allegedly stabbed a 28-year-old woman.
He fled, jumped overboard and died. The woman was in stable condition after being stabbed in her upper body.
In January 2024, the Icon of the Seas became the world’s largest cruise ship with a maximum capacity of 7,600 passengers and a crew of 2,350. It is 250,800 gross tons with 20 decks.
The Icon of the Seas is in the Icon class. The Star of the Seas is scheduled to include its first paying guests from its home at Port Canaveral in Florida in September. Two other ships are planned for the class.
Officials say the crash killed the train’s driver and injured at least 50 others, with 25 of them in serious condition.
A passenger train carrying 100 people has derailed in Germany, killing at least three people and wounding dozens of others, according to officials.
The crash happened on Sunday evening in a forested area near the town of Riedlingen in southwestern Baden-Wurttemberg state, roughly 158km (98 miles) west of the city of Munich.
Charlotte Ziller, the district fire chief, told reporters that the three victims included the train driver and an employee of Germany’s state-owned rail operator, Deutsche Bahn.
She said 50 people were injured in the crash, 25 of them seriously.
Deutsche Bahn confirmed several deaths and numerous injuries, and said that two train carriages had derailed “for reasons yet unknown”.
Authorities were currently investigating the circumstances of the accident, the operator said, and traffic had been suspended over a 40km (25-mile) stretch of the route.
Thomas Strobl, the interior minister of the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, said severe storms had swept through the region earlier, and that investigators are looking at whether the rains had caused the accident.
“There have been heavy rains here, so it cannot be ruled out that the heavy rain and a related landslide accident may have been the cause,” he said. “However, this is currently the subject of ongoing investigations.”
The train had been travelling from the town of Sigmaringen to the city of Ulm when it derailed.
An emergency worker walks on railway tracks near a derailed passenger train near Riedlingen, Germany, on Sunday [Nonstopnews/EPA]
In a post on social media, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed his condolences to the families of those killed.
He added that he was in close contact with both the interior and transport ministers, and had asked them to “provide the emergency services with all the support they need”.
Footage from the scene of the accident showed yellow- and grey-coloured train carriages lying on their sides, as firefighters and emergency services tried to get to the passengers.
According to the local television station SWR, helicopters arrived shortly after the accident to transport the injured to hospitals in the area, and emergency doctors from nearby hospitals were alerted.
Richard Lutz, the chief executive of Deutsche Bahn, said he would visit the scene of the accident on Monday.
He said the operator was deeply shocked and dismayed by the accident, and thanked all the emergency services and volunteers on the site.
“My heartfelt sympathy and condolences go out to the relatives of the deceased. I wish the injured a quick and full recovery,” he added.
The rail operator has set up a free special hotline for those affected and their relatives, according to the official DPA news agency. Emergency chaplains and psychologists are also available for affected travellers and employees, it added.
German transport is regularly criticised by passengers for its outdated infrastructure, with travellers facing frequent train delays and various technical problems.
The government has pledged to invest several hundred billion euros over the next few years, in particular to modernise infrastructure.
In June 2022, a train derailed near a Bavarian Alpine resort in southern Germany, killing four people and injuring dozens.
Germany’s deadliest rail accident happened in 1998 when a high-speed train operated by state-owned Deutsche Bahn derailed in Eschede in Lower Saxony, killing 101 people.
Travel by train in Germany remains far safer than travelling by car, with 2,770 people killed in crashes on Germany’s roads in 2024, according to Germany’s Federal Statistical Office.
Thirty people have been injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd queuing to get into a nightclub in Los Angeles.
Seven were critically injured and six were in a serious condition after the crash in East Hollywood, the LA Fire Department (LAFD) said.
A line of mostly women were waiting to enter the Vermont Hollywood music venue when the car struck at 02:00 local time (09:00 GMT) on Saturday.
The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the crash as an intentional act because the driver made a U-turn before ramming through the crowd, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News.
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said that when officers arrived, bystanders had dragged the driver out of the Nissan Versa and were attacking him. One assailant had shot the driver.
The driver was taken to hospital for surgery, the LAPD added. His condition is unknown.
The vehicle drove through a taco stand, through a valet podium, and then into the crowd, said police.
Pictures from the scene show a grey car on a pavement with debris strewn on the ground, and a large police presence.
The nightclub was hosting a reggae/hip hop event at the time, according to its website.
A law enforcement official told CNN the driver is believed to have been intoxicated.
Police have described the suspect who opened fire during the melee before fleeing on foot as a bald Hispanic man. He was wearing a blue jersey and potentially armed with a silver-coloured revolver.
In a statement, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called the incident a “heartbreaking tragedy”.
“The hearts of Angelenos are with all of the victims impacted this morning – a full investigation into what happened is under way,” she said.
The victims have all been taken to hospitals or trauma centres, LAFD Captain Adam VanGerpen told reporters at the scene.
“It was a very chaotic scene,” Capt VanGerpen said, adding that “a lot of bystanders by the club came out to help people”.
July 19 (UPI) — A driver plowed through a crowd in East Hollywood in California early Saturday, injuring 30 people, authorities said.
The driver had been thrown out of a club before getting in his car and crashing into the crowd, police told KABC-TV and KTLA-TV.
The driver, who may have lost consciousness behind the wheel, was pulled out of the car, beaten by bystanders and shot in the melee, said police, who are seeking a suspect in the shooting.
The crash was reported just before 2 a.m. along Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantc told the City News Service.
At least seven people were critically injured and six were serious condition, police said.
The crowd, outside The Vermont music venue, included clubgoers, valets and food vendors at a nearby taco stand, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
“They were all standing in line going into a nightclub,” LAFD Capt. Adam Van Gerpen said. “There was a taco truck out there so they were getting some food, waiting to go in. And there also is a valet line there. The valet podium was taken out, the taco truck was taken out and then a large number of people were impacted by the vehicle.”
A law enforcement source told KLTLA that the driver was removed from the nightclub for being disruptive, attempted to re-enter the club and was then turned away again. The man got into his hatchback, drove off, made a U-turn and then drove onto the sidewalk.
Of those injured, 23 people were taken to a hospital and 12 were treated at the scene, according to the fire department.
Police said they are investigating the cause and motive of the crash.
The Los Angeles Fire Department in California, United States has said a vehicle has been driven into a crowd of people in East Hollywood, injuring more than 20.
Up to five people are in critical condition, a further eight to 10 are said to be in serious condition, and another 10-15 are in fair condition, the department reported Saturday.
There are reports that the driver of the vehicle lost consciousness, drove into a taco cart and subsequently ran into a large number of people outside the club.
The incident occurred at about 2:00am (09:00 GMT) on Santa Monica Boulevard.
