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Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois on Tuesday ruled himself out of next summer’s Euro 2024 championship, four months after suffering a serious knee injury in training.

Russian competitors remain banned from track and field events at next year’s Paris Olympics but Sebastian Coe on Monday conceded that “the world changes” and said the situation was being monitored.

Four burglars targeted the home of Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Alexandre Letellier early Tuesday, threatening him and his wife, police and prosecutors said.

Coming into AFCON 2023 as the host nation and a two-time winner, Ivory Coast would have a point to prove that the Elephants can still be counted among the heavyweights in Africa, and that football in the country should not be defined by the golden generation alone. 

Chelsea will welcome Newcastle to Stamford Bridge in one of the four quarterfinal fixtures of the Carabao Cup. The Blues returned to winning ways over with, with Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson scoring in the 2-0 victory over Sheffield United.

Lionel Messi is expected to line-up against his boyhood club Newell’s Old Boys after the Argentine team agreed to a pre-season friendly game at Inter Miami in February.

The stadium was specially renovated for the 1924 Paris Games, when it hosted the opening ceremony, athletics and other sports ranging from equestrian to gymnastics.

The 26-year-old has not yet played competitively for the club after injuring his knee on their pre-season US tour, weeks after joining from RB Leipzig for £52 million ($66 million).

“We take it as a privilege, it’s an honour to be here. To be sitting here and play tomorrow means you have done something exceptional in the past. We have to take it, play a game tomorrow and deserve to be in the final.”