{"id":7668,"date":"2026-04-08T17:43:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/fan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest-at-german-bundesliga-soccer-game-the-middletown-press\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:43:49","slug":"fan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest-at-german-bundesliga-soccer-game-the-middletown-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/fan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest-at-german-bundesliga-soccer-game-the-middletown-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan dies after cardiac arrest at German Bundesliga soccer game &#8211; The Middletown Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A long-time Eintracht Frankfurt supporter died in hospital, aged 87, hours after suffering a cardiac arrest in the stadium during a German Bundesliga game, the club said Tuesday.<br \/>The stadium fell silent as paramedics worked to revive the man, who hasn&#x27;t been named, during the second half of Frankfurt&#x27;s 2-2 draw with Cologne on Sunday.<br \/>Advertisement<br \/>Article continues below this ad<br \/>\u201cThe 87-year-old, who was a long-standing member of the club and had held a season ticket for many years, suffered a cardiac arrest during the match. Although he was successfully resuscitated at the scene, his condition could not be stabilized,\u201d Frankfurt said.<br \/>\u201cOur thoughts and sympathy are with his family and friends. We would like to thank the emergency services for their efforts to save the life of our supporter, which were ultimately in vain, and we thank all the fans and visitors for their sensitivity in supporting these efforts.\u201d<br \/>In October, another fan died after falling ill while entering the stadium at a German Cup game between Leipzig and Energie Cottbus.<br \/>Advertisement<br \/>Article continues below this ad<br \/>The atmosphere was hushed at Cottbus\u2019 stadium as both sets of supporters refrained from chants following an announcement about the incident.<br \/>___<br \/>Advertisement<br \/>Article continues below this ad<br \/>AP soccer: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer\" data-link=\"native\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/bundesliga\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/bundesliga<\/a><br \/>About<br \/>Contact<br \/>Services<br \/>Account<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxQSmJxdmY2eEpjR2l2V0RwMU5nWjdVRXVyUHdicFNkbGN3TnZ5Y19OSmxkS0V4SjNfUHZleFRvdDVpSHVidFplTmE5LVItM0YxVEFwX3VXa0VCbnJwUWRYV0hjbzlwa2ZDUDU0WE4tNm1EeHB5TTJxVS1yWXN2ajNnSkQ0ZnlHdzRxWlU3dlFNQjJxSEhacGxBY1RDRnBoaWtV?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long-time Eintracht Frankfurt supporter died in hospital, aged 87, hours after suffering a cardiac arrest in the stadium during a German Bundesliga game, the club said Tuesday.The stadium fell silent as paramedics worked to revive the man, who hasn&#x27;t been named, during the second half of Frankfurt&#x27;s 2-2 draw with Cologne on Sunday.AdvertisementArticle continues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}