A former Tottenham Hotspur player has been awarded damages believed to be worth £7 million after he suffered a cardiac arrest on his debut ten years ago and was left with brain damage. Radwan Hamed collapsed during a youth team match in Belgium, against Cercle Bruges, on August 4, 2006 and suffered oxygen starvation to his brain. In a screening prior to signing for Tottenham, an electrocardiogram test revealed that his heart was “unequivocally abnormal” but Hamed, then 17, was not prevented from playing. In a statement, the family of Hamed, who is now 27, said they were “relieved” a…

Source: The Times October 04, 2016 23:02 UTC