Eric Abidal presents a foundation to help children with cancer

Another example of an athlete who beat cancer is Abidal.

Frenchman Eric Abidal ex-football player presented on Wednesday April 22 this year in Barcelona it was founded to help through sport to children with cancer, a disease he passed during his time at FC Barcelona.

"It’s a foundation to help children who have this disease. We know the needs of the patients and also of the families”, explained Abidal.

This ex-football player was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2011. Six months after surgery, he returned to play, winning the UEFA Champions League that season with Barcelona. He became ill a few months later.

Doctors did to him a transplant of liver of his relative. He recovered and continued playing with CF Barcelona. Later, he played in the ACE Monaco and the Olympiacos, where he moved back in December, 2014.

"Making sport you forget about the disease, you mix with other people who are good, you take their example and you dare to follow. It’s a very important way to be healthy", said Abidal.