Spurs Defender Emerson to Undergo Knee Surgery

Football - Champions League - Round of 16 - Second Leg - Tottenham Hotspur v AC Milan - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - March 8, 2023 Tottenham Hotspur's Emerson Royal talks to Cristian Romero. (Reuters)
Football - Champions League - Round of 16 - Second Leg - Tottenham Hotspur v AC Milan - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - March 8, 2023 Tottenham Hotspur's Emerson Royal talks to Cristian Romero. (Reuters)
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Spurs Defender Emerson to Undergo Knee Surgery

Football - Champions League - Round of 16 - Second Leg - Tottenham Hotspur v AC Milan - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - March 8, 2023 Tottenham Hotspur's Emerson Royal talks to Cristian Romero. (Reuters)
Football - Champions League - Round of 16 - Second Leg - Tottenham Hotspur v AC Milan - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - March 8, 2023 Tottenham Hotspur's Emerson Royal talks to Cristian Romero. (Reuters)

Tottenham Hotspur defender Emerson Royal will undergo surgery on a knee injury he sustained on international duty with Brazil, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.

Emerson, 24, picked up the injury in stoppage time during Brazil's 2-1 defeat by Morocco in a friendly on Saturday.

"We can confirm that Emerson Royal suffered a meniscus injury to his left knee while on international duty with Brazil last week," Tottenham said. "The defender will undergo surgery before beginning his rehabilitation with our medical staff."

Tottenham, seeking a new coach to replace Antonio Conte, face Liverpool, Manchester United and Newcastle United in April as they fight for a top-four finish.

They are fourth on 49 points, two points above fifth-placed Newcastle who have two games in hand.



Former F1 Racer Warwick Suspended as Canadian GP Steward

Formula One F1 - Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - June 13, 2025  Alpine's Franco Colapinto and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton during practice REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Formula One F1 - Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - June 13, 2025 Alpine's Franco Colapinto and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton during practice REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
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Former F1 Racer Warwick Suspended as Canadian GP Steward

Formula One F1 - Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - June 13, 2025  Alpine's Franco Colapinto and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton during practice REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Formula One F1 - Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - June 13, 2025 Alpine's Franco Colapinto and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton during practice REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier

Formula One's governing body suspended former racer Derek Warwick as Canadian Grand Prix steward on Friday for unauthorized media comments about current drivers.

According to Reuters, the FIA did not specify what the 70-year-old Briton, who raced from 1981 to 1993, had said but media reports said Warwick had been quoted by a betting platform talking about the Spanish Grand Prix.

Red Bull's reigning champion Max Verstappen was handed three penalty points in Spain for a collision on June 1 with Mercedes George Russell, a sanction that left the Dutch driver one point away from a ban.

"Following recent unauthorized media comments, the FIA has taken the decision to suspend Derek Warwick from his duties as driver steward for this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix," the governing body said in a statement.

"He will be replaced by Enrique Bernoldi who will be officiating from the remote operations center in Geneva for the remainder of the event.

"After discussion Derek acknowledges that his comments were ill-advised in his role as an FIA steward and has apologized. Derek will resume his duties as a steward in the forthcoming Austrian Grand Prix."

Warwick is the second steward to be dropped this year for unauthorized comments, with compatriot Johnny Herbert suffering that fate in January because his work as a media pundit was declared incompatible with the role.