please log in to view this image Former Liverpool defender Miki Roque has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 23. The centre-back joined the Reds in summer 2005 from the now defunct Spanish club Lleida and featured prominently in a triumphant run to the FA Youth Cup final the following year. Roque made just one senior appearance for the club as a substitute during a Champions League group game against Galatasaray before loan spells with Oldham Athletic, Xerex and Cartagena. He was released by Liverpool in 2009, when he joined Real Betis and engineered a breakthrough into the La Liga outfit's starting line-up a season later. However his career revival suffered a devastating blow as he was diagnosed with pelvic cancer in March 2011. Roque's passing comes barely two years after Austrian striker Besian Idrizaj, another player signed by Liverpool in the summer of 2005, died after suffering a heart attack in his sleep.
Portugal legend Eusebio is in a stable condition after being taken to hospital complaining of feeling unwell. The 70-year-old, who has been with the national side during Euro 2012 as a team ambassador, has a history of heart trouble and was taken to hospital in Poznan, Poland, on Saturday. Hospital spokesman Stanislaw Rusek said: "The news is good. Doctors are satisfied that his condition is stable. "I talked to him and I asked him if his heart hurt. He said 'not at all.'" ........................................................... Former Northern Ireland and Queens Park Rangers captain Alan McDonald has died suddenly at the age of 48. McDonald, who managed Glentoran when they won the Irish League championship in 2009, collapsed while playing golf on Saturday morning. The Belfast-born centre-half famously played in the Northern Ireland team which drew 0-0 against England in 1985 to qualify for the World Cup finals. McDonald won 52 international caps, scoring three goals.
