England Forward Harry Kane Draws Inspiration From Young Ben’s Fight Against Brain Tumour

The power of Twitter proved once again

By: Arun Rawal |
July 6, 2018 6:21 pm

England are to play Sweden in the quarter-finals of FIFA World Cup 2018 and #itscominghome is already trending on Twitter already. But young Ben has already lifted the trophy. Ben has been diagnosed with brain tumour after undergoing six weeks of radiotherapy. Ben asked for the World Cup trophy a week before his therapy began. He looked elated to receive the trophy and posed for a photo as well.

Liam Herbert, one of the Specialist Pediatric Radiographer posted the video of Ben’s felicitation on his Twitter account. He even tagged England’s star forward Harry Kane in his tweet.

Ben has just completed his #radiotherapy for a #braintumour, he was unable to walk and talk before his treatment but a week ago he asked for the World Cup, so we delivered. @England and @HKane can you do the same? #cancer #threelions #ChildhoodCancer #nhs70 #Itscomminghome pic.twitter.com/En8TtKnVnG

— Liam Herbert (@LiamHerbert_) July 5, 2018

Another photo of Ben who completed 6 weeks of radiotherapy today. This young lion deserves the World Cup for his bravery! Let’s hope @HKane, @JPickford1 and the @England boys see this for a shout out! #BensWorldCup #childhoodcancer #threelions #ItsComingHome #cancer #worldcup pic.twitter.com/eLicNKcb5I

— Liam Herbert (@LiamHerbert_) July 5, 2018

The tweet went viral and has over 5,00,000 views. The tweet managed to touch hearts of people including Kane, who promised that they’ll “do everything” on Saturday “to keep a smile” on the young boy’s face.

Hi Ben, I’ve seen your video and you are an inspiration. Carry on fighting and we’ll do everything we can on Saturday to keep a smile on your face! #BensWorldCup https://t.co/2Hgo3IC2lb

— Harry Kane (@HKane) July 6, 2018

Former English footballer Rio Ferdinand shared the video too.

Love this #Worldcup2018Russia

— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) July 5, 2018

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England had a tough time against Colombia in the pre-quarterfinals as they won the game in a 3-2 penalty shootout.

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The last time England won the world cup was in 1966 by beating Germany by 4-2 in a controversial final. The next best result that England produced was in 1990 when they reached the semi-finals.