In a continuing series, The Athletic breaks down some of the most common football injuries (no pun intended), giving you the lowdown on what exactly it is and what happens after a player picks it up… ...

PSG announced Monday that Neymar has suffered a fractured fifth metatarsal in his right foot, in addition to a sprained ankle. What the French club did not announce is the timetable for his recovery.

Aston Villa captain John Terry sustained a broken metatarsal in Saturday's defeat to Sheffield Wednesday and manager Steve Bruce is concerned he could be out for three months. Adam Reach put the Owls ...

Bayern Munich have confirmed that defender Hiroki Ito is expected to be out with a fractured metatarsal suffered during a pre-season friendly against Düren. Ito went off in the 21st minute of Bayern’s ...

Goal takes a look at the foot injury and its effect on players, including those who have had the misfortune to suffer from it Due to the nature of football, injuries are almost inevitable and some are ...

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Background There is little information about Metatarsal Five (MT-5) fractures for specific sports. Objective To study the occurrence, the imaging characteristics, the lay-off times and healing ...

1 Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan 2 Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan Background No firm consensus has been established regarding the ...

Fractures of the fifth metatarsal, in the foot, are common. But doctors treat them in a variety of ways. By Gina Kolata A recent essay in The New England Journal of Medicine was titled “Heart and Sole ...

A Jones fracture is a broken pinky toe, or the fifth metatarsal in medical terms. Jones fracture healing time can take between 6-10 weeks to return to physical activity. Tennessee Titans running back ...

The timing could be worse for Nike... though, not by much. The most watched sporting event in the world -- the World Cup -- is to start in just over a month. Nike, Adidas and Puma have collectively ...

Aston Villa defender, John Terry has taken to social media to show his devastation at his latest injury. The Villa skipper was substituted on the 20th minute in a game against Sheffield Wednesday, and ...