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Cameroon international Marc-Vivien Foe has died.
The midfielder collapsed during his side's 1-0 Confederations Cup win over Colombia and the former Manchester City and West Ham man tragically died just after the match finished.
It was initially thought he had swallowed his tongue, but medics, who were not sure of the cause of the death, said he fainted.
Play was held up for six minutes as the stricken player, winning his 62nd cap, was taken to the touchline to receive attention. Medical staff tried to resuscitate him for around 45 minutes without success.
A doctor from FIFA confirmed the news at the medical centre of Lyon football club's Stade Gerland shortly after the match.
"Marc Vivien Foe, who fainted, was taken to the medical block at the stadium to be placed under cardiac reanimation for 45 minutes. That was not sufficient and he died. It is a sad day for football," said Dr. Alfred Muller.
"It is still too early to determine the exact cause of death."
Foe, a Lyon player, scored nine goals in 35 games in a season-long loan at Manchester City last year.
The 28-year-old played for West Ham between 1999 and 2000 and scored eight goals in 64 games for Cameroon, playing in the 2002 World Cup. He also won the French title with Lens earlier in his career.
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This is so shocking anyone EVEN non football fans should feel shocked about this.
The midfielder collapsed during his side's 1-0 Confederations Cup win over Colombia and the former Manchester City and West Ham man tragically died just after the match finished.
It was initially thought he had swallowed his tongue, but medics, who were not sure of the cause of the death, said he fainted.
Play was held up for six minutes as the stricken player, winning his 62nd cap, was taken to the touchline to receive attention. Medical staff tried to resuscitate him for around 45 minutes without success.
A doctor from FIFA confirmed the news at the medical centre of Lyon football club's Stade Gerland shortly after the match.
"Marc Vivien Foe, who fainted, was taken to the medical block at the stadium to be placed under cardiac reanimation for 45 minutes. That was not sufficient and he died. It is a sad day for football," said Dr. Alfred Muller.
"It is still too early to determine the exact cause of death."
Foe, a Lyon player, scored nine goals in 35 games in a season-long loan at Manchester City last year.
The 28-year-old played for West Ham between 1999 and 2000 and scored eight goals in 64 games for Cameroon, playing in the 2002 World Cup. He also won the French title with Lens earlier in his career.
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This is so shocking anyone EVEN non football fans should feel shocked about this.
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And the Sun published photos of the poor man qith his eyes rolled back in their sockets on their front page, a blatent shock tactic to get people to buy the paper.
Only weeks after the same newspaper kicked up a fuss about the BBC showing dead British soldiers in a recent documentary. What about the relatives who have to see these photographs? It really is sickening.
Only weeks after the same newspaper kicked up a fuss about the BBC showing dead British soldiers in a recent documentary. What about the relatives who have to see these photographs? It really is sickening.
At least he died doing something he liked.
He played for West Ham for a while and he was a very popular player. He was also regarded as the team's fittest player...
Poor sod.
Poor sod.
Here's what some of the papers say on the situation.
sky.com/skynews/picture_gallery/ (SPACE) popup_paper/0,,30000-1095229,00.html
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sky.com/skynews/picture_gallery/ (SPACE) popup_paper/0,,30000-1095229,00.html
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Sheepy... does a Footballer every day die fall flat on his face all of a sudden?
I wonder how many other people have died today/yesterday
Very shocking news.
Man, just watched the footage...he just fell flat on his face. Just like that. Not even a second passed, and he went from being an extremely talented and assumedly healthy footballer, to a...well, you know.
Shocking, to be honest.
Shocking, to be honest.
That may sound odd, you will know what I mean if you use the site a lot.
This is severely messed up!
I use the BBC sport web site for most of my sporting info, and during all the “Beckham may be moving”, “Beckham gets a new hair cut”, type stories, that was top news. Go to this link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/default.stm
Look at the coverage that they gave Foe.
Disgraceful!
I use the BBC sport web site for most of my sporting info, and during all the “Beckham may be moving”, “Beckham gets a new hair cut”, type stories, that was top news. Go to this link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/default.stm
Look at the coverage that they gave Foe.
Disgraceful!
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