Schumacher in ‘critical’ condition after ski accident

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher was in a “critical condition” in a coma after striking his head in a ski accident in the French Alps, the hospital treating him said.

The seven-time Formula One world champion’s wife Corinna and his two children were reportedly at his bedside.

The 44-year-old German “was suffering a serious brain trauma with coma on his arrival, which required an immediate neurosurgical operation”, the hospital in the south-east French city of Grenoble said in a statement.