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      Sebastien Haller confirms he need to undergo further surgery to remove testicular cancer tumour following chemotherapy

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      BORUSSIA DORTMUND striker Sebastien Haller has confirmed he needs to undergo further surgery to remove his testicular cancer tumour.The ex-West Ham star hasn’t played for the Bundesliga giants since his summer move from Ajax after being diagnosed with the illness.
      Sebastien Haller in hospital back in July after being diagnosed
      Haller hasn’t played since arriving at Borussia Dortmund in the summerCredit: Getty
      Haller, 28, has been undergoing chemotherapy for several months and was all smiles following his last update soon after getting the news.
      But the striker confirmed on Twitter he still needs more treatment.
      The Ivory Coast international said: “As planned from the beginning, different possibilities were considered following the chemo.
      “I tell you that the fight is not over for me.
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      “I will have to undergo an operation to permanently end this tumour which keeps me away from the pitch.
      “I want to thank you all for the messages of support and the strength you give me in this ordeal.
      Comme prévu depuis le début, différentes possibilités étaient envisagées suite aux chimio. Je vous annonce que le combat n’est pas terminé pour moi. Je vais devoir subir une opération pour en finir définitivement avec cette tumeur qui m’éloigne des terrains. Merci à tous 💪🏽🙌🏽 pic.twitter.com/sFijTijLXu— Sébastien Haller (@HallerSeb) November 16, 2022

      “Looking forward to seeing you all soon.”
      Haller spent 18 months at West Ham before signing for Ajax in 2021 after struggling in the Premier League.
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      He rediscovered his form in Holland, scoring 47 goals in just 66 games.
      Eleven of those goals came in the Champions League to help Ajax reach the last 16.
      His form earned him a move to Dortmund, but his cancer has stopped him from taking to the pitch. More

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      Boxing can be a tough sport – but I just find it hard to walk away, reveals Tyson Fury

