BBC Homepage
  • Skip to content
  • Accessibility Help
  • Your account
  • Notifications
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
  • More menu
More menu
Search BBC
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
Close menu
BBC Sport
Menu
  • Home
  • Football
  • Cricket
  • Formula 1
  • Rugby U
  • Rugby L
  • Tennis
  • Golf
  • Boxing
  • Athletics
  • My Sport
More
A-Z Sports
  • American Football
  • Athletics
  • Basketball
  • Boxing
  • Cricket
  • Cycling
  • Darts
  • Disability Sport
  • Football
  • Formula 1
  • Gaelic Games
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Horse Racing
  • Mixed Martial Arts
  • Motorsport
  • Netball
  • Olympic Sports
  • Rugby League
  • Rugby Union
  • Snooker
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Winter Sports
  • Full Sports A-Z
More from Sport
  • England
  • Scotland
  • Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • My Sport
  • Match of the Day
  • Sports Personality
  • 5 Live Sport
  • News Feeds
  • Help & FAQs
  • Football
  • Scores & Fixtures
  • Tables
  • Gossip
  • Transfers
  • Top Scorers
  • Women
  • Champions League
  • FA Cup
  • All Teams
  • Leagues & Cups
  • Quizzes

BBC commentator on Fabrice Muamba incident

BBC commentator on Fabrice Muamba incident

BBC Radio 5 live's match commentator David Oates describes how the events unfolded at White Hart Lane when Bolton's Fabrice Muamba collapsed and their match against Tottenham was abandoned.

  • Subsection
    Football
  • Published
    17 March 2012
Share page
About sharing

Editor's recommendations

  • BBC commentator on Muamba incident. Video, 00:00:37BBC commentator on Muamba incident

    • Subsection
      Football
    • Published
      17 March 2012
    0:37
    Tottenham and Bolton players look distraught

  • Up Next. South Africa knock Pakistan out of World Cup in rain-hit match. Video, 00:05:02South Africa knock Pakistan out of World Cup in rain-hit match

    • Subsection
      Women's Cricket
    • Published
      2 hours ago
    Up Next
    5:02
    South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt

  • 'Run machine' Wolvaardt guides SA to big total against Pakistan. Video, 00:02:54'Run machine' Wolvaardt guides SA to big total against Pakistan

    • Subsection
      Women's Cricket
    • Published
      5 hours ago
    2:54
    South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt

  • 'What an over!' - De Klerk and Kapp smash 25 runs from six balls. Video, 00:01:22'What an over!' - De Klerk and Kapp smash 25 runs from six balls

    • Subsection
      Women's Cricket
    • Published
      5 hours ago
    1:22
    South Africa's Marizanne Kapp and Nadine de Klerk

  • What would Dyche bring to Forest? Video, 00:03:16What would Dyche bring to Forest?

    • Subsection
      Premier League
    • Published
      1 day ago
    3:16
    Sean Dyche

  • Springer three-run homer takes Blue Jays to World Series Video, 00:00:36Springer three-run homer takes Blue Jays to World Series

    • Subsection
      Baseball
    • Published
      9 hours ago
    0:36
    George Springer of the Toronto Blue Jays

  • Brentford dominate West Ham to earn first away win of season. Video, 00:08:38Brentford dominate West Ham to earn first away win of season

    • Subsection
      Premier League
    • Published
      23 hours ago
    8:38
    Brentford striker Igor Thiago

  • Gibbs scores brilliant solo touchdown as Lions beat Buccaneers. Video, 00:00:23Gibbs scores brilliant solo touchdown as Lions beat Buccaneers

    • Subsection
      American Football
    • Published
      11 hours ago
    0:23
    Jahmyr Gibbs

  • 'Best player on the pitch by a country mile' - Warnock on Cunha. Video, 00:01:39'Best player on the pitch by a country mile' - Warnock on Cunha

    • Subsection
      Premier League
    • Published
      11 hours ago
    1:39
    Manchester United forward Matheus Cunha

  • Sri Lanka take four wickets in four balls of final over against Bangladesh. Video, 00:02:18Sri Lanka take four wickets in four balls of final over against Bangladesh

    • Subsection
      Women's Cricket
    • Published
      1 day ago
    2:18
    Chamari Athapaththu

  • Sri Lanka's Dilhari is stumped in bizarre fashion. Video, 00:01:05Sri Lanka's Dilhari is stumped in bizarre fashion

    • Subsection
      Women's Cricket
    • Published
      1 day ago
    1:05
    Bangladesh's Nigar Sultana Joty and Sri Lanka's Kavisha Dilhari

  • Deflected touchdowns headline NFL plays of the week. Video, 00:03:19Deflected touchdowns headline NFL plays of the week

    • Subsection
      American Football
    • Published
      1 day ago
    3:19
    Troy Franklin

  • Sri Lanka knock out Bangladesh after dramatic final over. Video, 00:05:02Sri Lanka knock out Bangladesh after dramatic final over

    • Subsection
      Women's Cricket
    • Published
      1 day ago
    5:02
    Distraught Bangladesh player

Best of the BBC

  • Joe Swash meets young dads breaking stigmas

    • Attribution
      iPlayer

    Added to Watchlist
    Joe Swash: Forgotten Young Dads has been added to your iPlayer Watchlist.
    Joe Swash: Forgotten Young Dads

  • A tense and stylish psychological thriller

    • Attribution
      iPlayer

    Added to Watchlist
    The Intruder has been added to your iPlayer Watchlist.
    The Intruder

  • Inside the government's house-building promise

    • Attribution
      iPlayer

    Added to Watchlist
    Panorama has been added to your iPlayer Watchlist.
    The Race to Build 1.5 Million Homes

  • Can Kwabena achieve his movie mogul dream?

    • Attribution
      iPlayer

    Added to Watchlist
    Dreaming Whilst Black has been added to your iPlayer Watchlist.
    Dreaming Whilst Black
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
  • Terms of Use
  • About the BBC
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility Help
  • Parental Guidance
  • Contact the BBC
  • Make an editorial complaint
  • BBC emails for you

Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.