Soccer Is Haunted by an Inexplicable Trend

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BRUGES, BELGIUM — There is no escape, nor should there be, from the shocking news that the heart of a top sportsman in the prime of his life has ceased beating for no detectable reason. Dani Jarque, the captain of the Spanish first division club Espanyol, died on Saturday. He was 26. He had trained…

Heart Attack Killed French Tennis Player

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French tennis star Mathieu Montcourt, 24, suffered cardiac arrest when he died Monday, an autopsy has revealed. Montcourt, ranked No. 119 in the world and who reached the second round of the French Open in June, collapsed and died Monday night. His girlfriend raised the alarm when she found him in the hallway of his…