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      MY boxing life has been made up of two careers.The first took place between 2008 and 2015, a period in which I was unable to recognise the psychological demons dragging me down.
      Walking away from boxing is the hardest thing I have ever tried to do, says Tyson FuryCredit: instagram
      The boxer’s new autobiography Gloves Off, is out on November 10
      Tyson Fury says boxing will have a void of charisma when he finally hangs up his glovesCredit: Reuters
      They pulled on me like a rucksack full of stones, despite the fact I was on my way to becoming the heavyweight champion of the world.
      The second career kicked off in 2018 after a brutal battle with my mental health, a war I’m still locked into today.
      Through sheer will I was able to overcome my issues and return as the planet’s most entertaining pugilist.
      But then I started to think I should leave the stage while still at the peak of my powers.
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      While I’ve long been admiral of HMS I Don’t Give A Crap, the most entertaining showman since the days of Muhammad Ali and the greatest fighter of my generation, it’s important to know that, as far as I’m concerned, boxing has always been a business with a shelf life.
      Statistically the people that stay in the game for too long have a tendency to get damaged, really damaged, and I don’t want that happening to me.
      There’s also a risk that my career has been shortened by the way in which I’ve lived my life.
      Health and nutrition was not exactly a priority for large chunks of my time as a pro: I ballooned in weight between bouts and then, during the mental health breakdown that started in 2015, I boozed, binged and tried cocaine.
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      There was even an attempt at ending it all a year later when I pointed my Ferrari at a bridge and slammed on the accelerator, though I changed my mind at the last second and pulled ­away — thank God.
      When I eventually asked for help I was diagnosed as bipolar, paranoid and suffering from anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
      I later recovered, but my mental health issues remain a constant work in progress — from time to time I can have suicidal thoughts, though I now understand what’s needed to keep my demons at arm’s length.
      So while getting my face punched in for a living has put millions of pounds in the bank, a fighter needs to know when their time is ­up — and mine is near.
      Walking away from boxing may be the hardest thing I ever do.
      All I know is that I don’t want to overstay my welcome, ruin my legacy, or die from a big right to the side of the head.
      And believe me, an ending like that has felt worryingly real at times.
      I even experienced short-­term memory loss following that bruising encounter with Wilder in 2021, when, in the hours after the win, my head covered in tennis ball-­sized lumps, it was impossible to remember how many times I’d gone down.
      Everything was foggy, and the experience frightened me.
      No way do I want to end up living out my days in a wheelchair, or eating my dinners through a straw.
      I wanted to leave boxing at the peak of my powers, but have been tempted back, says Tyson FuryCredit: EPA
      Tyson Fury fully intended to quit boxing for good after beating Deontay Wilder in 2021Credit: Rex
      After that fight with Wilder, I told my promoter Frank Warren that I planned to retire.
      But then…Bang! he approached me with the opportunity to fight at Wembley Stadium in April 2022.
      Wembley was a showcase venue, an opportunity to bow out in style.
      And after the hardship and pain of the coronavirus pandemic, I felt I owed it to the fans.
      Boxing deserved a hell of a party, and with my triumph over Dillian Whyte, I gave them a showdown for the history books.
      I told the world it would take half a billion to drag me back into the ring.
      At one point, I was so confident that nobody was going to cough up the cash that I threw down a bet with Piers Morgan on live TV.
      He said, ‘How about if you do fight again, you have to give me a million pounds?’ Piers couldn’t believe his luck when I agreed, though I also knew that if there was a £500million fight on the cards, I wasn’t going to feel that sad about giving him a million of it. (Though he’ll get it in pound coins and fivers.)
      The other fight I’ve been interested in is a showdown to stop the nation in its tracks.
      Tyson says his battle with mental health is a never ending fightCredit: PA
      A match with Anthony Joshua would fall into this category, and in September 2022, I even offered to battle him in the UK with a 60-40 split in earnings.
      I wanted it to be a moment in sporting history, a fight for Britain.
      But so far we haven’t been able to make it happen.
      Now I’m due to fight Derek Chisora on December 3 — having already beaten him twice.
      Chisora and I used to be pals but when it came to my Wembley showdown against Dillian Whyte, Chisora tipped the other bloke to knock me out.
      I couldn’t get my head around that. How can you claim to be someone’s friend and then back another fighter to send him to the canvas?
      I really had no idea what was eating him at the time. Perhaps it was jealousy.
      I have a potential meeting with Oleksandr Usyk next year. I don’t rate his chances against me either.
      Sure, Usyk has beaten AJ twice now, but he’s hardly a killer.
      When I do finally retire, there’s bound to be a void in boxing, in the same way athletics got boring once Usain Bolt had disappeared from the scene — there’s no one around with the same charisma.
      With that in mind, staying on the stage is bloody tempting.
      You might be wondering, ‘Well, hang on, what about those risks you were talking about earlier — the ones that made you consider retirement in the first place?’ And sure, a purse is worthless if you die or get seriously injured in the process, but the thing is, I don’t plan on doing either of those things. I plan on winning.

      ADAPTED from Gloves Off by Tyson Fury, published by Century on November 10 in hardback and audiobook.

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      TYSON says he’s not impressed by celebrity but has bonded with stars like Robbie Williams — after he recorded a song on the singer’s Christmas album.
      Fury said: “Robbie’s a top bloke and we had plenty in common.
      Tyson says he has forged a bond with singer Robbie WilliamsCredit: instagram
      “Robbie and me are both people that have hit the top, having worked hard for something all our lives — him: pop stardom; me: the world heavyweight championship — only for the realities of our success to become massively destructive and very different to what we’d expected at the beginning.”
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      I held my baby for first time, then midwife plucked her from me – her fight inspired me to win mine, says Tyson Fury

