Terrible news has shaken the world of basketball and Italian sports. In recent weeks, Achille Polonara, a 33-year-old forward for Virtus Bologna, has undergone further specialist medical tests "following which a diagnosis of myeloid leukemia was made." The Bologna club announced the news, explaining that Polonara is now hospitalized at the Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital where he has already begun specific therapies.
"The entire Virtus Segafredo Bologna family is close to Achille and his loved ones and wishes the boy a speedy recovery. Forza Achi we are all with you, we are waiting for you", the message from the club. Polonara underwent surgery for testicular cancer in 2023, then returned to the field . From 2017 to 2019 he played in Sassari, with Dinamo.
In the past few days he had been diagnosed with mononucleosis, the reason why Polonara had missed the last games . Now the terrible diagnosis, which comes on the eve of Game 3 of the final that Virtus Bologna will play against Brescia.
(Online Union)
