WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Colombia center back Yerson Mosquera is set to miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury sustained playing for English club Wolverhampton over the weekend.
Mosquera was hurt during the second half of Wolves' 3-1 loss to Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday.
“Yerson has now had all of the various assessments and scans which unfortunately confirm injuries to the medial collateral ligament and the anterior cruciate ligament," Wolves head of high performance Phil Hayward said Tuesday.
Hayward said Mosquera will undergo surgery in the next two weeks.
“Timescales are difficult to state prior to surgery but it is highly unlikely he will feature again this season," Hayward said.
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Newcastle United's Anthony Gordon (right) takes on Wolverhampton Wanderers' Yerson Mosquera (left) during the British Premier League soccer match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Newcastle United, at Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, England, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (David Davies/PA via AP)
Wolverhampton Wanderers' Yerson Mosquera lies on the pitch with an injury during the English Premier League soccer match between Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Villa Park, Birmingham, England, Saturday Sept. 21, 2024. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved Parliament late Tuesday and called for parliamentary elections in less than two months in an effort to consolidate power after his weekend election victory.
A government notification said that Parliament was dissolved effective midnight Tuesday, and that parliamentary elections were set for Nov. 14. The move was expected, as Dissanayake had vowed to do so during his election campaign.
Dissanayake’s party holds only three seats in the 225-member Parliament and the early election could help him take control of the chamber while his approval ratings remain intact following his win in Saturday's polling.
The dissolution came hours after Dissanayake swore in a female lawmaker in his coalition as his prime minister, making her the country’s first woman to head the government in 24 years.
Harini Amarasuriya, 54, a university lecturer and activist, comes from a similar background as Dissanayake and both are members of the Marxist-leaning National People’s Power coalition, which remains in the opposition in Parliament.
His victory in Saturday’s election over ex-President Ranil Wickremesinghe and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa came as Sri Lankans rejected the old political guard whom they blamed for pushing the country into an unprecedented economic crisis.
The last woman to serve as prime minister, the second most-powerful position after the president, was Sirimavo Bandaranaike. She was also the world’s first female head of government when she took up the post in 1960, and served three terms until 2000.
National People's power lawmaker Harini Amarasuriya, 54, signs after taking oath for the post of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (Sri Lanka Government Information Department via AP)
National People's power lawmaker Harini Amarasuriya, 54, left, takes oath for the post of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister in front of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (Sri Lanka Government Information Department via AP)
