Presenter Laura Woods shares graphic images of facial injuries

Sports broadcaster Laura Woods has pulled out of hosting the heavyweight championship match between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk after an accident left her in need of emergency attention. Woods shared a series of pictures of her injury on Instagram, telling her nearly 800,000 followers that she wanted to be “totally transparent” and “avoid any speculation” after her notable absence from coverage of the boxer weigh-ins on Friday.

“I had an accident last weekend at a holiday cottage,” she said. “I swung a pillow and hit a large glass lampshade hanging from the ceiling above me, which shattered and cut my face and arms, but luckily missed my eye.”

Woods confirmed his retirement from hosting duties on Saturday. “I’m disappointed that I can no longer cover the fight tomorrow in Riyadh, but I wish the TNT boxing team all the best,” she said.

“It was a bloody shock and I was a bit sad but I feel very lucky it wasn’t worse. So a big thank you to my eyebrow too, because it took the brunt of it,” she joked. Woods is in a relationship with Love Island star Adam Collard.

“I wanted to say a few thanks, firstly to Adam for being my hero that day, acting so quickly and not leaving me since then and his family for looking after me at a time when I was petrified”, she. said. The 36-year-old also thanked her agents who “immediately sought the best help” and Dr Yannis Alexandrides and his “wonderful” nurse Zuzanna who “opened their emergency surgery and they came on their days off.”

“They were so gentle and already worked magic that I didn’t think it was possible to reduce the damage,” she said. Woods said she has already seen a “wonderful improvement” despite her injuries looking “severe”.

She ended her post by telling fans she’ll “be back soon.” Sports stars wishing a speedy recovery included former soccer stars Jill Scott, Steve Sidwell and Theo Walcott, as well as broadcaster Gabby Logan.