Boateng boost for Hull

Hull have received some good news after midfielder George Boateng was released from hospital following a sickening head injury at Stoke yesterday.

The veteran Dutchman was carried off on a stretcher and taken straight to hospital after being struck in the face by Stoke forward Tuncay Sanli’s overhead kick.

He was kept in hospital overnight for observation amid fears he had suffered a fractured jaw, but has now returned home after a series of scans and X-rays all came back clear.