Alex Ferguson's farewell speech at Old Trafford by footballdaily1 Sir Alex Ferguson said goodbye to Old Trafford with an emotional speech following Manchester United's win against Swansea in his final home game in charge. Fergie's unscripted talk was sandwiched between the match and United's title celebrations.
An Anorthosis player wasreceivingtreatment from medical staff during a match against Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus on Sunday when a fan apparently decided that the delay wasn't up to his standards of entertainment, so he threw an explosive directly at the downed player. The blast cleared the scene as players and physios all rolled away covering their ears.
It took two hours for the medical staff at the London Chest Hospital to get Fabrice Muamba
breathing. He is now listed as stable but in still in critical condition.
Again, to emphasize, the timely intervention of the medics on the pitch gave Muamba a fighting
chance. If he pulls through, there are other severe complications that he faces.
Maybe the busiest members of the FC Dallas staff this season have been the club's medical staff.
Whether it's the club trainers or team doctors, they have all earned their pay this season
considering how beset FCD has been with injuries. However, Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman isn't
about to chalk his club's rash of ailments to anything related to fitness, conditioning or
training.
The FC Dallas injury list continues to shrink and one player who recently came off the report was
center back George John, who had been bothered by concussion symptoms for much of the last month to
six weeks. It will still be a few weeks before he's likely ready for full selection as a starter,
but it's still good to see the big man from Washington state back in training and now able to go
through full contact after he was cleared by the club's medical staff late last week.
Last week I was given the chance to talk to FC Dallas midfielder Brek Shea on his involvement
with Deuce Brand watches. Below is a little interview with him on how things are going right now
for him, FC Dallas and why he is teaming up with Deuce Brand.
Panamanian National Team assistant captain Gabriel Gomez will miss today's friendly against
Jamaica and may miss the country's two upcoming 2014 World Cup Qualifying games, according to David
Sakata of Diario Pro.
Gomez was evaluated on Wednesday by the team doctor, Gerinaldo Martinez, who requested that the
player have a sonogram.
Four months after being diagnosed with leukemia, Stiliyan Petrov is in remission.
The Aston Villa captain and Bulgaria international was diagnosed after he developed a fever
following a match March 24 against Arsenal. Petrov, 33, has suspended his career while receiving
treatment and was the subject of numerous tributes around the English Premier League this past
season.
With the start of the season quickly creeping up on the calendar and the transfer window being open
until the end of August, Arsenal, like most other Premier League teams, aren't sure who will be in
the line-up on opening day and who might not be with the club anymore.
One thing looks certain though, and that's that Gunners midfielders Tomas Rosicky and Jack
Wilshere won't be ready to play when the season kicks off.
Sporting Kansas City centerback and MLS All-Star starter Aurelien Collin will miss the next
1-to-2 weeks after suffering a facial fracture at PPL Park Wednesday night.
Collin suffered the injury in the first half of the All-Star Game after a clash with Chelsea's
Michael Essien in the center circle.
It now seems clear that Robin van Persie has played his last game for Arsenal.
News that the Dutchman will not be involved in the club's pre-season tour of the Far East leaves
little room for doubt that he is on his way out of The Emirates.
It is being reported that Arsenal have turned down an offer from Manchester United and will only
entertain bids in excess of £20 million although, they are hoping to hold out for between £25 and
£30 million.
Fabrice Muamba with Dr Andrew Deaner (l) and Dr Sam Mohiddin. Image: Reuters.
Fabrice Muamba has been released from hospital, barely a month after he collapsed on the pitch
during Bolton's FA Cup tie vs. Spurs. The midfielder was "technically dead" for 78 minutes
after suffering a cardiac arrest and thanked medical staff for the prompt action that aided his
recovery.
After Saturday's harrowing experience, Tottenham Hotspur players have demanded for heart checks
for assurance on their health this is according to top cardiologist Sanjay Sharma.
Speaking to Sky News, Sharma a leading cardiologist revealed that players had demanded
for screening on Monday.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Stoke City, 21st March 2012, White Hart Lane, 7.45pm kick
off
Stoke travel to North London on Wednesday night with football still in the shadow of the
horrific and distressing scenes that occurred at White Hart Lane on Saturday.
It's encouraging news that Fabrice Muamba is stable, his heart is working without the aid of
medicine, there has been movement in his arms and legs and he has been coherent and talking to
friends and family.
Fellow arsophiles, I want to pose a simple question:
In a season of ups and downs, false dawns and unexpected revivals, which Arsenal player
has turned out to be the biggest surprise package (in a positive way)?
I'm not talking about the likes of Vermaelen and van Persie, of whom we all expected great
things.
Fellow arsophiles, I want to pose a simple question:
In a season of ups and downs, false dawns and unexpected revivals, which Arsenal player
has turned out to be the biggest surprise package (in a positive way)?
I'm not talking about the likes of Vermaelen and van Persie, of whom we all expected great
things.
Amidst all the gobshite Tweeters, alleged racists and wantaway money-grabbers, news that
Stiliyan Petrov's acute leukemia is in remission is a shot of much-needed good news.
The Villa captain was diagnosed with the disease only back in March, but today Aston Villa
released the wonderful news that the 33-year-old Bulgarian was winning the fight.
Former Italian U21 player, Piermario Morosini, suffered from a heart attack during Livorno's
Serie B fixture at Pescara. As a mark of respect, all league games in Italy this weekend have been
called off.
Just what are we to make of the various statements that have appeared in the press
lately?
