The first major injury to the knee came in 2009, when Griffin tore the ACL in the third game of the season while playing for Baylor.
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"Recent scans confirm an injury to the right knee with bone bruising and possible cartilage damage to the kneecap, " the ECB said in a statement.
Zidane was out for four months last year after an injury to the same knee that required surgery.
Boston was hurt by the loss of Phil Esposito for the series to a knee injury in the second game.
The injury to Ricketts comes after centre-back Zat Knight suffered a knee injury in the win over Everton on Sunday, which is expected to keep him out for up to six weeks.
The 23-year-old was ruled out for up to a year when his knee injury first came to light at the end of March.
The 28-year-old flanker needs further tests to assess the knee injury he picked up in the 48-6 win over Romania.
And so while Southend had caused the odd moment of alarm - Jean-Francois Christophe headed unmarked over early in the half - few could argue the Blues did not deserve the win, although a late knee injury to Joe Cole took the gloss off a win that otherwise earned the Blues some semblance of redemption after Sunday's loss to Man Utd.
By the time the 1966 World Cup came around he was a pale imitation of the real Garrincha, a long-term knee injury enough to curb the electric bursts of speed that had once made him so destructive.
Borthwick was left out of the senior squad after a knee injury forced him to miss the summer tour of Australia.
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To make matters worse, Hayden Mullins did not reappear for the second 45 because of a knee injury and Anton Ferdinand failed to see out the match because of a hamstring problem.
Meanwhile, Rangers say the knee injury to Kyle Lafferty, carried off against PSV, is not as bad as first feared.
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But after Tuesday's scan on the injury to his right knee, he was ruled out for four to six weeks.
Doctors expect the knee injury to keep him out for up to eight weeks, but he will seek a second opinion this week.
The dip in performance may have been related to his knee injury, though that raises the possibility of future injury concerns.
The only real concern on Wednesday was a knee injury to fullback Henry Hynoski on the second play of a non-contact 11-on-11 drill.
The Saracens lock was Johnson's leader for the first 20 Tests of his tenure before a knee injury forced him to miss the Six Nations finale against France.
He will not be joined by fellow Frenchman Gael Monfils as the world number 15 has failed to recover from a knee injury in time for the championships.
Phillips hopes to be back from a serious knee injury in October, the Ospreys keen to get the Wales international back for the start of their Heineken Cup campaign.
Andrews is training with the club and is trying to prove he has overcome the knee injury he suffered last season.
With their lead cut to just four points at the break, the last thing the hosts needed was to have the talismanic O'Driscoll fail to reappear because of a knee injury, but they soon shrugged off his absence to extend their lead.
Meanwhile, Venus Williams has been removed from the U.S. squad for their Fed Cup semifinal with Russia due to a knee injury she picked up at the Miami Masters.
Watson, though, has been a key player for QPR since captain Martin Rowlands was ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury so the London club will be keen to extend his loan deal until the summer.
The Republic of Ireland international, in only his third appearance of the campaign after a knee injury, latched on to Nigel Reo-Coker's pass to slide the ball past Paddy Kenny in the United goal.
And of course, the seemingly indestructible Mariano Rivera succumbed to a season-ending knee injury in early May, testing both the Yankees' depth and resolve.
Croft, a star of the Lions tour 12 months ago, returns to the back row after missing the Six Nations with a knee injury.
South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore, who would have been a high pick if healthy but is coming off a second severe knee injury, went to the 49ers 131st overall.
Kenyan David Rushida, world record holder in the 800, had to withdraw from the Pre because of a right knee injury.
Ross Tokely had surprised the club this week by how speedily he had recovered from a knee injury, enough to earn him a place on the bench.
Goodson's arrest came just two days after quarterback David Garrard, another recent free-agent acquisition by the Jets, said he planned to retire from the NFL because of a chronic knee injury.
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