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      TYSON Fury has revealed for the first time how the near-death of his baby daughter sparked his greatest win in the ring.Athena was born prematurely last year — just weeks before the Gypsy King’s epic 11th-round KO of Deontay Wilder.
      Tyson Fury says his daughter Athena’s fight for health inspired his boxing success
      Wilder punches Fury during the WBC Heavyweight Championship in 2018Credit: Getty
      The Gypsy King and wife Paris never gave up on daughter AthenaCredit: Richard Dash for GoPr
      Here, in exclusive extracts from his new book Gloves Off, Tyson reveals the incredible tale…
      I am The Gypsy King — a bona fide legend and a once-in-a-lifetime superhero.
      But boxing isn’t my entire world. The reality is I’m a husband, a dad, a son, a brother, an uncle.
      My family are my armour and Paris and my six beautiful kids are always in my thoughts because they’re so precious to me.
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      On the eve of my 2021 fight with Deontay Wilder I slept on a hospital floor as our youngest child, Athena, fought for her life shortly after being born.
      I had a split draw with Wilder in 2018 and beat him in 2020.
      I hoped that my rematch against him in 2021 would be a Hollywood-style ending to my dark days of depression.
      But then Athena was born prematurely at the beginning of August 2021 in the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, just two months before the fight.
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      At first everything went well with the birth. I held my new daughter for the first time, and everything was perfect.
      There had been no signs of anything being wrong during the pregnancy.
      Then the midwife plucked her out of my arms and within minutes everything was kicking off.
      Apparently her heart was beating too quickly, and at first I didn’t think anything of it.
      Then everybody around us seemed to be panicking.
      My baby’s life was hanging in the balance and my name and what I did for a living wasn’t going to change a thing.Tyson Fury
      Athena was hooked up to a machine, doctors were pushing buttons and taking readings and her heart rate had rocketed to 300 beats per minute, when it should have been closer to 120bpm, and there was nothing the nurses could do to fix the problem.
      They injected her with something that seemed to slow everything down, to around 140bpm, but then she spiked all the way up again.
      The consequences were terrifying.
      If Athena’s heart rate couldn’t be steadied she would probably die from a cardiac arrest.
      Watching the medical staff rushing around her and Paris was horrible, though I knew they were both in safe hands.
      After being born, I’d died and been resuscitated three times – the NHS had kept me going well enough.
      Still, that did little to ease the sense of total helplessness I was experiencing.
      I saw nurses sedating Athena; someone was putting a tube down her throat to assist her breathing; and while everybody seemed to be acting calmly amid the chaos, there is nothing a parent can do in a situation like that, other than to watch and pray.
      I’d been reduced to nothing.
      My baby’s life was hanging in the balance and my name and what I did for a living wasn’t going to change a thing.
      ‘TERRIFYING’
      In the end, it was decided that Athena should be blue- lighted to the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, and once there, her heart rate was stabilised.
      It was so hard to see her on an incubator, with several tubes and wires coming out of her body.
      She looked so tiny and vulnerable, and even though her situation had improved, the doctors were warning us we weren’t yet out of the woods.
      Athena’s heart rate was still all over the place, and at any given moment she might die.
      As Paris recovered and Athena started her battle, I bedded down in the Ronald McDonald House, an accommodation for parents attached to the hospital.
      Nothing could dissuade me: I was crashing there until Athena had stabilised. But every day my head span.
