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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Netherlands womens volleyball captain Maret Balkestein-Grothues will not play in Wednesdays third group match against Italy because of an ankle injury sustained in a five-set loss to the United States on Monday.Coach Giovanni Guidetti told The Associated Press in a message Tuesday via Twitter that Balkestein-Grothues might need more than four or five days to recover, a blow for a determined Dutch team that has played spectacular volleyball thus far at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.Thanks for all the sweet messages and support, Balkestein-Grothues posted on her Twitter account Tuesday afternoon. Now its difficult to say what the exact damage is on my ankle, but the bone is not broken.The Netherlands pulled off an upset against No. 3 China in Saturdays opener before pushing the top-ranked Americans to five sets Monday, 18-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-20, 15-8. Balkestein-Grothues was hurt in the fourth set and didnt return.An MRI exam after Mondays match showed Balkestein-Grothues had nothing broken in the sprained right ankle, Guidetti said. She is undergoing regular treatment for the injury from the Dutch medical staff in hopes she could return by weeks end.She is one of the spirited emotional leaders for the 11th-ranked Netherlands squad, back in the Olympics for volleyball for the first time in 20 years.The injury is big and the ankle is really very big right now, Guidetti said. Physiotherapist and doctor are working with her continuously! Its not the first time in this season that the team lost a teammate. `Til now we always reacted good, giving anybody something extra -- like we wanna do tomorrow!Custom Cleveland Browns Jerseys . In the lead up - which seemed to begin the moment Mike Geiger blew the whistle in Houston last Thursday night - the Impact rumour mill went into overdrive. The speculation went into meltdown mode, of the golden nugget variety. Bernie Kosar Womens Jersey . The Swede became the first golfer to win the PGA Tours FedEx Cup and European Tours Race to Dubai in the same season. "It is still taking a little time to sink in what Ive achieved this week as was the case when I won the FedEx Cup but then it just kept getting better and better as the days went on and I am sure this will be the same," he said. http://www.brownsrookiestore.com/Browns-Sione-Takitaki-Jersey/ .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. Ozzie Newsome Youth Jersey . -- Five former Kansas City Chiefs players who were on the team between 1987 and 1993 filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the team hid and even lied about the risks of head injuries during that time period when there was no collective bargaining agreement in place in the NFL. Denzel Ward Jersey . -- Kyrie Irvings last-minute 3-pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland -- and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBron James left.The Rocket League Championship Series Season 2 NA Regional Championship to decide the seeding in Amsterdam wrapped up Saturday. With $10,000 on the line and an easier run in at the Grand Finals for a chance at the main prize, teams were vying with everything they had for the top spot.Match one: Orbit versus Take 3In the first single elimination best-of-seven match of the day, the boys from Orbit outclassed Take 3, winning with a comfortable 4-1. The result leaves Orbit looking like it never spent two weeks off RLCS and shows a somewhat terrifying return to form. The victory sends Orbit to the Regional Championship finals to face off for the number one NA seed at the International Grand Finals.Match two: NRG versus GenesisThe second match of the day went similarly to the first with NRG outclassing a Genesis that had been surging in recent weeks. The tournament final was set with NRG playing versus Orbit for the one and two seeds from North America at Amsterdam.Match three:: Genesis versus Take 3The third-place match was not close with Genesis sealing the number three seed with a 4-1 demolishing of Take 3.dddddddddddd It was a day to forget for Take 3 as it will look to improve massively heading to Amsterdam for the Grand Finals.Match four: Orbit versus NRGThe final match of the day to decide the top spot going into the International Grand Finals was a face-off between Orbit, who had confidently taken down Take 3, against NRG, who had smoothly moved past Genesis. In the end this was our closest match of the day with NRG taking Orbit down 4-2 and securing the number one North American seed at Amsterdam.With the NA RLCS Regional Championships seeding decided, all that remains is European seeding and the International Grand Finals. Here is the final list for North Americas seeds:1. NRG 2. Orbit 3. Genesis 4. Take 3 ' ' '