AMMAN — National Coach Jamal Mahmoud called on the
Ministry of Youth, the
Jordanian Olympic Committee and the
Jordan Football Association,
to take urgent action to develop a quick preventive plan before the start of
the 2022 football season, after the sudden increase in the number of deaths
among football players.
اضافة اعلان
The "Qusai Initiative" launched by HRH
Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, in 2014, in memory of the Jordanian player
Qusai Khawaldeh, who lost his life due to an unfortunate accident in a sports
stadium.
Jamal Mahmoud told Jordan
News that “the safety of athletes comes first and foremost and above all
considerations. We have to find a quick preventive plan to preserve the health
of the athletes, especially since we suddenly lost many lives among football
players."
Recently, cases of heart disease affecting players have
increased from athletes who lose their life and others who retire, the latest
victim of these injuries being the Algerian player Sofiane Lokar, who died
after falling on the field, during a match between his team MC Saida and the
Algerian ASM Oran team, due to a heart attack.
“We saw a quick move by those responsible for sports in some
neighboring countries, including Kuwait, which provided an electric shock
device for clubs and trained therapists to use it at a cost of $4,000 per
device,” said Mahmoud.
A TV broadcast of a match in the Omani league between Muscat
club and Suwaiq club was delayed, due to the tragic death of Muscat’s defender
Mukhallad Al-Raqadi during the warm-up process due to a severe heart attack.
Various other sudden deaths have been reported in different
leagues. It is worth noting that most of the deaths reported were related to
heart problems.
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