DUSSELDORF: The players of all 32 competing nations at the 2006 World Cup will undergo medical checks for potential heart defects prior to the Finals, football's governing body FIFA revealed at the World Cup workshop here on Monday.
The measure comes three years after the tragic death of Cameroon international midfielder Marc Vivien Foe at the 2003 Confederations Cup.
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