      Though it was the last thing on my mind, at some point, I was going to have to think about the upcoming fight with Deontay Wilder.
      If it was to go ahead, my preparation would have to happen at breakneck speed.
      Athena was in ICU weeks before the showdown with Deontay WilderCredit: Instagram
      Little Athena was fighting for her life while Tyson was trying to prepare for his title bout
      The boxer’s new autobiography Gloves Off, is out on November 10
      Once my schedule was pieced together, I estimated I had around four weeks to get into fighting form. It wasn’t long, but I could still make it.
      At the Alder Hey Hospital the doctors were giving Athena ­life-saving treatment.
      The good news was that she’d been taken off the incubator and there were some signs of improvement, so whenever Paris and Athena were resting, I went to work.
      To tackle Wilder, I needed to make the most of every opportunity, and a day or so after the birth, I started a jog around the hospital with Dad.
      I wasn’t in the best of shape at the time because I’d been struggling to eat well, what with being in and out of Alder Hey.
      I’d also not long recovered from Covid and my lungs felt like two sheets of sandpaper whenever I put in a shift.
      Puffing a little, I’d probably only done around three miles when my phone started ringing. It was Paris. She was hysterical.
      ‘The baby’s died,’ she screamed. ‘The baby’s dead. She’s dead. She’s dead . . .’
      I sprinted to the ward as fast as I could, fearing the worst.
      My chest burned, my legs were in agony, and as I ran I tried my best to console Paris.
      ‘It’s going to be alright,’ I panted down the phone. ‘Let the doctors do their job. Don’t worry . . .’
      It hurt me to see her in the cot, attached to a bleeping machine. Tyson Fury
      When I made it to her bedside, there seemed to be a hundred medics crowding around Athena.
      Apparently, she’d become completely unresponsive while Paris was holding her, then her heartbeat had faded away to nothing.
      Athena was resuscitated, but Paris was now losing it.
      A nurse was trying to calm her as the specialist staff went to work. I couldn’t believe what was happening.
      Eventually, to our enormous relief, and with the grace of God the doctors were able to steady Athena.
      We were told she would have to remain in hospital until she’d made a full recovery.
      In the end it would take three weeks before she was allowed home and for much of the time I slept at the Ronald McDonald House, or on the floor of the hospital ward, feeling exhausted, praying for her to pull through safely, knowing that some parents never got to take their babies home.
      It hurt me to see her in the cot, attached to a bleeping machine.
      A lot of the time Paris and me would sit there, staring at our baby.
      Keeping the worrying news from the kids was a tough job too.
      All of them were excited to meet their new sister – Venezuela, Prince John James, Prince Tyson Fury II, Valencia Amber and Prince Adonis Amaziah. We didn’t want to tell them that Athena had nearly died because we didn’t want to worry them.
      After what felt like an age, Athena had recovered enough for us to leave hospital at the end of ­August.
      I immediately went back to work, even though I probably could have postponed the fight.
      It’s not as if I didn’t have a good reason for requesting a delay.
      Sleeping rough on the floor of a hospital wasn’t the best way to prepare for anything, let alone a world heavyweight title bout against a man who was talking up my murder.
      But what was the point in looking for excuses? It was now or never. I’d had a tough time for sure, but not as tough a time as Athena – and she’d shown the strength and willpower to fight her way back to life.
      I would turn her battle into fuel.
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      And I did. I beat Wilder with an eleventh round knockout – in one of the most epic fights of all time.
      It was Athena’s successful battle which inspired me to win mine.”

