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Brain injury Spurs player wins damages

Tottenham Hotspur has agreed to pay undisclosed damages to a former youth player who was left brain damaged after having a cardiac arrest on his debut.

Radwan Hamed collapsed during a game in Belgium in 2006. Last year a judge ruled Spurs breached its duties to him.

In a screening prior to signing for the club, an electrocardiogram test showed his heart was "unequivocally abnormal" but he was not stopped from playing.

The club said it regretted a former employee had been remiss in his duties.

'Potentially fatal'

In a statement, the family of Mr Hamed, who is now 26, said they were "relieved" a settlement had been reached, following a decade-long legal battle .