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World Cup: UEFA chief released from hospital

By Kevin Baxter
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UEFA President Michel Platini has been released from a South African hospital and will attend Sunday’s World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands.

The former France World Cup star was hospitalized overnight in Johannesburg after collapsing in a restaurant Friday.

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FIFA told the Associated Press that ‘all the medical tests conducted were normal’ and that Platini left the hospital at 9 a.m. local time Saturday.

Platini’s adviser has said his boss fainted after experiencing flu-like symptoms in South Africa’s cold weather.

-- Kevin Baxter in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Kevin Baxter writes about soccer and other things for the Los Angeles Times, where he has worked for 27 years. He has covered seven World Cups, four Olympic Games, six World Series and a Super Bowl and has contributed to three Pulitzer Prize-winning series at The Times and Miami Herald. An essay he wrote in fifth grade was voted best in the class. He has a cool dog.

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