Nottingham Forest’s Awoniyi has ‘urgent surgery’ on abdominal injury 

May 14 – The heated on-field exchange between Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis and manager Nuno Espirito Santo during Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Leicester City has been overshadowed by the serious injury to striker Taiwo Awoniyi that sparked the confrontation.

Forest have confirmed that Awoniyi, 27, has undergone “urgent surgery” following a severe abdominal injury sustained when he collided with the goalpost. Despite receiving pitch-side treatment, the Nigerian international was...