LONDON (AP) — England seamer Chris Woakes has been ruled out of the rest of the fifth and final test against India after injuring his shoulder.
Woakes slipped and fell awkwardly while fielding on the first day of the test Thursday at the Oval and left the field in pain with his arm tucked into his sweater for support, like a sling.
His injury leaves England short of a fast bowler and a very useful lower-order batter.
“At this stage, the injury has ruled him out of any further participation in the test,” a team statement said Friday. “A further assessment will be conducted at the conclusion of the series.”
Woakes was by far England's most experienced fast bowler alongside Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton and Josh Tongue. He had played in all five tests of the series against India, which England leads 2-1.
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England's Chris Woakes holds his shoulder after he falls during the first day of the fifth cricket test match between England and India at The Kia Oval in London, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A medical staff helps England's Chris Woakes after he injured during the first day of the fifth cricket test match between England and India at The Kia Oval in London, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
MADRID (AP) — A high-speed train derailed in southern Spain on Sunday, jumping onto the track in the opposite direction and hitting an oncoming train in an accident that left at least 10 people dead, authorities said.
The evening train between Malaga and Madrid went off the rails and slammed into a train coming from Madrid to Huelva, another southern Spanish city, according to the Spanish rail operator Adif.
Two Guardia Civil officials confirmed the death toll to The Associated Press by phone and text message. They spoke on condition of anonymity in line with police rules.
Emergency services in Andalucia, the province where the accident happened, said it had recorded 25 people with severe injuries.
The regional Civil Protection chief, María Belén Moya Rojas, told Canal Sur that the accident happened in an area that is hard to reach.
Local people were taking blankets and water to the scene to help the victims, she said.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a post on X that she was following “the terrible news” from Cordoba.
“Tonight you are in my thoughts,” she wrote in Spanish.
ADIF said train services between Madrid and cities in Andalucia would not run Monday.
Wilson contributed to this report from Barcelona, Spain.
Passengers wait in the hall of Madrid train station on Sunday, January 18, 2026, following the announcement of the suspension of service due to an accident in which two trains derailed in Cordoba. ( Carlos Luján/Europa Press via AP)
