Liverpool confirm Ekitike out for season, will miss World Cup

The 23-year-old crumpled in a heap holding his lower right leg during the first half of Liverpool's 2-0 quarter-final second-leg defeat by European champions PSG at Anfield on Tuesday and had to be substituted. A brief statement issued by Premier League champions Liverpool on Thursday said scans had subsequently confirmed a "rupture of the Achilles tendon". The statement added: "Ekitike will therefore be sidelined for the remaining weeks of the club season and unable to participate at this summer's...