Friday, 18 August 2017

Usain Bolt to miss Man Utd charity match at Old Trafford

- Bolt will miss Manchester United charity match against Barcelona legends due to injury

- The Jamaican sprinter suffered a hamstring injury as he ran the final leg of the 4x100m relay at the World Athletics Championships in London

- He has now retired from sprinting Eight

-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt will not feature in Manchester United Legends' game against Barcelona at Old Trafford on September 2 due to injury.

It had been planned for the Jamaican sprinter, to play in the fixture, which they hope to use as a fundraiser for the Manchester United Foundation.

However, Bolt suffered a hamstring injury as he ran the final leg of the 4x100m relay at the World Athletics Championships in London.

The world record holder in both the 100m and 200m - has had further scans on the injury, which showed the damage to be worse than anticipated. Bolt, who also won 11 world titles, has now retired from sprinting.

Former United players Edwin van der Sar, Phil Neville, Ronny Johnsen, Louis Saha, Paul Scholes, Denis Irwin, Dwight Yorke, Mikael Silvestre, Jesper Blomqvist, Quinton Fortune and Dion Dublin are all expected to take part in the charity game.

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