Football Ferns defender Rebekah Stott has confirmed she has been diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images New Zealand Football Ferns defender Rebekah Stott, pictured playing Cameroon at the 2019 World Cup, has confirmed she has been diagnosed with blood cancer. ”Three weeks ago I was diagn osed with Stage 3 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,’' she said. “I was in quarantine when I got the result that I had been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,'’ she said. A first-choice defender for the Football Ferns, Stott has played professionally in Australia, Germany and the United States before her move to England's elite Women's Super League.

Source: Stuff March 03, 2021 00:00 UTC