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Arsenal summer signing suffers knee injury on Premier League debut

Arsenal were dealt a blow during their Premier League season opener against Nottingham Forest on Saturday when summer signing Jurrien Timber had to be hauled off through injury . The Netherlands defender joined from Ajax earlier this summer and made a good early impression for the Gunners throughout pre-season and in their Community Shield triumph against Manchester City last week. Timber started at left-back in Saturday's lunchtime kick-off against Nottingham Forest at the Emirates Stadium and was playing well as Arsenal cruised into a two-goal lead - Eddie Nketiah's deflected strike broke the deadlock before Bukayo Saka added a second with a stunner from 25 yards. However, Timber was injured in first-half stoppage time in the act of trying to tackle Brennan Johnson, with the Welshman falling awkwardly onto Timber's knee. He received treatment from physios as the half came to a close and was able to come out for the second half. However, just minutes after the restar...

Bastianini pulls out of MotoGP Spanish GP weekend with injury

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The four-time MotoGP race winner suffered a broken shoulder blade after Luca Marini collided with him in the sprint race at the Portuguese GP in March. Though Bastianini didn't require surgery on the injury , it forced him to miss the Argentina GP the week after Portugal and the third round in America. Bastianini completed a private test on a Ducati superbike on Tuesday prior to the Spanish GP and was cleared on Thursday by MotoGP doctors at Jerez to take part this weekend . The Italian was 20th on the combined standings after Friday's running and admitted then that he was "in a lot of pain" and was unsure if he could continue on Saturday. Ducati has now confirmed Bastianini will withdraw from the remainder of the Spanish GP. "He said it was too painful," Ducati boss Davide Tardozzi told MotoGP 's world feed. "After a couple of laps it's too hard to ride. So, we don't want to take the risk, so we decided to stop." Ene...