DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund captain Emre Can will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee.
The Bundesliga club said Sunday that Can will be out for “several months” after the anterior cruciate ligament injury in the team’s 3-2 loss at home to Bayern Munich in Der Klassiker on Saturday.
Can had tried playing on with the injury but had to go off before the break. He received an ovation from the appreciative home fans when he finally went off.
The extent of the injury ends any hope Can may have had of playing at the World Cup. The 32-year-old defender made the last of his 48 appearances for Germany in September 2024 but still harbored hopes of a call-up.
“Emre’s injury is extremely bitter. Not just for him, but for all of us,” Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl said. “He is our captain, always puts himself at the service of the team, and is an important part of our club. Emre will get our every support over the coming months to ensure his full recovery.”
Can's contract with Dortmund expires at the end of the season. He previously played for Juventus, Liverpool, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern, where he won a Bundesliga title with four league appearances in 2013.
Dortmund’s loss left Bayern with an 11-point lead at the top of the league.
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Dortmund's Emre Can and Bayern Munich's Luis Díaz, left, in action during the Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday Feb. 28, 2026. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
DENVER (AP) — A Frontier Airlines plane hit and killed a pedestrian on the runway of the Denver International Airport during takeoff, airport authorities said, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate.
The plane, on route from Denver to Los Angeles International Airport, “reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff at DEN at approximately 11:19 p.m. on Friday," the airport's official X account wrote.
A spokesperson for the airport said the pedestrian, who jumped a perimeter fence, has died. They said the unidentified person was hit two minutes after entering the airport. The person is not believed to be an airport employee.
“We're stopping on the runway,” the pilot tells the control tower according to the site ATC.com. “We just hit somebody. We have an engine fire.”
The pilot tells the air traffic controller they have “231 souls” on board and that an “individual was walking across the runway.”
The air traffic controller responds that they are “rolling the trucks now" before the pilot tells the tower they “have smoke in the aircraft. We are going to evacuate on the runway.”
Frontier Airlines said in a statement flight 4345 was the one involved in the collision and that “smoke was reported in the cabin and the pilots aborted takeoff.” It was not clear whether the smoke was linked to the crash with the pedestrian.
“The Airbus A321 was carrying 224 passengers and seven crew members,” the airline said. “We are investigating this incident and gathering more information in coordination with the airport and other safety authorities.”
Passengers were then evacuated via slides and the emergency crew bused them to the terminal. The airport spokesperson said 12 passengers suffered minor injuries and five were taken to local hospitals.
Denver Airport said the National Transportation Safety Board had been notified and that runway 17L, where the incident took place, will remain closed while an investigation is conducted. It is expected to open later today.
The pedestrian death came a day after a Delta Air Lines employee was killed while on the job at the Orlando International Airport. In a statement, the airline said the employee was killed Thursday night without providing details of the incident nor the name of the employee.
“We are focused on extending our full support to family and taking care of our Orlando team during this difficult time,” the airline said. "We are working with local authorities as a full investigation gets underway to determine what occurred.”
FILE - A Frontier Airlines jetliner taxis down a runway for take off from Denver International airport on Nov. 25, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
