World-leading freestyle footballer Raquel Benetti is never one to take her eye off the ball – both literally and metaphorically – and it’s a philosophy that served her well when she recently suffered a potentially devastating injury.

Born in 1990, Raquel is a Brazilian athlete, not to mention model and digital influencer, so clearly a woman of many talents! She also happens to be a leading exponent of freestyle football, and has serious skills when it comes to performing highly complex manoeuvres with a ball, including mind-blowing balancing tricks.

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The soaring popularity of eSports shows no signs of abating, as more and more people venture into the world of competitive gaming. But, as is the case with all sporting endeavours – be they outdoors or armchair-based – nutrition plays a key role in success.

Polar bear Nanuq was born in France on November 7, 2016. At the end of 2020, she was taken into the care of a German zoo, where she now lives alongside two other female polar bears.

It all happened in a matter of seconds… Lucie took a run-up – just as she had hundreds of times before – but this time she landed the jump badly, and ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. Any athlete will tell you that this is a nightmare injury, particularly as full rehabilitation can take up to nine months, which is nothing short of disastrous for a professional sportsperson and their training regime.

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