Africa-Press – Mozambique. Hooligans attacked Alexey Shved in Moscow, leaving the Russian basketball player with “a serious head injury,” his club CSKA Moscow said on Tuesday.
“Our team’s guard Alexey Shved suffered from a hooligan attack committed on him last night at the exit of one of the Moscow restaurants.
“Alexey suffered a serious head injury as a result of a fall and was taken to the hospital by an ambulance. The player contacted the police to investigate the incident,” CSKA Moscow said in a statement.
The Russian club said Shved cannot play in the next games of CSKA Moscow for the head injury and wished him recovery.
The 34-year-old player is in his second spell with CSKA Moscow. He previously played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers, Houston Rockets, and New York Knicks in the NBA.
He was a Khimki Moscow guard in 2015-2021.
Shved won the 2008 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague title with CSKA Moscow and helped the Russian national team secure bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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