World Tour team Dimension Data said that Britain's MARK CAVENDISH has been "diagnosed with glandular fever and faces an uncertain timescale for his recovery." The 30-time Tour de France stage winner, 31, has not raced for the team since Milan-San Remo on March 18. Team doctor JARRAD VAN ZUYDAM said, "Unfortunately, there is no effective specific treatment" (BBC, 4/12). ... Badminton Association of India President AKHILESH DAS GUPTA died after a heart attack, aged 56 (HINDUSTAN TIMES, 4/12).
£1M MARK: MATT HAMPSON's "life-changing" rugby union injury left him paralyzed from the next down and ended his career, but his "zest for life and inspiring charity work," which has now seen him raise more than £1M ($1.2M), "continues to drive him on." A "unique" rehabilitation center treating people with catastrophic injuries, which is under construction and set to be opened in September, "means many more will benefit in the years to come." The Get Busy Living Centre near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, "will see Hampson's long-term dream become a reality" (BBC, 4/12).
