Not sure about that. is it just that its more publicised now.
An 11 year old I know died of a heart attack last year. this was brought on by him having a common cold - nothing more. totally devastating for his family. I think i read somewhere that if they carried out a common test at an early age they would be able to find these defects without the ensuing tragedy that occurs.
Zambia's Chaswe Nsofwa has died in an Israeli hospital minutes after collapsing during a training session. The 27-year-old was training with his Israeli second division side Hapoel Beersheba when the tragedy struck.
Rescue workers tried to restart his heart for several minutes on the field before taking him to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba.
Paramedic Carmel Cohen said that he rushed to the field when he received the emergency call.
"When we arrived we found the soccer player lying on the grass," he explained.
"We found his friends trying to help him.
"We gave him first aid, electric shocks and an external pacemaker, but despite all our efforts, he was declared dead at the hospital."
It was not known what caused the player's collapse.
Nsofwa was part of the Zambia squad at the 2002 African Cup of Nations in Mali and last year had helped the Chipolopolo win the Cosafa Cup, scoring one of the goals in the final 2-0 win over Angola.
On Tuesday Spain and Sevilla's Antonio Puerta died three days after collapsing during a league game.
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An 11 year old I know died of a heart attack last year. this was brought on by him having a common cold - nothing more. totally devastating for his family. I think i read somewhere that if they carried out a common test at an early age they would be able to find these defects without the ensuing tragedy that occurs.
Zambia's Chaswe Nsofwa has died in an Israeli hospital minutes after collapsing during a training session.
The 27-year-old was training with his Israeli second division side Hapoel Beersheba when the tragedy struck.
Rescue workers tried to restart his heart for several minutes on the field before taking him to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba.
Paramedic Carmel Cohen said that he rushed to the field when he received the emergency call.
"When we arrived we found the soccer player lying on the grass," he explained.
"We found his friends trying to help him.
"We gave him first aid, electric shocks and an external pacemaker, but despite all our efforts, he was declared dead at the hospital."
It was not known what caused the player's collapse.
Nsofwa was part of the Zambia squad at the 2002 African Cup of Nations in Mali and last year had helped the Chipolopolo win the Cosafa Cup, scoring one of the goals in the final 2-0 win over Angola.
On Tuesday Spain and Sevilla's Antonio Puerta died three days after collapsing during a league game.
this time the 26 year old espanyol captain had a heart attack.