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Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.We can't believe what happened to Alex Zanardi. said Corrierre dello Sport, while Italian prime minister Giusseppe Conte wrote on Twitter: "Come on Alex # Zanardi, don't give up. Former F1 driver and Paralympic gold medallist Alex Zanardi has been moved back to intensive care in hospital just days after being transferred to a specialist recovery unit. I am his fan. The total or partial reproduction of text, photographs or illustrations is not permitted in any form.Nurburgring, Portimao and Imola added to 2020 F1 calendarVettel admits Ferrari failure but doesn’t regret F1 switch "Alex is one of life's truly inspirational people and as we all know, a fighter through and through. "Zanardi raced for Jordan, Minardi and Lotus in F1 before a successful switch to CART racing in the US where he was series champion in 1997 and 1998.He returned to F1 with Williams for one season in 1999 before returning to the CART series.It was in that formula that he suffered his infamous 320kmh crash at Lausitzring in Germany in September 2001, escaping with his life, but losing both his legs.In an incredible show of determination and spirit, Zanardi adapted to his prosthetic legs and returned to compete in the European Touring Car Championship in 2003, driving for BMW.But it was for his exploits on a handbike that the man from Bologna has become best known to a worldwide audience, winning multiple medals at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics and world championships.He was in training for this year's Tokyo Paralympics, hoping to add to his impressive tally of gold medals, until it was postponed.Zanardi has also competed in grueling Ironman triathlon races, setting a new world best for a Paralympic athlete at a race in Italy last September as well as continuing to race specially-adapted BMWs in various endurance motorsport events.Messages of support have come flooding in across the sporting world, with former F1 world champion and Indy Car legend Mario Andretti writing: "I am so anxious and frightened about Alex Zanardi that I'm holding my breath. The Italian underwent maxillofacial and neurosurgery, aimed at cranio-facial reconstruction and stabilization of the areas affected by the trauma reported following his accident on 19 June. Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. "No Alex, no!" A deterioration in the condition of Alex Zanardi returns him to intensive care days after being moved to a specialist rehabilitation centre Former F1 driver and Paralympic gold medallist Alex Zanardi has been moved back to intensive care in hospital just days after being transferred to a specialist recovery unit.The Italian, 53, suffered serious injuries in a collision with a truck while training on a handbike on 19 June.After three operations at Siena hospital, he was placed in an induced coma but was having his sedation gradually decreased, resulting in enough of an improvement to allow a move to a specialist recovery centre on Tuesday.However, a deterioration in his condition since then has forced Zanardi to return to hospital and intensive care, with doctors describing his condition as ‘unstable’.He is now being cared for at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital.In motorsport terms, Zanardi is best-known for his stints with Lotus and Williams in F1, while he also competed with Jordan and Minardi, though he has enjoyed the majority of his success on American shores, clinching the CART open-wheel titles in 1997 and 1998.However, a horrific accident while competing in a CART race in Germany in 2001 resulted in serious injuries and the decision to amputated both of his legs.Undeterred, Zanardi returned to motorsport and proceeded to carve out a race-winning career in the World Touring Car Championship and in Sportscars,He’d go on to dovetailing his motorsport commitments by taking up Para-cycling with immense success. Alex Zanardi will gradually be awoken from his induced coma, doctors treating the Italian have confirmed. Zanardi's plight was captured in the headlines of all the major Italian sports papers as news spread of the seriousness of his accident. "Please do what I'm doing and pray, pray for for this wonderful man," he tweeted. ROME (AP) — Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi was seriously injured again in a handbike crash on Friday — nearly 20 years after losing both of his legs in a horrific auto racing accident. Zanardi collided with a truck while competing in a handcycling event last month and underwent neurosurgery and maxillofacial surgery, before being placed in an induced coma.

"The current conditions of general stability still do not allow to exclude the possibility of adverse events," it added.

Stay strong and Forza Alex," his former Williams team posted on Twitter. Mai ti sei arreso e con la tua straordinaria forza d'animo hai superato mille difficoltà. You are a very great man, courage," Ferrari star Charles Leclerc tweeted in Italian.Russian footballer hit by lightning is back in trainingTime Out: Cesc Fabregas on his career and racism in footballBlack footballers too 'scared' to look at social media due to racist abuse, says ZahaSkydiving onto a 4,500-foot mountain ... then wingsuiting off itNoah Lyles breaks 200m world record -- but then it transpires he only ran 185mMeet 'Spot' and 'Pepper' — baseball's new robot fansWorld champion snowboarder dies at 32 in spearfishing accidentHow Lewis Hamilton is carving his legacy off the F1 trackHow a Black cricketer found out he was being called a racial slur by watching Netflix