MATHEUS NUNES suffered a horror injury that left him in agony and fans sickened. The Portuguese playmaker, 25, started as Manchester City booked their spot in the Champions League quarter-finals.Matheus Nunes suffered a gruesome finger injury during the Champions League win over CopenhagenCredit: ReutersThe Manchester City star was clearly in agonyCredit: GettyBut he was forced off late on in the 3-1 Etihad win over Copenhagen with a gruesome finger that appeared broken or dislocated. Nunes went down and was clearly in extreme pain as he yelped out.And images showed just how bad it was with his middle finger on his left hand bent 90 degrees backwards at the knuckle.TNT Sports commentator Darren Fletcher said: “His finger was bent grotesquely.”READ MORE ON FOOTBALLManchester City’s medical staff ran on to treat the £53million summer signing from Wolves, who also got injured earlier in the season following a spectacular overhead kick attempt.They immediately got to work on the digit and strapped it up.However, Nunes was unable to continue and was subbed off for youngster Micah Hamilton. But squeamish fans flooded social media with messages after witnessing the nasty injury – including plenty wishing him a speedy recovery.Most read in FootballBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSOne said: “Thought Nunes was just being a bit soft at the time. Just saw his finger,” followed by a sick emoji.Another wrote: “Awful and painful sight.”Netflix releases trailer for docuseries following Man City’s 2022 2023 seasonA third added: “Looks horrendous.”A fourth typed: “This must be so painful. Get well soon Nunes.”And a final user replied: “I don’t want to see Nunes’ finger anymore thank you!!”City breezed through 6-2 on aggregate as they look to defend their status as Kings of Europe. Manuel Akanji blasted home emphatically before an absolutely stinking blunder from Copenhagen’s masked goalkeeper Kamil Grabara on nine minutes.Mohamed Elyounoussi pulled one back for the Danish side but Erling Haaland grabbed his 41st Champions League goal to seal the win.Medics treated the playmaker on the pitchCredit: ReutersHe had the finger strapped off as he had to be substitutedCredit: AP More

CHRIS EUBANK JR reckons he was robbed of a brutal battering by Liam Smith — and would have enjoyed it.In January, the Brighton ace was demolished by Liverpool’s star in the fourth round.
Liam Smith demolished Chris Eubank Jr in the fourth round back in JanuaryCredit: PA
Chris Eubank Jr says he was robbed from a brutal beating by the refereeCredit: PA
For the first time in his career he was dropped and stopped. Most fans are not keen on the June 17 rematch, so convincing was the original.
But Eubank Jr, whose father Chris had a legendary chin, has been stewing over the result.
He had the option of a June 3 showdown with Conor Benn after the original October bout was cancelled.
But the stink around Benn’s ongoing Ukad doping case meant that toxic Brit battle   was shelved.
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Returning slugger Eubank Jr, 33, said: “The thing I regret is not being given the chance to get through it — I wanted to continue and have the chance to overcome adversity.
“But I feel I was robbed of that challenge.  We sign up to get hurt and the possibility of punishment.
“So it just didn’t sit well with me that I wasn’t given the opportunity to recover.
“If I was due a beating, great, that’s what I deserved, I would have accepted and enjoyed it.
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“I am a grizzled veteran and know how much I can take and when I can’t go on.
“A lot of people paid to see me get my a**e kicked and then they never got that, they wanted to see me take even more shots.”
No-nonsense Smith, 34, said: “You don’t need to be a genius to see he is falling over all of his words.
“Lots of people said he could have been stopped from the first knockdown.
“He got credit and the chance to carry on based on his career, he went down and got up — but he couldn’t stand up the second time.
“I think he’s finished, he was terrified of getting hit. He was always game and seemed to fancy a fight, yet from the first clinch I knew he didn’t fancy.
“I am even more determined to beat him now — and I know I can hurt him to the head and body — this time I will make him say, ‘The best man won’.
Eubank Jr insisted he was genetically gifted with an unbreakable chin and had never been hurt.
Now, however, he is going into a must-win rematch in the knowledge that he may not have inherited quite as strong a chin as his dad.

He added: “I have a new desire. A new fire that maybe I didn’t have before because I didn’t fear him.
“I don’t fear him now but I know I can be hurt and buzzed — so I have to respect what is coming at me. It will be a lot more serious now.” More

BOXING’S first all-British women’s world title fight ended in a bloody and beautiful draw.
WBC super-featherweight Queen Terri Harper, 23, took on her 36-year-old childhood idol Tasha Jonas in a brilliant seesaw of a fight that the judges could not split.

