{"id":44904,"date":"2025-12-13T23:12:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=44904"},"modified":"2025-12-13T23:12:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:12:49","slug":"c4g50ze0595oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/13\/c4g50ze0595oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Rush: Liverpool icon, 64, recovering in hospital from flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Liverpool&#8217;s all-time leading goalscorer Ian Rush is recovering in hospital after spending two days in intensive care with flu.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rush, 64, was taken into the Countess of Chester hospital last week with breathing difficulties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A Liverpool spokesperson thanked staff at the hospital for &#8220;providing the best care possible&#8221; and said &#8220;everyone at Liverpool wishes him a speedy recovery&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rush spent two hugely successful spells at Liverpool either side of a stint at Juventus in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He scored a club-record 346 goals in 660 appearances for Liverpool, winning five First Division titles and two European Cups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The striker, who also played for Leeds, Newcastle and Wrexham over a 22-year career, won 73 caps for Wales and was their leading scorer with 28 goals until that record was broken by Gareth Bale in 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After hanging up his boots in 2000, Rush moved into management and had an eight-month spell in charge of Chester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He currently works as an ambassador for Liverpool and regularly attends matches at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Flu cases are soaring across the UK. An average of 2,660 patients per day were in hospital with flu in England last week &#8211; the highest for this time of year since records began in 2021, and up 55% on the week before, NHS England said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Flu cases are also rising in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, figures show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Ian #Rush #Liverpool #icon #recovering #hospital #flu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool&#8217;s all-time leading goalscorer Ian Rush is recovering in hospital after spending two days in intensive care with flu. 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