Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe died of natural causes when he collapsed during a Confederations Cup semi-final last month and no stimulants were found in his body, an autopsy showed today.
The prosecutor in Lyon, the southern French city where 28-year-old Foe was carried off the pitch during Cameroon's 1-0 victory against Colombia on June 26, ruled out drugs or foul play and said he had found nothing abnormal.
"The death is from natural causes. No stimulant substances were found. The death was of cardiac origin," public prosecutor Xavier Richard said, announcing the autopsy result.
An initial autopsy had failed to determine the exact causes of Foe's death.
