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Français (Afrique)Inter Milan vs. Roma: Lineups & Game Thread
We’ll skip the lengthy preamble today; we all know what is at stake in today’s Round 31 fixture against league-leading Inter Milan. While Roma has spent much of the season bobbing up and down between sixth place and first place (remember that weekend!), the wheels have come off over the past two months. With only three wins in their last nine league matches, the club’s already precarious spot in the top four has virtually disappeared, putting the Giallorossi in a veritable do or die against Inter on this Easter Sunday.
Falling to the Nerazzurri won’t mathematically eliminate the club from the Champions League chase, but for all intents and purposes, this is Roma’s last stand.
The lineups are in, so cross your fingers and ask the Easter Bunny for a helping hand.
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Cam Ward "progressing really well" after Week 18 shoulder injury
Titans quarterback Cam Ward's rookie season ended a little earlier than expected, but there doesn't seem to be much worry about his right shoulder impacting his readiness for Year Two.
Ward did not have surgery after spraining his AC joint in the first half of Tennessee's final regular season game and head coach Robert Saleh said that he has been a regular at the team's facility while working his way back from the injury.
"He is in there, he is working with the trainers, working in the weight room," Saleh said, via the team's website. "We are up to date. I am not going to put a timetable on anything, but he is progressing really well."
The Titans start their offseason program this week, which will be the first chance that Saleh and the rest of the new coaching staff gets to do football work with the quarterback. That work will be crucial to Saleh's hopes of a more successful head coaching run that he had with the Jets and his initial impression of Ward bodes well on that hope. Saleh said that "I just don't see him failing" and the shoulder shouldn't be an obstacle in their first year together.
Yaxel Lendeborg injury updates: Latest on Michigan star's ankle injury, status for title game vs. UConn
Yaxel Lendeborg injury updates: Latest on Michigan star's ankle injury, status for title game vs. UConn originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Michigan couldn't have started much hotter against Arizona in Saturday's Final Four matchup, but Wolverines star Yaxel Lendeborg ran into a couple of hiccups along the way.
Two fouls in the first two minutes sent Lendeborg to the bench for an extended stretch, and he was forced to exit the game with an injury once he returned.
Lendeborg limped back to the locker room at Lucas Oil Stadium, concerning Michigan fans as the Wolverines pursued a return to the national championship game for the first time since 2018.
Here's what you need to know about Lendeborg's injury and status going forward.
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Will Yaxel Lendeborg play vs. UConn?
Lendeborg said after Michigan's win on Saturday that he will play against UConn unless he physically cannot walk.
"There's no way I'm missing the game Monday night no matter what goes on," he told Tracy Wolfson in a postgame interview.
Lendeborg returned to the game vs. Arizona but appeared hobbled, and there is the risk of his ankle swelling up after the game. Still, Lendeborg seems determined to power through one more game with a national championship on the line.
On Sunday, Dusty May said Lendeborg's tests came back "clean" and said he expects his star to play, though the final decision will be made by Lendeborg and Michigan's medical staff. "I'm sure he'll give it a go," May told reporters.
Yaxel Lendeborg injury update
Lendeborg landed awkwardly on Motiejus Krivas' shoe and appeared to turn his ankle, leaving him in significant pain. He would come out of the game and walk back to locker room.
Yaxel Lendeborg is in some discomfort after this drive pic.twitter.com/1wBSI4B33X
— CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 (@CBSSportsCBB) April 5, 2026
While the TBS broadcast reported Lendeborg would have his ankle taped and likely return, it was soon reported that Michigan's training staff was also looking at the senior's knee. Lendeborg's knee injury is likely an MCL sprain, which Lendeborg confirmed in his postgame interview.
Lendeborg returned to the game for the start of the second half and played for much of the half, but he was clearly playing through pain.
.@tracywolfson reports that Yaxel Lendeborg is dealing with a MCL sprain and an ankle injury
— CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 (@CBSSportsCBB) April 5, 2026
He is giving it a go in the 2nd half pic.twitter.com/IwxO1wlDGL
The TBS broadcast reported the ankle is more of a concern than the knee, as it's a reaggravation of an injury suffered during the Big Ten Tournament.
Even after he returned on Saturday night, the tight turnaround could be a concern. The Wolverines would play at 8:50 p.m. ET on Monday night, making for a quick window of less than 48 hours to recover. Lendeborg will play, barring a surprise, but his effectiveness will be worth watching against UConn.
Notts County striker Jatta banned for three games
Notts County striker Alassana Jatta has been handed a three-match ban by the FA for an incident which occurred in the 79th minute of Friday's last-gasp 2-1 defeat by Salford City.
Jatta, who is Notts County's top scorer with 15 goals this season, will now miss Monday's League Two game against Newport County as well as matches against Cambridge United and Barnet.
"The forward's behaviour around the 79th minute of the fixture wasn't seen by match officials at the time, but it was caught on video, and the FA subsequently alleged that it constituted violent conduct," an FA statement said.
"Alassana Jatta admitted the charge against him and accepted the standard punishment of a three-match suspension for violent conduct."
Notts County are fourth in the table and only outside the automatic promotion places on goal difference with five matches remaining.
Head coach Martin Paterson has already criticised the Magpies' disciplinary record this season following their defeat by Oldham on 25 March in which Oliver Norburn was shown a second red card in three games and the club's fifth in total this season.
"When you are pushing for things in the league, five sending-offs generally means you are not going to quite get there because it's just too many," Paterson told BBC Radio Nottingham at the time.