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Examples
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He's the same in training and there's no malice in Nigel de Jong - Man City assistant Brian Kidd defends his Dutch midfielder after breaking Hatem Ben Arfa's fibia and tibula in a tackle.
Another humiliating defeat Sean Ingle 2010
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LYNCH: There's a rod in my femur, a rod in the tibula, and then in the right foot, there's pins and screws holding the -- and then there's also a rod here at the humerus.
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It is continuous above with the fascia lata, and is attached around the knee to the patella, the ligamentum patellæ, the tuberosity and condyles of the tibia, and the head of the tibula.
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But he suffered a broken tibula during Wales' World Cup warm up clash against England on Saturday, having been drafted into the starting lineup at the 11th hour.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Borg, who has fired 38 goals for Bridgend Street, suffered a fractured tibula during a 5-1 win at Cwmbach which clinched the South Wales Senior League championship.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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When Derrick Roland went down with compound fractures of the tibula and fibula bones in his right leg early in the second half, a hard-fought game between ranked opponents turned into a one-sided affair in a matter of minutes.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009
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Defensive end has fracture in left tibula; future with team in doubt the Bears locker room, crutches in his hand and a walking boot covering his left foot.
chicagotribune.com - 2009
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These things are small skiis - snowshoes for the winter ... they are as long as his tibula!
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"After three months, the tibula wasn't bonding, so they had to put the rod in and snap the fibula again, it was so painful because it had just healed."
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The forward, signed from Birmingham for £2million in January, snapped both his tibula and fibia in a freak training ground incident in April, and had been expected back later this month.
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