Berlin, April 17: Borussia Dortmund forward Michy Batshuayi may be sidelined for the rest of the Bundesliga season due to an ankle injury, both the German club and the player have announced.
Batshuayi, who is on loan at the German side from Chelsea, suffered the injury during the 2-0 Ruhr derby defeat against Schalke 04 on Sunday, leaving the field on crutches, reports EFE news agency.
"Well it is not good news for now, my season is probably over, and I won't be able to pay Borussia Dortmund back for their confidence," the Belgian international tweeted on Monday.
On its website, Dortmund said: "There remains a chance that he could still feature for the Belgian national team at the World Cup in Russia this summer."
The former German top division champions confirmed that their forward was likely to be out for the rest of the season.
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Karnataka Assembly bypolls victory: Shivakumar gives credit to CM Siddaramaiah's leadership
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday gave credit to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's leadership as well as the five guarantees for the Congress party’s success in the assembly bypolls.
Shivakumar said this victory was a prelude to the 2028 assembly election where the party would once again win.
The Congress won the Channapatna, Shiggaon and Sandur Assembly segments.
The by-elections were held on November 13 and the results were announced today.
The ruling Congress on Saturday retained its strong hold of Sandur, with its candidate E Annapoorna, winning the seat by defeating BJP's ST Morcha president Bangaru Hanumanthu.
In the Channapatna segment, Congress' C P Yogeeshwara won the high profile seat by defeating JD(S) candidate and Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy.
Similarly, Congress' Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan won the Shiggaon Assembly segment by defeating former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's son Bharath Bommai.
"Our guarantees, Siddaramaiah’s leadership and our workers and MLAs are responsible for our victory," Shivakumar told reporters.
He said neither Nikhil Kumaraswamy nor Bharath Bommai lost the election. In fact, this was the defeat of their parents -Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy and BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai.
"With this victory, our tally has now gone up to 138. There are other numbers as well, but I will not spell out how some people have internally supported us," Shivakumar, who is also Congress state president, said.
The Karnataka Assembly has 224 seats.
The Deputy CM advised his opponents to focus on development works instead of making baseless allegations as it would fetch them nothing but a constant defeat.
