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David Beckham snaps Achilles tendon
Tuesday, 16 March 2010

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David Beckham's World Cup hopes have been dashed by an Achilles tendon injury while during a match for AC Milan. Read more about it here...
David Beckham's hopes of making the England World Cup team are over after the football star snapped his Achilles tendon in a game against AC Chievo Verano.
Beckham injured his achilles tendon, even though he did not come into contact with another player during the match.
England manager Fabio Capello said it looks likely that Beckham will miss the World Cup, in June: "We have to wait for the results of the scan, but it looks like he is out of the World Cup.
"David is a great professional and has worked very hard to be ready for the World Cup, so missing it will be a big blow.
"I am very sad for David that he has suffered this injury."

Posting on his website yesterday, Beckham said: "I am on my way to Finland to see a specialist and have a scan on the injury.

"I am upset but want to thank everyone for their messages of support.

"I hope to make a swift and full recovery."

Doctors are confident that Beckham will make a full recovery from the surgery he had yesterday to repair his Achilles tendon. Just not in time for the World Cup.
What do you think about Beckham being out of the team? Do you think it will affect England's chances of winning the World Cup? Answer in a comment below...

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I WAS GIVEN DETENTION FOR SAVING WOMAN’S LIFE
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Hero Oliver Adams, 15

Saturday March 27,2010
By Sarah Westcott


A TEENAGE truant is paying the price for stopping a suicidal woman from jumping to her death.

He has been hailed a hero – but has also been given a lunchtime detention for skipping school.

Oliver Adams, 15, had sneaked out to buy a bag of chips when he spotted the distraught woman poised to throw herself off a footbridge on to a busy road.

The schoolboy grabbed her arms just as she was about to leap and coaxed her back to safety.

Oliver, from Romford, Essex, told how he spotted the woman clutching a metal barrier waiting for the lights to change from red to green over the packed A12.

The woman said she had to end her life but Oliver, who climbed up to reach her, said: “You don’t have to do this.”

The distressed woman told him: “I’m a bad person. I don’t deserve to live.” But Oliver would not give up and managed to help her back from the brink.

The youngster said: “I tried to convince her to come back over. I was really worried. When I told her not to do it she was loosening her grip slightly.”

Oliver’s father Paul, 47, said: “This lady was over the barrier.He said, ‘don’t do it’. He was watching her and her hands looked like they were going to release their grip so he grabbed her arms.

“She said ‘I’m really scared’ and he said ‘come over the barrier, then you won’t be scared’.”

Mr Adams described Oliver’s detention as “a bit harsh” but added that “rules are rules”.

“At the time he kept quiet about what happened because he knew he shouldn’t have been out and he is very modest but his friend told people what he had done,” added Mr Adams.

“It was lucky for this woman that he was out of school – she could have been dead now.

“Other people were just walking past.”

Prudence Pattison, Head of Year 11 at Marshalls Park School, said: “The school is very proud of him. But at the same time we had to remind him that he must be aware he shouldn’t have been offsite at the time.”

The woman Oliver saved is now in hospital.