m.youtube/watch?v=e-p3JiEX0Gs Holy Gosh!!.. very unfotunate, way to go FIFA, hope that goes fr other sports particularity the bikes as well!.. - A 23-year-old footballer has died in hospital from severe spinal cord damage suffered when attempting to celebrate a goal with a somersault. Bethlehem Vengthlang FC midfielder Peter Biaksangzuala died on Sunday (NZT Monday) at a hospital in the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram after the incident in a third tier Mizoram Premier League (MPL) match last week. We are shocked by the case. We at the Mizoram Football Association did all we could but could not save him, MFA secretary Lalnghinglova Hmar said. After scoring the equaliser against Chanmari West FC, a flipping Biaksangzuala landed awkwardly and was lying unconscious as his team-mates surrounded him and gestured for help. The association president, also being the state health minister, he did all that was possible even though he was out of station, Hmar said. We considered the option to fly him to Delhi, but his condition was pretty bad. He was mostly unconscious, occasionally spelling out a few words. Bethlehem has decided to retire the number 21 jersey as a tribute to Biaksangzuala while Hmar said MFA would organise a match in his memory. FIFA said that any additional measures curbing goal celebrations would have to be approved by soccers rule-making body, the International Football Association Board (IFAB). This is a tragedy and we are very concerned about this incident, a FIFA statement said. It is the responsibility of IFAB to rule on amendments to the Laws of the Game. FIFA added that any national association can propose a change to the rules, and the suggestion must be submitted by December 1 to be considered at IFABs next annual general meeting. The laws of the game currently stipulate automatic yellow cards if a player removes his shirt, covers his face with a mask, makes a provocative gesture or climbs a perimeter fence to celebrate a goal. The laws also state: While it is permissible for a player to demonstrate his joy when a goal has been scored, the celebration must not be excessive. Reasonable celebrations are allowed, but the practice of choreographed celebrations is not to be encouraged when it results in excessive time-wasting and referees are instructed to intervene in such cases. Referees are expected to act in a preventative manner and to exercise common sense in dealing with the celebration of a goal. Last month, in another goal celebration gone wrong, a player in Brazil escaped injury when he inadvertently leapt into a hole. Coritiba forward Joel leapt the advertising hoardings behind the goal, unaware that there was a hole with steps leading down from the pitch to the dressing rooms. Although he landed in the hole, his fall was softened by a tarpaulin. He was able to continue the match. - Reuters i.stuff.co.nz/spor m.youtube/watch?v=e-p3JiEX0Gs t/football/10641467/Footballer-dies-in-goal-celebration-gone-wrong
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 07:26:45 +0000
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