Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes will miss the rest of the season after requiring a hamstring operation, with the injury setback leaving his team with more defensive problems ahead of a meeting with Real Madrid in the Champions League quarterfinals.
The Brazil international requires surgery after pulling up in the first half of Arsenal's 2-1 win over Fulham in the Premier League on Tuesday.
“Gabi will undergo a surgical repair procedure to his hamstring in the coming days, and immediately begin his recovery and rehabilitation program, with the aim to be ready for the start of next season,” the club said in a statement Thursday.
The first leg against Madrid is on Tuesday and Arsenal also has concerns about the availability of defenders Riccardo Calafiori, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ben White. Right back Jurrien Timber also struggled against Fulham with an issue he picked up ahead of the game.
Arsenal has seen key players such as Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz ruled out for long periods this season.
Havertz is out for the remainder of season also due to a hamstring injury, while Saka returned to action Tuesday after more than four months out.
Arsenal is second in the Premier League, 12 points behind Liverpool with eight rounds left.
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Arsenal's Gabriel, right, leaves the pitch after picking up an injury during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Fulham at Emirates stadium in London, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (John Walton/PA via AP)
Arsenal's Gabriel receives medical treatment during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Fulham at Emirates stadium in London, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
LAAX, Switzerland (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Eileen Gu shook off a crash and celebrated her second straight slopestyle title at the Laax Open on Saturday.
Gu had already locked up victory before she set out on her second run. She tried a double cork 1080 — that's two head-over-heels flips — but fell hard on her right side with one ski and her poles flying off after coming up short on a rotation.
After gathering herself on the slope, she skied gently down to the finish and appeared not to be seriously hurt. She smiled and waved to the camera when she stood by second-placed Marin Hamill of the U.S. and third-placed Lara Wolf of Austria.
“I’m OK," Gu said. “I don’t really like taking a victory lap, so I wanted to just do something to keep pushing and show my best out here. But that’s the sport, sometimes you fall, so it’s OK.”
Slopestyle is the only event where Gu fell short of gold at the Beijing Games four years ago and will enter the Milan Cortina Winter Games next month as the favorite to add it to her Olympic medals collection. She claimed gold in halfpipe and big air — in addition to her silver in slopestyle — in 2022.
The American-born star who competes for China went last in the lineup thanks to her leading qualifying score. She didn't need to land the second run after nobody surpassed the 85.13 she earned over her flawless opening trip through the course's rails and jumps.
Home favorite Mathilde Gremaud, the Swiss skier who edged Gu for gold in 2022, finished seventh.
At age 22, Gu’s win was her record-extending 20th World Cup career victory and her fourth in slopestyle.
“That’s so special. First of all, I can’t believe it’s been that many,” she said. “Secondly, I think every one gets harder and I think people sometimes take it for granted."
In the men’s slopestyle event, Birk Ruud of Norway won his third straight Laax title.
Freestyle skiing and snowboarding at Milan Cortina will be held in Livigno, a three-hour drive northeast of Milan in the Italian Alps. Snowboarding starts on Feb. 5 with freestyle skiing commencing two days later.
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Winner Birk Ruud of Norway, center, second placed Matej Svancer of Austria, left, and third placed Evan Mceachran of Canada celebrate on the podium after the final run of the Freeski Slopestyle World Cup at the Laax Open, in Laax, Switzerland. (Andreas Becker/Keystone via AP)
Ailing Eileen Gu of China in action during the final run of the Freeski Slopestyle World Cup at Laax Open, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Laax, Switzerland. (Andreas Becker/Keystone via AP)
Ailing Eileen Gu of China celebrates winning the final run of the Freeski Slopestyle World Cup at Laax Open, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Laax, Switzerland. (Andreas Becker/Keystone via AP)
