Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Sevilla Midfielder Passes Away Three Days After Saturday Collapse

At Seville, Spain:

Sevilla midfielder Antonio Puerta passed away on Tuesday, three days after collapsing on the field during his team's Spanish League season-opening home match against Getafe. Mr. Puerta was 22 years old.

Sevilla's scheduled Tuesday second match of their UEFA Champions League qualifying series against AEK Athens, to be played at Athens, was postponed until next Monday.

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