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Real Madrid have confirmed that Luka Modric has been diagnosed with a thigh injury which could rule him out of the Copa del Rey final and the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Manchester City. The 37-year-old managed just over an hour of the recent 4-2 defeat to Girona before limping off and spending the rest of the game sat on the bench with ice strapped to his leg. Real have since confirmed that Modric has suffered a muscle injury and, although they refused to put a time frame on his return, local reports have suggested it is serious enough to rule him out of some huge upcoming fixtures. Los Blancos will face Osasuna in the Copa del Rey final on May 6, before City head to the Santiago Bernabeu three days later for the first leg of their European semi-final. Read the latest La Liga news feed "He has a small injury ," Ancelotti confirmed in Friday's press conference. "I don't know if he will reach the cup final. We are hurt, but these things...

Tottenham defender Emerson Royal is expected to miss at least six weeks of action as he prepares to undergo surgery on a knee injury . The Spurs right-back had a slow start to life in England but put on some excellent performances in recent weeks ahead of linking up with the Brazil squad during the international break. The 24-year-old started Saturday's friendly defeat to Morocco and was on track to complete the full 90 minutes, only for a late ankle injury to force him off in the dying embers. According to football.london , Emerson will need surgery on the injury and is due to be out until May. The right-back will, therefore, sit out each of Spurs' six Premier League Game s in April, the last three of which are against Newcastle, Manchester United and Liverpool, as well as the first two matches of May against Crystal Palace and Aston Villa. READ NEXT manual Spurs would then have just two Game s remaining of the season, against Brentford on 20 May and Leeds eight days later on...

Initially, Los Angeles Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell said he was "not worried" about his sprained right ankle, an injury he sustained in the first quarter of the Lakers' first game after the All-Star break. A week later, Russell is still sidelined because of it, and he won't return on Friday against the Minnesota Timberwolves, either.  Russell, who has missed three straight Game s and only logged nine minutes against the Golden State Warriors last Wednesday, told ESPN's Dave McMenamin that he'll miss his fourth straight Game on Friday. Asked if he could come back when the Lakers face the Warriors again on Sunday, Russell said, "We'll see once we get through Friday." The Lakers are 30-33 and coming off a 123-117 win against an Oklahoma City Thunder team that was missing Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. LeBron James didn't play in that game because he's dealing with a ...