Jansen in for long recovery from injury
ASHBURN, Va., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Offensive tackle Jon Jansen of the Washington Redskins faces a long recovery from the ruptured left Achilles tendon he suffered in the annual Hall of Fame game.
Jansen was hurt in the Redskins' 20-17 win Monday night over the Denver Broncos in Canton, Ohio. Team officials said it was premature to call it a season-ending injury.
"I knew exactly what happened when it happened," Jansen said Tuesday. "There wasn't anybody around me. I just turned to run downfield and it just popped. It felt like somebody kicked me right in the back of the ankle.
Jansen has made 80 consecutive starts.
"I've never had to be helped off the field and I've never missed a practice," he said. "It's disappointing and frustrating."
Titans' Peter Sirmon out for season
NASHVILLE, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Veteran linebacker Peter Sirmon of the Tennessee Titans will be sidelined for the 2004 season with a knee injury.
Sirmon will have surgery in the next few days, the Nashville Tennessean reported Tuesday.
The 6-2, 237-pound Sirmon has tears in the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments of his left knee.
Surgery was recommended during a visit Monday with Dr. James Andrews, an orthopedic surgeon in Birmingham, Ala.
"We were afraid it was going to go that way and in fact it did," Coach Jeff Fisher told the newspaper.
Sirmon was injured in a non-contact drill last week. He was a fourth-round pick out of Oregon by the Titans in 2000. He had seven tackles and one forced fumble in 14 games last season and was due to start at right linebacker this season.
Coria out for 3 months following surgery
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Guillermo Coria, the world's third-ranked tennis player, will be sidelined for up to three months after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder.
Coria, who was runner-up to Argentina countryman Gaston Gaudio in the French Open this year, had already pulled out of the Olympics and will miss the U.S. Open, which begins in three weeks.
"The doctors say I will be out for up to three months," Coria said on his Web site Tuesday.
The claycourt specialist withdrew from two recent tournaments in Canada and the United States because of the shoulder problem.
Gaudio also will miss Olympics in Athens, Greece. He withdrew from the Games because of an injury to his right foot.
Injured Capriati pulls out of Olympics
ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- American Jennifer Capriati withdrew from the Olympic Games Tuesday because of a persistent leg injury.
The 28-year-old Capriati has been bothered by a hamstring problem that forced her to withdraw from a tournament in Los Angeles last month.
Capriati won a gold medal in the Olympics as a 16-year-old in 1992. She did not compete in the 1996 and 2000 Games.
The Olympic tennis tournament begins Sunday in Athens, Greece. Sisters Serena and Venus Williams lead the U.S. team.