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Veteran Tasha Jonas was battered but not beaten against the world champion who idolised her, Terri HarperCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd

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Terri Harper, right, produced the more combinations but admits her legs were ‘wobbled’ in the eighth round as Tasha Jonas landed meaty single blowsCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd

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Tasha Jonas and Terri Harper both want a rematch of their epic stalemateCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd
Liverpool southpaw Jonas scored with the bigger single shots, while Doncaster lass Harper was busier with more flurries and both vowed to rematch after doing the sport immensely proud.
After a cut to Jonas’ eye left both womens’ white top tinged a gruesome pink, the judges scored it 96-94 Harper, 96-95 Jonas and 95-95.
Harper said: “I caught her, she caught me and we hurt each other. I am only 23 and I only had 16 amateur fights.
“I want to thank Tasha for that fight, it was a great learning fight for me and I will go right back in for the gym, for the next one.

“She hurt me in the eighth, wobbled my legs and I had to get back and suck it up for the last two rounds.”
Southpaw Jonas, with her daughter Mela’s name etched on her shorts, started busier and landed with the best punch of the opening round when a left hand connected.

It was history in the making and she is going to be in the game for a long time so I am proud but gutted I am not going home with the belts.
Tasha Jonas

Harper launched an attack as soon as the second started but the veteran whipped in a counter left hook that was thudding.
Despite the strong start it was Jonas, the first woman boxer to represent Team GB, who was cut.

The third was a two-minute war as the women slugged it out. First Jonas looked wobbled but then Harper was backed down by an attack from the Liverpool ace.
Close-range hooks and uppercuts were swapped in the fifth, making it almost impossible to split the battling females with 13 years difference.
But Jonas showed her experience in the sixth when a left hand stumbled Harper but at the bell it was Harper rocking her rival’s head back with a straight right hand.

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Tasha Jonas shows how she landed the better single shots as she catches defending champ Terri Harper flush on the noseCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd

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Terri Harper celebrates retaining her WBC super-featherweight world titleCredit: ©Mark Robinson Ltd
A Harper right hand ripped through Jonas’ guard in the seventh and Jonas was told by trainer Joe Gallagher during the break that he had her 4-3 down and she needed a right hook to get her back in it.
And the advice worked a treat as Harper was instantly stunned at the start of the eighth. 
The Scouse leftie crashed in a left hand and followed it with a booming right hook that had Harper shook, clinging on and fighting to stay upright.
In a punishing ninth-round clinch, Jonas stepped back and cracked the Doncaster girl with another right hook.
The pair shared a phonebox full of punches in the final round, a Harper uppercut caught the eye but Jonas never wilted and heard the final bell for the first time in her career and was lifted aloft by trainer Gallagher in hopeful celebration.

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Jonas said: “I felt I had done enough, level up until eight and I won nine clearly and 10. It was history in the making and she is going to be in the game for a long time so I am proud but gutted I am not going home with the belts.
“Hopefully we have made the public proud of women’s boxing and convinced anyone who wasn’t sure about it before. I would do the rematch 1million per cent.
“At least the world title bouts stay on this side of the Atlantic.”

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JESSE LINGARD is in line for a shock England call-up after his incredible career turnaround on loan at West Ham. Manager Gareth Southgate will tomorrow name his squad for the forthcoming qualifiers against San Marino, Albania and Poland.
Jesse Lingard is in line for a shock England call-upCredit: Reuters
Jesse Lingard’s last England cap came against Switzerland in the Uefa Nations League finals in June 2019Credit: Getty – Contributor
Southgate also has a number of injury concerns in midfield which could see him turn to Lingard, 28, who has excelled during his stint on loan after leaving Manchester United.
And this would be a major turnaround for a player whose 24th and final international appearance came against Switzerland in the Uefa Nations League finals in June 2019.
Southgate will name a large squad for the qualifiers which starts against San Marino in eight days.
The Three Lions boss has a number of injury problems with James Maddison, Jack Grealish, Jadon Sancho, Harvey Barnes, Jordan Henderson and Bukayo Saka all struggling.
Some of those players could still make the squad but Southgate’s numbers will be depleted.,
Lingard dropped out of the England squad as his form with United suffered.
However, the FA have asked both West Ham and United for Lingard’s medical records.
Equally, Hammers David Moyes rang Southgate for a reference before deciding on a loan move for Lingard in January.
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Southgate’s squad tomorrow is also set to include John Stones who has played just once in nearly two years.
And in-form defender Luke Shaw is hoping to be picked after his bright form for United.
His eighth and final cap was against Spain in September 2018.
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