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BBC News
07-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
England win inaugural Transplant European Football Championship
The first ever Transplant European Football Championship has been won by the hosts nations were represented at the tournament which was held over three days at Radley College, Oxfordshire, with the finals taking place on took the title beating Italy 1-0, with the winning goal coming in the last minute of the the teams were made up of organ transplant recipients from England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Spain and Wales. England player Kevin Kyley said: "There was a real buzz around the place all week with spectators and fans from other countries cheering you on."After a week of football our legs were giving up on us but we just kept pushing, and to get that goal in the last minute of the game was unbelievable."The tournament follows last year's first World Transplant Football Cup held in Cervia, Italy, and aims to promote transplant football and raise awareness for organ Transplant Active wants to establish a biennial European event, taking place either side of world cup is also hosting the British Transplant Games from 31 July to 3 August in Oxford. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
BBC News
25-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Transplant European football championship announced
The first ever Transplant European Football Championship is to take place on the grounds of an Oxfordshire boarding charity Transplant Active announced the Transplant European Football Cup kicks off on 2 April at Radley College, with six nations taking tournament follows on from last year's first World Transplant Football Cup held in Cervia, Italy, and aims to promote transplant football and raise awareness for organ gender teams made up of transplant recipients from England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Spain, and Wales will play in the contest. The charity is also aiming to set up a European Transplant Football Association at the tournament to "build a profile of transplant football across Europe and demonstrate the power of the gift of life through the sport".It also wants to establish a biennial event, taking place either side of world cup is also hosting the British Transplant Games from 31 July to 3 August in College is a 760-capacity independent boarding school for boys, which was founded in 800 acres includes playing fields, a golf course, a lake, and farmland. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
25-02-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Oxford transplant recipient has 'incredible transformation'
A tennis and squash enthusiast is set to take part in the British Transplant Games in his home city, less than three years after he received a new Lawton from Oxford underwent a liver transplant in 2022, having been diagnosed with the rare liver disease primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) 16 years before. He is now planning to compete when the Olympics-style event for athletes who have received an organ donation takes place in Oxford this summer."I've gone from this place where I couldn't walk up the stairs at home, and now I'm able to compete," he said. He was largely unaffected by PSC for more than a decade, before his condition took a turn for the worse in 2019 and he was eventually placed on the transplant waiting about his condition, Mr Lawton told BBC Oxford: "What's so bizarre about it is I had 13 years where it didn't [affect me] and I just got on with life."He recalled how we went "very rapidly" from feeling well and healthy to something "not being quite right".He was referred to the Royal Free Hospital in London, but said things actually improved, before his condition deteriorated again in 2022 and he was placed on the transplant waiting Lawton said: "There's this battle between wanting to be well, but actually knowing you're going to have to get really ill before you get so bad that you need the transplant. "Your life is on hold because you don't know how long it's going to be." After four months on the list, Mr Lawton received a transplant."I got 10 minutes with my wife and kids so we just prayed together, cried together and I said goodbye. I was very fortunate to get a new liver and be here today," he Lawton added he had an "incredible transformation" since his days after his surgery and still in intensive care, Mr Lawton signed up to join Transplant Active - the group that organises the annual British Transplant multi-sport festival, which features more than 1,000 athletes, all of whom have received organ transplants.2025's event is due to take place in Oxford from 31 July - 3 Lawton said the "amazing event" was "about promoting organ donation, and we [the competitors] are there as a testimony to 'this saves lives". You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
