What is happening? I just read the straits times today and realised there is another soccer player who fell victim to heart attack. The highest profile of them all was Antonio Puerta.

"Antonio Puerta, 22, who played football for Sevilla and Spain, has died after having a heart attack during Sevilla's match against Getafe. During the first half of the match he collapsed as he was running back towards his goal - medics were seen preventing him from swallowing his tongue, but he did manage to walk off the pitch. It was not long before he collapsed again in the changing rooms and had to receive cardiac resuscitation before being rushed to the Virgen del Rocio hospital. "

Its such a pity that a young promising footballer like him met such a fate. I mean he is younger than me and is earning big bucks in the lucrative football market. And the worst part is that he left a pregnant girlfriend behind. I always think that rich football clubs have the best medical coverage but yet such things happened. Don't they have medical checkups? A football club like Sevilla, the UEFA cup holders, don't even have such facilites?

""How Common in Sudden Death in Athletes?"

"Fortunately it is a very rare event. Estimates vary greatly and are influenced by age, the source of the sampling population, the type of sports and whether or not it really was 'sudden death'. We define 'sudden cardiac death' as one that is non-traumatic and unexpected, it occurs instantly or not too long after an abrupt change in the patient's previous clinical state. "

3 deaths in 2 weeks is not very rare event. It is a very sad thing and no one wants sad things to happpen. Rest in peace Antonio Puerta.

Bankai 11:52 AM