Fabrice Muamba Improving

After suffering a heart attack, during a match, twenty-three year old Fabrice Muamba is starting to show signs of improvement. Muamba, plays for the Bolton Wanderers and has been being treated at London Chest Hospital.

A joint statement released by his team and the hospital stated: "Fabrice Muamba is continuing to show signs of improvement this evening. He is currently able to breathe independently without the aid of a ventilator. He has also been able to recognize family members and respond to questions appropriately. These are all positive signs of progress. However, his condition remains serious and the medical staff in intensive care will continue to monitor and treat him."

His family, coach, teammates, and other players from the Premier League have been regularly visiting him. Spanish club Real Madrid carried shirts that read "Get well soon Muamba", during a match Sunday.

Fabrice is far from the first player to collapse during a match, but is one of the youngest at that level of play. In recent years it seems that, in the US alone, at least one high school athlete a year collapses and dies of a heart attack, despite being in top physical shape.