      Adapted from GLOVES OFF by Tyson Fury, published by Century on 10th November in hardback and audiobook.

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      Fury recording his debut single – the Neil Diamond classic Sweet CarolineCredit: PA
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      Tyson Fury to release debut single to raise money for mental health charity after revealing his own battle

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      TYSON FURY plans to raise funds for a mental health charity by releasing a music single.The Gypsy King will fundraise for Talk Club by releasing his own rendition of Neil Diamond’s ‘Sweet Caroline’.
      Tyson Fury will release his debut single next month to raise funds for mental health charity Talk ClubCredit: PA
      Fury recently recorded his own rendition of Sweet CarolineCredit: PA
      All the funds raised from The Gypsy King’s single will go to Talk ClubCredit: AP
      Fury, 34, has already recorded his version of the iconic anthem, which will be available from November 11 – just before the World Cup
      The WBC heavyweight champion said: “Sweet Caroline is a record I’ve always loved and I’m excited to record and release it.
      “And thanks to the folks over at Warner Music, they’ve given me the opportunity to do that, and what better time to release it than around the World Cup.”
      Fury is no stranger to singing on the microphone, regularly serenading his fans, and wife Paris, after his fights.
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      All the profits from Fury’s single will go to Talk Club, a charity focused on getting men to open up about their mental health struggles.
      Fury dealt with his own issues after his toppling of Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015 and still fights a daily battle with his demons.
      He said: “I have been very vocal about my mental health struggle, especially since my comeback.
      “It has been widely printed about my highs and lows, ups and downs, so I’ve tried my best to keep talking about it as much as I can and keep trying to smash the stigma.”
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      Talk Club founders Ben Akers and Gavin Thorpe believe Fury’s involvement will inspire other men battling with depression and other forms of mental health problems to speak up.
      They said: “Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 in the UK.
      “Tyson Fury is a champion, in and out of the ring to many of those men.
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      “Men see themselves in Tyson, so when he talks – or sings – they listen.”
      Fan favourite Fury will be back in action on December 3, locking horns with Derek Chisora in a trilogy fight at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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      World Cup fans warned to steer clear of camels in Qatar over killer bug fears

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      FOOTIE fans banned from drinking, kissing, betting and vaping at the World Cup have now been told to steer clear of camels. There are fears thousands flocking to Qatar could be struck down by a killer bug which is deadlier than Covid.
      Camel flu, or MERS-CoV, is thought to have spread from bats to the desert dromedaries in neighbouring Saudi Arabia and can be transmitted to humans.Credit: Louis Wood
      Harry Kane will be leading the Three Lions out in the World Cup in NovemberCredit: Getty
      There are fears that thousands of fans flocking to Qatar could be struck down by the killer bugCredit: Louis Wood
      Camel flu, or MERS-CoV, is thought to have spread from bats to the desert dromedaries in neighbouring Saudi Arabia and can be transmitted to humans.
      Unlike Covid-19 there is no vaccine or treatment and fans following England and Wales have been warned to heed UK government advice.
      The Sun spotted a herd of camels near the England team’s Souq Al Wakra Hotel base outside Qatar’s capital Doha last week.
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      And just weeks ago our man Oliver Harvey took a trip on one of the ships of the desert to show what fans could enjoy between games.
      Yesterday, tourist companies were still advertising camel rides and safari trips.
      Fans heading to the strict Muslim nation will have to abide by bans on provocative clothing, kissing, hugging or drinking in public, men speaking to women they do not know and rude gestures.
      Homosexuals face jail and luggage will be screened for drugs, booze and porn.
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      Prof Paul Hunter, of the University of East Anglia, said: “Fans should steer clear of camels in Qatar.
      “That’s the common sense advice to reduce the risk of contracting the virus.
      “It’s a nasty bug, much deadlier than Covid-19 with a very high mortality rate, and there is currently no effective vaccine.”
      Government guidance says human-to-human spread has been limited inside hospitals and care homes but suggests camel contact is risky.
      World Health Organisation chiefs warned in August that about 80 per cent of cases were as a result of contact with infected camels or infected people in hospital.
      The bug, full name Middle East respiratory syndrome, has infected more than 2,000 people and killed at least 850 since it was first identified in Saudi in 2012.
      Experts fear it could soon spread from the Arabian peninsula to Africa through infected camels, which only exhibit mild symptoms.
      Two cases have been reported this year in Qatar, including a camel owner, 85, who later died in Doha.
      A farmer, 50, who drank camel milk has also died.
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      Qatar officials declined to comment and the FA did not respond to requests.
      Meanwhile, Covid controls including tests and proof of vaccination have been lifted.
      Thousands of England fans will travel to Qatar next month
      The Sun has previously reported on the perils of drinking alcohol in the strict Muslim nationCredit: Louis Wood
      The Sun’s chief feature writer Oliver Harvey has previously written about what fans will be able to expect if they travel to Qatar – where homosexuals are jailed and luggage will be screened for drugs, booze and pornCredit: Louis Wood More

