Injured Salah to miss rest of Liverpool season, says Egypt national team director

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah will miss the rest of the season after suffering a hamstring injury in a 3-1 Premier League win over Crystal Palace, Egypt national team director Ibrahim Hassan said on Saturday.

The 33-year-old Egyptian winger, who has announced he will leave the reigning Premier League champions at the end of the season, applauded the crowd as he walked off injured in the 60th minute.

Liverpool did not announce any update on Salah’s condition. However, Hassan said the Egyptian talisman has played his last game for the reds.

“He has suffered a hamstring tear and will require four weeks of treatment,” Hassan told Reuters.

After nine trophy-filled seasons, Salah’s journey with Liverpool reaches its conclusion. His farewell will be marked by words rather than goals, addressing the fans following the season finale against Brentford.

Liverpool have two home fixtures remaining – against Chelsea on ​May 9 and Brentford on May 24 – and visit Manchester United on May 3, a side Salah has regularly tormented, and play Villa away on May 17.

Liverpool’s third-highest goalscorer of all time, Salah has recorded 12 goals and nine assists across all competitions this season.

Hassan said Salah will be fit for the 2026 World Cup, where Egypt will face Belgium, New Zealand and Iran in Group G.

However, Salah is determined to recover in time for the tournament in North America, which starts on June 11 and avoid a repeat of the injury setback he suffered before the 2018 edition. (Reuters)

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Hawks’ Nickeil Alexander-Walker named Most Improved Player

Nickeil Alexander-Walker became the second straight Atlanta Hawks player to be named the NBA’s Most Improved Player when he was announced as the winner on Friday.

Alexander-Walker, 27, is just the third player in league history to win the award in his seventh season or later, joining Julius Randle (seventh season in 2020-21) and Hedo Turkoglu (eighth season in 2007-08).

The honor comes a year after Alexander-Walker’s cousin Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award.

“It’s good to make the family proud,” Alexander-Walker said, according to ESPN. “When you’re Shai’s cousin, a lot of times you get referred to as Shai’s cousin. And so now being recognized for being Nickeil Alexander-Walker feels great. I talk to Shai all the time. … [He’s] my brother and my twin, and I couldn’t be any more proud for anyone’s success. So to know that he’s in my corner and rooting for me the same way. … All of those things really resonate.”

After Dyson Daniels won the award last season, the Hawks are the first team since the award’s inception to have players win back-to-back MIP honors.

Alexander-Walker averaged a career-high 20.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.3 steals per game in his first season with Atlanta. He shot a career-best 45.9% from the floor, 39.9% from 3-point range and 90.2% from the free-throw line in 78 regular-season games.

Per Elias Sports, his 11.4 points-per-game increase from the 9.4 he averaged last season with Minnesota is the third-largest among qualified players over the last 25 seasons.

“Nickeil’s dedication, continual work on his craft, and the ensuing results this season make him incredibly deserving of this award,” Hawks head coach Quin Snyder said in a press release. “He has a tireless work ethic and a focus on improving in every aspect of his game. His game continues to evolve, and his commitment and unselfish attitude as a teammate have also positively impacted the success of the team.”

A 100-member global panel selected Alexander-Walker, who received 66 first-place votes, 19 for second and nine for third for a total of 396 points. Jalen Duren of the Detroit Pistons was second with 254 points (23 first-place votes), followed by Deni Avdija of the Portland Trail Blazers with 135 (seven).

Boston’s Neemias Queta was fourth with 41 points (zero), Milwaukee’s Ryan Rollins was fifth with 33 (three) and the Hawks’ Jalen Johnson was sixth with 21 points, including the other first-place vote.

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