30/04/2022 England Dead Neil Campbell (45), professional footballer played for Barrow and several clubs over many years. He was unexpectedly taken ill and died suddenly. News Story News Story2

· 30/04/2022 Norway Dead Unnamed (30s), Marathon Runner was participating in the Bergen Marathon in Norway, collapsed shortly after passing the finish line. He was taken to hospital and pronounced dead. News Story

· 30/04/2022 England Dead Richard Hill (24), Rugby Union player excelled in multiple sports. He had been to the annual Ashbourne Rugby Union Football Club and Ashbourne Cricket Club ball where he was presented with the Players’ Player of the Year Award. Before the evening was out, Richard became suddenly unwell. He was pronounced dead while still at the Ashbourne Recreation Ground. News Story

· 30/04/2022 Italy Dead Andrea Sciarrini (40), Marotta Basket Basketballer had just played a league promotion match against Urbania Basketball. A couple of hours after the match he collapsed and could not be revived by the medics. News Story News Story2

· 30/04/2022 Georgia, USA Dead Barron Mann (Age), amateur boxer and student, died suddenly 5 days before his college graduation. News Story

· 29/04/2022 New York, New York Dead Lazar LaPenna (10), Baseballer was playing in the first baseball match of the season. He had just reached first base after making contact with the ball, when he collapsed and went into a seizure. His father said his son suffered from epilepsy. News Story News Story2

· 29/04/2022 New Brunswick, Canada Dead Mary Frances Cronin (23), Footballer and university student in Canada and a keen football player. She died suddenly in hospital of a pulmonary embolism. News Story

· 29/04/2022 France Dead Unnamed (15), Footballer suffered and apparent cardiac arrest and died during football training in Contrexéville, France. He received treatment but could not be revived. News Story

· 28/04/2022 England Zak Hardaker (30), Leeds Rhinos Rugby League player had only just signed for the team. He had a “suspected seizure” while out walking with his young son and needed the help of a paramedic who happened to be nearby. He was taken to hospital, where he underwent tests before being discharged. News Story

· 26/04/2022 Virginia, USA Dead Lauren Bernett (20), James Madison University Dukes Softball player. She died suddenly. Cause of death was recorded as “suicide” according to the medical examiner’s office. News Story News Story2

· 26/04/2022 Mexico Dead Toro Bill Jr (35), wrestler collapsed due to a cardiac arrest, just hours after a wrestling match in his native Mexico. He died. News Story

· 25/04/2022 Spain Dead Maria Garcia Alonso (43), former Club Atlètic Palafrugell Marathon Runner, one of the most outstanding Catalan athletes, champion of Catalonia. She died suddenly. No more information available. News Story

· 25/04/2022 Tennessee, USA Kirk Herbstreit (52), former Ohio State Buckeyes American Footballer and now commentator. He became unwell while covering a game and was assisted by paramedics and then taken to hospital. Disagnosed with a blood clot. He posted a year ago that he had a second vaccine. News Story News Story2

· 24/04/2022 Denmark Dead Matthias Birkkjær Pedersen (19), played handball in Denmark for his club Bjerringbro-Silkeborg and for the national U20 team. He died suddenly. News Story

· 24/04/2022 France Esteban Noriega (32), Argentinian rugby union player living and playing in France for Union Rugby Gascon in a match against Marsacq XV in the Aquitaine League. he collapsed in the 70th minute. Two off-duty nurses were able to get a defibrillator from a nearby community hall and performed life-saving CPR using the defibrillator. News Story News Story2

· 24/04/2022 India Dead Rajesh Verma (40), former Mumbai Cricket player and member of the Ranji Trophy-winning squad of 2006-07. He died after a cardiac arrest. News Story

· 23/04/2022 England Dead Mattie Maher (Age), Gaelic Football referee, originally from Ireland but based in London. He was refereeing a Gaelic football match in when he became unwell. He was tended to by emergency services but died en route to hospital. News Story

· 23/04/2022 Italy Stefano Tacconi (64), former Juventus Football goalkeeper. He attended an event on Friday and felt fine. On Sunday morning he felt unwell and was rushed to hospital. His condition rapidly deteriorated. It was reported that he might have suffered a brain aneurysm. News Story News Story2

· 23/04/2022 Bosnia & Herzegovina Rifet Kapić (26), Bosnian professional footballer who plays for Sarajevo. In the second half of the match against Tuzla City, Kapić collapsed. An ambulance took him to hospital. News Story News Story2

· 22/04/2022 Germany Dead Jörg Niebes (Age), SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken Footballer collapsed during a match in Köllerbach, and died. News Story

· 22/04/2022 Germany Dead Martin Braun (71), football referee in Germany. He collapsed 35 minutes into a match, and died. News Story

· 21/04/2022 Texas, USA Dead Erik Volper (41), Runner & Footballer died while running on a treadmill from an “unknown heart issue.” News Story

· 20/04/2022 Texas, USA Dead Stacey Cummings (31), professional bodybuilder. She died suddenly. News Story

· 19/04/2022 England Ryan Campbell (50), Australian coach of the Netherlands national cricket team. He is said to be triple-vaxxed but in a critical condition and in a coma after suffering massive cardiac arrest. News Story News Story2