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      Eric Dier copying Cristiano Ronaldo’s sleeping habits as Tottenham star reveals daily naps help him beat fixture pile-up

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      ERIC DIER is taking a leaf out of Cristiano Ronaldo’s book, by napping during the day to stay fresh.The Tottenham defender has been in great form this season, deservedly earning an England recall with his solid displays.
      Eric Dier has had a superb season for SpursCredit: Getty
      Cristiano Ronaldo remains in excellent shape at 37Credit: Rex
      Ronaldo, 37, was an early hero of Dier’s as he grew up in Portugal post-Euro 2004.
      And the defender has emulated some of his sleeping patterns in order to gain an edge.
      The Manchester United veteran famously naps up to five times a day, as revealed by his sleep guru.
      And while he might not quite sleep that much, Dier believes that a good afternoon snooze is good for his health and fitness.
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      He said: “I love a nap, every day. I get eight or nine hours sleep at night and nap 45 minutes in the afternoon, straight after training.
      “It makes me feel better for the rest of the day. I think it’s good for me. And some do it more than me. The South Americans, they love it.”
      Dier also said: “There are so many games until the break, it’s incredible, so we need to take good care of ourselves physically and mentally, to be ready for every game.
      “I just to try to sleep a lot, eat well, drink lots of water. I try to do everything in the right way.
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      “It is all there for us to recover and be in the best possible shape at the training ground.
      “The club cover all our needs, it’s up to us to take advantage of it.”
      Tottenham were recently rocked by the tragic passing of their extremely popular fitness coach Gian Piero Ventrone aged 61.
      And Dier would love to win a trophy in his honour this season.
      He added: “That would be the ultimate tribute. He gave all of himself to us every single day.
      “So we need to try to do the same for him. His work is going to live on now, in us, for the rest of this season and for everyone individually for the rest of our careers.”
      Gian Piero Ventrone’s positive impact at Spurs will never be forgottenCredit: Getty More

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      Watch Harry Kane’s inspirational cartoon of tough journey including Arsenal release as he launches mental health charity

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      ENGLAND captain and Tottenham striker Harry Kane has released an inspirational cartoon on his tough journey through football and announced the launch of a mental health foundation.The 29-year-old faced rejection as a kid after being released by boyhood club Arsenal.
      I’m very proud to launch the Harry Kane Foundation – it marks the start of a journey for me as my Foundation aims to transform a generation’s thinking about mental health. pic.twitter.com/oZzNcviyp3— Harry Kane (@HKane) October 10, 2022

      Kane launched his mental health foundation with a cartoon of his journey in footballCredit: Instagram / harrykane
      The striker was handed a chance by Tottenham after being released by ArsenalCredit: Instagram / harrykane
      Kane was desperate to make Spurs’ first-teamCredit: Instagram / harrykane
      However, the forward had several unsuccessful loan spellsCredit: Instagram / harrykane
      Kane had a stint with Millwall, where he ‘had to work hard through some really tough times’Credit: Instagram / harrykane
      His dad put his arm around him and told him “We go again, and work even harder”.
      Those words have stuck with Kane through numerous unsuccessful loan spells and even up to this very day, where he is the captain of his country and recognised as one of the best strikers of his generation.
      Spurs striker Kane says with self-belief and support from others, “the more real” his dreams became.
      Kane also announced the launch of his mental health foundation, which will seek to “tackle stigma” and “transform a generation’s thinking about mental health.”
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      His website reads: “Harry launched the Harry Kane Foundation (HKF) with a long-term goal to help transform a generation’s thinking about mental health.
      “The launch of his own dedicated Foundation marks the start of Harry’s journey to learn more about mental health and work with chosen charities and strategic partners. 
      “HKF will use Harry’s profile and curate partnerships to reach audiences of all ages through tactical awareness campaigns and practical support.
      “The purpose of HKF is to help normalise conversations around mental health, promote positive habits that support mental health and tackle stigma.”
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      Kane added on Twitter: “I’m very proud to launch the Harry Kane Foundation – it marks the start of a journey for me as my Foundation aims to transform a generation’s thinking about mental health.
      “I want to learn more, help normalise conversations around mental health, promote positive habits that support mental wellbeing and tackle the stigma surrounding the subject.
      “I will use my profile to encourage others to look after their mental health, be their best and know that it’s ok to ask for help.
      “I’ll be working with some amazing organisations and causes close to my heart.
      “Some exciting activations are launching today, on World Mental Health Day, with more to follow.”
      Kane says he doubted himself a lotCredit: Instagram / harrykane
      Kane would repeat his dad’s inspirational words of ‘work even harder’Credit: Instagram / harrykane
      Kane broke into Spurs’ first-team and is closing in on the all-time Premier League goals record, currently held by Alan ShearerCredit: Instagram / harrykane
      Kane is also the England captain, guiding the Three Lions to a World Cup semi in 2018, and the Euros final last summerCredit: Instagram / harrykane More

