Haller back in training at Dortmund after cancer treatment

By The Associated Press

FILE - Ajax's Sebastien Haller celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the Champions League group C soccer match between Besiktas and Ajax at the Vodafone Park Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Ivory Coast striker Sébastien Haller is back in training at Borussia Dortmund after nearly six months away from soccer with testicular cancer. Haller posted pictures Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, of himself training in the gym at Dortmund and said 2023 will see him return to the field. (AP Photo, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS]

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Ivory Coast striker Sébastien Haller is back in training at Borussia Dortmund after nearly six months away from soccer with testicular cancer. Haller posted pictures Monday of himself training in the gym at Dortmund and says 2023 will be the year he returns to the field. It’s a small but significant step on what remains a long road back to competition for Haller. The former West Ham and Ajax striker needed two operations and a course of chemotherapy. Dortmund says Haller “is set to be gradually introduced to the team.”