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Real Madrid forward Rodrygo has sustained a torn cruciate ligament (ACL) and a torn meniscus in his right knee, the club has confirmed. Surgery is set to follow, which is expected to see the Brazil international sidelined for up to a year, ruling him out of the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico this summer.

You're playing tag with your kids, hitting a fast tennis return shot, landing after a gymnastics vault, evading a football tackle or jumping off a rock onto the beach. Suddenly, you feel a pop in your knee, then immediate pain followed by swelling.

If you were glued to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, you already know the moment that defined these Games didn’t happen on a podium. It happened 13 seconds into Lindsey Vonn‘s women’s downhill run on February 8,

Atlanta Braves pitcher Joey Wentz’s season is over. The team says the left-hander tore the ACL in his right knee while covering first base against Tampa Bay on Sunday.

Bob and Brad instruct us on the common mechanisms and signs of a torn or strained ligament in the knee. Then they demonstrate tests that are used to determine if you have an ACL, PCL, MCL, or LCL tear or strain.