What does ACL stand for?

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (connective tissue of the knee; common injury)

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Chelsea and England star Cole missed the final four months of the 2008-09 season with anterior cruciate ligament damage and suffered a setback in his recovery programme when he needed knee surgery which forced him out of the club's pre-season tour of the United States and made him a major doubt for the start of the new season.

COLE FACES BATTLE FOR FITNESS

A scan revealed a snapped anterior cruciate ligament which will require surgery.

Knee injury may end Maddy's season

The Tuesday surgery repaired the anterior cruciate ligament that Baugh tore during the 18th-ranked Lady Volunteers' loss at Oklahoma on Feb.

Tennessee F Vicki Baugh undergoes knee surgery

Latham ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and damaged medial ligaments in his right knee, and it is feared the player could miss the World Cup .

Coach asks for probe into Latham injury

John Conti injured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the October 2000 accident while a senior house officer at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, west London.

Surgeon wins custard case

Owen ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee against Sweden whilst on international duty with England at the World Cup, prompting the trip to visit Dr Steadman, who has previously operated on former United hitmen Craig Bellamy and Alan Shearer.

Owen op setback

Owen will return to Tyneside next week to continue his rehabilitation from that procedure before heading back to the United States in around eight weeks' time for the operation on his anterior cruciate ligament.

Football: Blow for Owen; FOOTBALL: Moves galore as sides warm up for ...

Scans on his damaged knee, sustained early in the final Group B match with Sweden, revealed only his anterior cruciate ligament was ruptured.

Football: Owen gets a welcome lift