48 Years old ex Rugby Player dies during Boxing Day rugby match

Mr Francis (centre playing in a previous game) had come out of rugby retirement to play the Boxing Day friendly and was known by his team mates as 'Vince the Prince'

48 years old Vincent Francis, an ex rugby player and father of three, who had specially come to play a Boxing Day rugby match dies right on the sidelines of the field in front of his own family.

Vincent had substituted himself off the pitch at the Caerau Ely RFC match in Cardiff when he felt unwell but he collapsed on the side line with a suspected heart attack soon after.

His daughter Sophie, 20, and other family members who were also watching the game, rushed to his side and despite treatment from paramedics, Mr Francis could not be saved.

Vincent Francis  who lived in Ely, Cardiff had come out of rugby retirement to play the friendly match. He was the club captain between 1992 and 1995 and remained involved in the club as assistant coach and backs coach.

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Teenage surfer killed by shark in the second fatal attack in Australia

Zac Young suffered a cardiac arrest on the beach after his attack

Sharks seem to be hunting the sea goers in Australia, specially the surfers. Just yesterday, a teenage surfer has died after a savage shark attack - the second fatal attack within a week off the Australian coast.

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Zac Young, 19, from the NSW coastal town of Port Macquarie, is believed to have lost both legs when the shark attacked off the coast of New South Wales and died of cardiac arrest when he was pulled onto a beach.

The fatal attack occurred as the teenager was surfing off Campbell's Beach, near the town of Coffs Harbour.

It may be added that just one week earlier, father-of-two Chris Boyd was killed by what is believed to have been a great white shark while surfing on the other side of the continent, off Gracetown, Western Australia.

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Norwegian swimming champion dies at 26

Norwegian swimming champion Alexander Dale Oen has died in the US, aged 26, Norway's swimming federation says.

He was found collapsed in a shower late on Monday after training in Flagstaff, Arizona, Norwegian media say. Officials said he had suffered a cardiac arrest.

Dale Oen won gold in the 100m breaststroke at the World Championships in Shanghai in July 2011.

His triumph came just days after the attack in Norway by Anders Behring Breivik which killed 77 people.

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US yacht race 'crash' kills three

At least three sailors have died during a US yacht race, weeks after another fatal accident off California.

US Coast Guard boats are looking for a fourth crew member from the yacht Aegean.

Race organisers the Newport Sailing Association said the wreckage indicated the yacht collided with a ship much larger than the 37-foot vessel.

On Thursday the Coast Guard suspended yacht racing around San Francisco after a fatal accident earlier this month.

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Morosini's cause of death unclear

Six hours of autopsy on Monday failed to produce an answer as to what caused the death of Livorno footballer Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died during a match on Saturday.

Dr Cristian D'Ovidio said following the autopsy, more tests would be needed to find an exact cause of death.

"There is no evidence to the naked eye that allows us to determine what caused this lad's death," he said.

Morosini collapsed during Saturday's Serie B match at Pescara before being rushed to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

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Last American male diver to win Olympic gold, dies at 43

On Monday, Lenzi, the last American male diver to win Olympic gold, died at the age of 43 in Greenville, N.C.

Mark Lenzi struck gold when he switched from wrestling to diving in the mid-1980s.

Over the next decade, he became the 1992 Olympic 3-meter springboard champion, earned a bronze medal four years later in Atlanta and became the first driver to score 100 points on a single dive.

Read more: Huffington Post