Last night (Thursday) at the COnfederations Cup in France Marc Vivien Foe, a 28 year old playing for his country Cameroon, collapsed on the pitch in the centre circle on the 71 minute mark. Despite efforts to rescusitate him, he died after 45 minutes. At the moment, it is suspected that an undetected heart problem led to the death, which ocurred in a 30C heatwave. A "fit as a fiddle" soccer player is the last person you'd expect to see collapse on the pitch, less so even dying! Other players who knew him say he, husband and father to two kids, was a gentleman and one of the nicest people you could meet.

May he rest in peace.

Mick