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Update: No change in Fabrice Muamba’s condition
Fabrice Muamba
Bolton player Fabrice Muamba was still fighting for his life in intensive care on Sunday night, remaining in critical condition a day after collapsing during a match because of a cardiac arrest.
The 23-year-old midfielder’s heart only started beating on its own when he arrived at a London hospital on Saturday night from Tottenham’s ground, medics said, after having fallen face down on the turf just before halftime.
“God is in control,” the soccer player’s fiancee Shauna Magunda wrote on her Twitter account. “Please keep praying for fmuamba its really helping I can feel it.”
Amid an outpouring of global concern for Muamba’s health, from FIFA executives to players at rival clubs, members of the Bolton management team, relatives and friends visited him at London Chest Hospital.
About 24 hours after Muamba’s collapse was screened live to a worldwide television audience, Bolton said he remained anesthetized, adding that no further statements would be provided until Monday.
“Everybody is praying for Fabrice, which is very important, and that has been a real source of strength to the family,” Bolton manager Owen Coyle said outside the hospital. “It’s great to be talented at football but it is more important to be a genuinely nice man, and Fabrice is that. We certainly hope he comes through this.
“Our concern is Fabrice and Fabrice only, and that’s what all our energy is going into, hopefully a happy outcome.”