· 19/04/2022 Ireland Dead Kate Moran (20), Athenry Camogie player (Camogie is an Irish game played by women. It is a variant of hurling, which is played by men). She collapsed while played in a match against Ardrahan. Emergency services treated her at the scene before she was taken to University Hospital Galway, where she was pronounced dead the next day. News Story

· 18/04/2022 Germany Ricky Pinheiro (33), Homburg Footballer was playing in a football match in Germany for FC 08 Homburg, when he collapsed. He was taken to hospital. News Story

· 17/04/2022 Austria Milos Jovanovic (33), FC Tribuswinkel Football player suddenly collapsed during a match. The club’s masseur reacted immediately and saved his life. News Story News Story2

· 17/04/2022 Turkey Dead Fatih Mumcu (43), Bodrum Municipality Masters Footballer. In the final match of the Aegean Region Masters Football Federation League, the veteran goalkeeper. collapsed due to a cardiac arrest. He died. News Story

· 15/04/2022 Missouri, USA Dead Brian Wallace (26), former Arkansas Razorbacks American football players. He had a cardiac arrest and died. News Story

· 15/04/2022 England Fran Kirby (28), Chelsea and England women football player suffering from fatigue after vaccination. Has not played since February 2022. Chelsea boss Emma Hayes said there is no “definitive reason” behind the fatigue and that more investigation is needed to reach a firm diagnosis. This latest setback puts her participation at Euro 2022 this summer in doubt. News Story

· 15/04/2022 Japan Dead Steve Cumberland (57), former New Zealand Otago Rugby Union spent 14 years in Japan where he coached rugby. He died suddenly. News Story News Story2

· 15/04/2022 Philippines Dead Eric Suguitan (36), former Meralco Bolts professional basketball player in the Philippines. He died of a cardiac arrest. News Story News Story2

· 15/04/2022 England Dead Liam Ratcliffe (29), Leigh Miners Rangers Rugby League player. He died unexpectedly News Story News Story2

· 14/04/2022 Australia Matthew Lloyd (43), former Essendon Football Club Australian Rules Football superstar, linked his recent Bell’s palsy to the COVID vaccinations. He said the instances of people getting the condition had increased since Covid vaccination were administered. ‘Heart issues and Bell’s palsy have gone through the roof since the boosters and Covid issues.’ News Story

· 14/04/2022 Texas, USA Dead Ed Jasper (49), American Football player for 9 seasons in the NFL. He has died aged 49. No cause of death announced. News Story

· 13/04/2022 Belgium Tomas Van Den Spiegel (43), former international basketball player. He was briefly in the Jan Palfijn hospital with blood clots, fluid in the lungs and an enlarged heart. He has now returned home. News Story

· 13/04/2022 Georgia, USA Dead Jeff Klein (42), former Auburn American football player was diagnosed with cancer and died suddenly. News Story News Story2

· 13/04/2022 England Dead Dominyka Podziute (21), former Newcastle United women’s football team goalkeeper. She died suddenly. News Story

· 13/04/2022 Wisconsin, USA Dead Sarah Shulze (21), a track and cross-country star at University of Wisconsin, USA died suddenly. Her family announced that it was a case of “suicide.” News Story

· 12/04/2022 South Carolina, USA Dead Cedric McMillan (44), Bodybuilder has been absent from the bodybuilding circuit over the past couple of seasons due to a number of injuries and health complications. He died after a cardiac arrest. News Story News Story2

· 12/04/2022 Australian Capital Territory, Australia Paige Satchell (24), Sydney FC player was playing in the Australia v New Zealand football match. She was substituted early in the match against Australia with a breathing / heartbeat issue. News Story News Story2

· 12/04/2022 Spain Dead José Carlos Gozalbes (42), Real Murcia Football 11-a-side football coach and former AD Alquerías player died suddenly after being in hospital for a few days. One of his female friends died around February 18th, according to his facebook post, and his March 10th status update that may have given a clue to his hospitalization has been blocked from view. No more information available. News Story

· 12/04/2022 Switzerland Thomas Rottmeier (45), ice hockey commentator in Switzerland. During the EVZ v ZSC match, he suffered a “medical emergency,” was treated by paramedics and was then taken to hospital where he is recovering. News Story News Story2

· 12/04/2022 France Dead Unnamed (30), kite surfer from Strasbourg, France, drowned in Lacanau. He was rescued but he was already in cardiopulmonary arrest. Rescuers were unable to resuscitate him. News Story

· 11/04/2022 Italy Dead Maria Sofia Paparo (27), former professional swimmer and part of the Speedo Master Team. She died suddenly after a cardiac arrest. News Story

· 11/04/2022 Ontario, Canada Dead Garrett Burnett (46), former Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL ice hockey player. He died unexpectedly. News Story News Story2

· 11/04/2022 Oregon, USA Dead Wayne Cooper (65), former Denver Nuggets Basketballer played 14 seasons in the NBA league, then spent some years coaching. He died suddenly. No further details are available. News Story

· 10/04/2022 Ontario, Canada Dead Desai Williams (62) Runner on Canada’s 4×100-metre relay that won bronze at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He died. Cause of death not released. News Story

· 10/04/2022 Romania Gabriela Ruse (24), tennis player (No. 55 in the world) announced that she suffered from inflammation of the heart as a result of pneumonia and later a positive diagnosis of COVID-19. Her vaccination status was not mentioned, but she played in Melbourne Australia and must have been at least double vaccinated. News Story