Muscle Building Blog

Barcelona says center back Gerard Pique will be out for the next 15 days due to a muscle tear in his right leg. The Spanish international injured his leg during Saturday's 3-0 win over Racing Santander. Pique will miss Wednesday's Champions League game against Viktoria Plzen and, unless he recovers faster than expected, upcoming Spanish league games against Sevilla, Granada and Mallorca.

The thigh muscle injury that Brazilian defender Thiago Silva picked up in AC Milan's Saturday loss to Cesena has not healed and he will miss Wednesday's Champions League opening match against Auxerre. Silva was replaced at halftime after getting injured in the first half of Saturday's upset. Massimiliano Allegri is expected to start Daniele Bonera alongside center back Alessandro Nesta in the ...

Andrey Arshavin hopes he will return for Arsenal against Manchester City on Saturday having missed four games with a calf muscle injury. The Russian forward was injured in Arsenal's Champions League quarterfinal first leg draw with Barcelona on March 31. Without him, the team has lost its last three games in a row, being knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona and slipping to six...

Barcelona forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss Tuesday's Champions League quarterfinal against Arsenal with a leg injury and is in doubt for next weekend's Spanish league showdown with Real Madrid. He felt discomfort in his right calf during the warmup for Saturday's 4-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao, and it was later revealed to be a slight bmuscle/b tear.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger predicted Friday that defender William Gallas would be sidelined for the rest of the Premier League season with a calf bmuscle/b injury which also puts his appearance at the World Cup with France in doubt. The defender was carried off the field in Wednesday's 2-2 draw with Barcelona in the Champions League having only just returned from a layoff caused by the same...