Football Corner

Footballing legend George Best has admitted to Hospital with a serious but improving condition after a kidney infection. The former Manchester United and Northern Ireland footballer is being treated in the intensive care unit of London's Cromwell Hospital. Best, 59, was admitted with flu-like symptoms but became "seriously ill" and is being treated with antibiotics. Since a liver transplant in 2002 he is more susceptible to infections. Professor Roger Williams said Best was responding well to treatment since admission on Saturday. "He is serious but improving, with the emphasis on improving," he said.

"The infection has caused him to be severely ill but he is certainly responding to treatment and we hope to move him out of intensive care in the next 24 hours." Best's agent Phil Hughes added that the star was "responding to treatment", although was "still very, very ill". "His kidneys are showing signs of improvements," he said. "After a few tests they decided that it was his kidneys that were infected and this was due to the medication he's been taking for his liver. "His function tests are showing improvements so we're keeping our fingers crossed".

In November 2004, George Best declared himself "fit and healthy" after undergoing a routine operation to check on his liver transplant. Earlier last year he was banned from driving for 20 months after pleading guilty to drink-driving. His marriage to his former air hostess wife Alex ended in a "quickie" divorce a few months later.

This is terrible news for the footballing world because George Best was one if not the best player ever. Best has been warned about drinking and other stuff like that in the past and he has ignored some of the doctors advice, Let's hope that he comes through this and he listen's to smart people in the future.