A WELSH football team were shockingly attacked with baseball bats on their way home after a match.
Several players sustained injuries, with goalkeeper Josh Collins sustaining a broken knee.
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Collins has sustained ‘life-changing’ injuries
The horror incident occurred at the Eastern Leisure Centre in Llanrumney on Saturday.
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Avenue Hotspur lost 3-1 to Llanrumney Athletic in Division One of the Cardiff & District Football League.
And as the Hotspur players left the venue, they were attacked by bat-wielding thugs.
Collins has sustained “life-changing” injuries and a vehicle was also damaged by a group of masked men.
The 32-year-old is said to be in “good spirits” despite the injury and he has undergone surgery.
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Cops have launched an investigation but no arrests have been made yet,
A statement from Avenue Hotspur said what happened was “distressing” and “frightening”.
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Thierry Neuville insists his first focus is on delivering a “consistent run” at this week’s Central European Rally as the Hyundai driver closes in on a maiden World Rally Championship crown.
Neuville heads into the WRC’s penultimate round, spread across the asphalt roads in the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany, with a 29-point lead over nearest rival and team-mate Ott Tanak.
The Belgian will secure a first WRC title if he can extend the margin beyond 30 points this weekend, with only one round of the season remaining in Japan next month.
The odds appear to be in Neuville’s favour who won the Central European Rally last year and will start this year’s edition with the advantage of opening the road as championship leader.
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Last weekend Neuville aided his preparations for the rally by participating in the Herbst Rallye in Austria, where his Hyundai i20 N Rally1 was one of the course cars.
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“Last year we had a great victory at the very first Central European Rally. We know we usually perform well on tarmac and winning in Germany was super cool for the whole team,” said Neuville.
Thierry Neuville, Martijn Wydaeghe, Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 N Rally1
Photo by: Vincent Thuillier / Hyundai Motorsport
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“Despite difficult conditions, we performed well But because of the stage changes we need to do some video work, so we will be studying those as much as possible to get a good feel of the new areas.
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“We want to leave CER having taken advantage of our road positions and made the most of the weekend – something we could not do in Chile.”
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