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      Brighton’s Enock Mwepu forced to retire at 24 after being diagnosed with heart condition and high risk of cardiac arrest

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      BRIGHTON star Enock Mwepu has been forced to retire from football aged 24 after the discovery of a potentially fatal hereditary heart condition.The Zambian was taken ill during the recent international break, with subsequent tests identifying his condition and forcing him to hang up his boots.
      Enock Mwepu has retired aged 24Credit: Rex
      Mwepu has hung up his boots after “living his dream” and playing in the PremCredit: Instagram @enockmwepu
      Mwepu’s condition “manifests later in life” – and had not shown up in previous cardiac readings.
      Following medical tests the Prem star was advised that playing on would leave him at risk of a cardiac arrest – forcing him to quit the game he loves.
      Announcing his retirement, Mwepu wrote in a statement: “A boy from a small Zambian township called Chambishi has some news to share.
      “He stood strong to follow his dreams of playing football at the highest level, and by the grace of God he lived his dream by reaching the Premier League.
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      “Some dreams however come to an end, so it is with sadness that I announce the need to hang up my boots because of the medical advice I have received.
      “This is however not the end of my involvement with football, I plan to stay involved in some capacity.
      “I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that supported me in my football journey, including my wife and family, my agent 12MAN, the Zambian FA, all my previous clubs, team-mates and coaches, and specially everyone at Brighton & Hove Albion.”
      Mwepu arrived at the Amex from Red Bull Salzburg for a club record fee in 2021.
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      He impressed during his debut season on the South Coast, and featured in their opening six games of this term.
      Amid the shock news, Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi said: “I am so sorry for Enock.
      “Before I arrived I looked at all the squad, and he was a player I was so excited and looking forward to working with. We will do everything we can to help him.”
      He has seen such a promising career cut short at such a young ageTony Bloom
      Seagulls chairman Tony Bloom added: “We are all absolutely devastated for Enock.
      “He and his family have had a traumatic few weeks and while we are just thankful he has come through that period, he has seen such a promising career cut short at such a young age.
      “As a club we will give him all the love, help and support we possibly can to make a full recovery, and then as he decides on the next steps in his life.”
      Explaining the decision, Brighton’s head of medicine and performance Adam Brett said: “It is a terrible blow for Enock, but he has to put his health and his family first and this is the right choice, however difficult it is to quit the game he loves.
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      “Of course, given this is Enock’s career and a decision which can’t be taken lightly we have taken our time to be as thorough as possible, completed advanced cardiac investigations and collaborated with clinical experts to gain the best second opinions for Enock.
      “We will be helping him make sure the condition is managed with the appropriate treatment for him to otherwise live a long and healthy life.’” More