First came the not so very surprising one from the want-away van Persie, the full text of which
can be found on the player's website. After spending most of his eight years at the club being
nurtured by Arsene Wenger and nursed by the medical staff he had a really good season and suddenly
discovered that he disagreed with the direction the management was taking.
Let us be anxious. Just a little bit. This is a 21 year old footballer who has already missed a
whole season for his ankle problem for which the club and its medical staff seemed to think the
cure was around the corner. Now that this injury has kept him out of the 2012 Euro comes the news
that he is to undergo a "minor" knee surgery which is a complication arising from said ankle
problem.
OTP saw a stat that told us that there had been more player withdrawals from preliminary Euro 2012
squads than any other European Championships in history. The current figure – to which England
made a handsome contribution sits at 57. That huge glut of injuries may well be explained by the
incredible number of [.
The Roy Hodgson era as England manager has began with a 1-0 victory at Norway, but the fee good
feeling was slightly marred by a double injury scare ahead of Euro 2012.
Manchester United winger Ashley Young scored the only goal to give Hodgson victory in his first
match in charge.
But there are concerns over ÂManchester City midfielder Gareth Barry and Spurs' Scott Parker,
who both came off.
Next week will mark the six weeks that you were going to be out with concussion symptoms prior
to re-evaluation from the medical staff. Hopefully the headaches and sleepless nights that haunted
you after the March 10 season opener are gone.
Even if they are gone and you come through the medical evaluation with flying colors, your
decision should be a simple one.
As I expected when Emory was waived last week, Colorado added on of their trialists today.
Midfielder/forward Kamani Hill has been signed and will be available as soon as his ITC is received
from Germany (don't worry, there's no spurned club to throw a wrench into this one). Hill is a
former U.S. National Team forward who got 2 caps in 2007.
Barcelona centre-half Gerard Pique was discharged from hospital yesterday afternoon following an
evening under observation after getting knocked out sparko in a collision with Victor Valdes at the
Nou Camp on Tuesday night.
However, according to Catalunya Radio, Pique cannot remember playing against Chelsea at all
despite making it through 18 minutes of the match before being carted off to hospital with a pretty
serious case of concussion which is either extremely worrying or extremely convenient.
Fans of football hardmen and stationery alike, you're going to love this video. Barcelona skipper
Carlos Puyol was ordered off the pitch with blood coming from a gash on his head during his side's
win over Real Zaragoza. He was not going to be kept out of action for too long though. Puyol took a
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When Roberto Mancini first announced yesterday that Man City's leading scorer Sergio Aguero
would be out of action for 'one day, ten days or two weeks' with a 'stupid' injury Pies immediate
thought was 'sexual misadventure,' which probably tells you more about us than it does about
Kun.
Like the hellish finale from one of Marko Marin's recurring nightmares, a
member of Sevilla's medical staff was subjected to the horrors of being struck by an empty water
bottle, chucked absent-mindedly at him by Pep Guardiola during Barca's 2-0 win at the Sanchez
Pijuan yesterday evening.
Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba has sent the medical staff who cared for him after his cardiac
arrest a huge cake. Muamba conveyed his thanks to staff at the London Chest Hospital through the
medium of sponge, buttercream and icing. The icing reads: "To All The Medical Staff At The London
Chest Hospital That helped Me [.
We noticed Spurs medic Shabaaz Mughal milling about during last night's FA Cup replay vs.
Bolton. Are we seriously going start a war between two London clubs over the relative hotness of
their medical staff?
 Musings hope for a speedy and complete recovery for Fabrice Muamba  Fabrice Muamba collapsed on
the pitch at White Hart Lane just before half time in the cup game between Spurs and Bolton on
Saturday He is still in intensive care 30 hrs after the incident having suffered a 'cardiac event'.
The swift action of the medical staff from both sides, ensured that Fabrice was given life-saving
Nobody should question Chicago Fire captain Logan Pause's threshold for pain and drive to return
to the field from injury after what transpired in the last month.
During an Aug. 12Â game against the Philadelphia Union, Pause, 31, was defending a corner kick
when Bakary Soumare, his former teammate on the Fire and current Union defender making his team
debut, elevated for the ball, inadvertently striking Pause from behind.
A friendly between Fortuna Dusseldorf and Benfica took a bizarre turn and was abandoned before
halftime. Late in the first half, referee Christian Fischer was pulling out a yellow card for a
foul that just occurred when Benfica captain Luisao came rushing over to protest and shoved the
official.
Image:Â spetteguless.it. Just a thought, but if the Barcelona medical staff are thorough enough to
 measure his tan-lines, does that mean they record the dimensions of everything else too? If they
do, and there are photos of it, there are few things we won't give up to gain sight of them. A
couple of our number [.
Lucas Leiva insists the kind words of new boss Brendan Rodgers helped him make a remarkable
recovery from knee surgery.
The 25-year-old Brazil international went under the knife after damaging his knee ligaments last
November and was not expected back until the autumn.
But the midfielder stunned medical staff at the club by declaring himself fit for Liverpool's
pre-season tour of the US and came off the bench to face Tottenham in Baltimore.
The details of the Philadelphia Union's defense against Peter Nowak have emerged in the ongoing
lawsuit between the two parties, and the Union's claims shed light on some disturbing
behind-the-scenes happenings under his watch.
As part of the Union's list of reasons for dismissal, the details of which were uncovered by
Philly.
THFC is delighted to welcome back Bolton fan Dominic Walsh who reflects on the
distressing events of Saturday and asked to write this article as a thank you to the Spurs
supporters.
After what has happened over the past few days I just wanted to write a few words echoing many
sentiments that have already been shared but more than anything to say thank you to the fans of Â
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
