Australian News / 03 May 2024
Matildas’ Olympics curse continues
We wish we could say it isn’t so, but young gun Amy Sayers is the latest Aussie soccer star to be ruled out of the Paris Olympics with a bad injury. Sayers ruptured her ACL (the tissue that connects your thigh to your shin) playing for her Swedish club side on the weekend and might be on the sidelines for the rest of the year. She joins a growing list of Matildas in doubt for Paris – with Sam Kerr still recovering from ACL surgery, Katrina Gorry carrying an ankle injury, and defender Clare Hunt suffering a stress fracture. That’s on top of Aivi Luik, Emily Gielnik and Chloe Logarzo, who are also battling injuries. But cause we wanna look on the bright side – let’s cross our fingers for fellow Tillies Mary Fowler and Alanna Kennedy – their other team, Manchester City, is inches away from taking out the prestigious English Super League…
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