Injured Ntilikina out of France squad for World Cup

Salzburger Tageblatt - Injured Ntilikina out of France squad for World Cup

NYSE - LSE

BCC	1.35%	77.14	$
NGG	0.34%	75.49	$
RBGPF	-0.9%	65.4	$
RELX	0.03%	33.52	$
RYCEF	-1.86%	19.31	$
RIO	0.1%	94.56	$
VOD	0.78%	16.62	$
BCE	-1.57%	20.97	$
CMSC	-0.54%	20.4	$
CMSD	-0.34%	20.3	$
GSK	-0.83%	49.24	$
AZN	1.21%	166.58	$
BTI	-0.7%	55.63	$
BP	-0.59%	44.15	$
JRI	-1.36%	11.02	$

Injured Ntilikina out of France squad for World Cup / Photo: GAIZKA IROZ - AFP/File

Injured Ntilikina out of France squad for World Cup

SPORTS 12.08.2023

NBA star Frank Ntilikina has been ruled out of France's bid to win the World Cup because of a thigh injury, the French Basketball Federation announced on Saturday.

Text size:

Ntilikina, who left Dallas Mavericks last week to join Charlotte Hornets, was injured late in Friday's warm-up match against Lithuania.

"His injury does not offer guarantees of a satisfactory recovery in time for the start of the World Cup on Friday August 25," the Federation said in a statement.

The 25-year-old point guard is the second NBA star to drop out in two days following Giannis Antetokounmpo's announcement on Friday that he had not recovered quickly enough from a thigh injury to join up with Greece.

France open their Group H games against Canada in Jakarta before taking on Latvia and Lebanon.

S.Prack--SbgTB

Salzburger Tageblatt - Injured Ntilikina out of France squad for World Cup

Injured Ntilikina out of France squad for World Cup

Featured

'Godlike, invincible': Japan hails 11-year-old Games history-maker

Internationals keep Presidents Cup lead with late fightbacks

Smells like teen spirit as US thrash Peru 4-1

Tuchel to 'keep pushing' England to reach Spain's level