SYDNEY, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- An Australian man has suffered severe burns in his upper right thigh from an exploding iPhone that he bought six months ago.
Gareth Clear, a 36-year-old man from Bondi in New South Wales, was riding around on his bike on a Sunday afternoon when he accidentally fell and landed on
his iPhone 6 causing it to explode and melt through his shorts.
He noticed smoke before hearing an explosion that burnt two layers of his skin on the upper right thigh, close to his bum. Clear later underwent a skin
graft surgery at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney and remained
housebound.
He was hooked to a machine to prevent further infection and was expected to take weeks to recover, News Corp reports.
"I'm 36, I've had a mobile phone for 18 years of my life and for that thing to explode or short circuit and cause it to temporarily ignite. I could see the
metal bending and all the lithium leaking out of the bottom end," Clear said.
He added that Apple was investigating the matter while a spokesperson for the company contacted by News Corp had declined to comment on it.
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RIO DE JANEIRO Renato Sanches Portugal Jersey , July 11 (Xinhua) -- Lionel Messi was 11 years old when his parents Jorge and Celia took him to see Argentine endocrinologist Diego
Schwarzstein.
The story goes that Messi, who suffered a growth hormone deficiency, asked Schwarzstein if he would grow tall enough to be a footballer.
""Don't worry,"" Schwarzstein told him. ""One day you are going to be taller than Diego Maradona Raphael Guerreiro Portugal Jersey , maybe not better than him, but taller.""
Messi would in fact grow to be four centimeters taller than his idol. But 16 years after that visit to Schwarzstein's clinic in Rosario, Messi is arguably on
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On Sunday he will captain an Argentina side aiming for a third World Cup against Germany at Rio's Maracana stadium.
It would be a crowning glory for a player that is already rated among the greatest in history.
Since making his first-team debut for Barcelona in 2004, Messi has won three UEFA Champions League medals Rafa Silva Portugal Jersey , six La Liga titles and two Spanish Cups.
Individually, he has won the Ballon D'Or - awarded the to the world's best player - a record four times.
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Sunday's fixture will be his first World Cup final at his third attempt.
In 2006 he was a bit-part player under Jose Pekerman in Germany, when Argentina lost to the hosts on penalties in the quarterfinals.
He failed to score in South Africa four years later when the Albiceleste also fell in the last eight to the same opponents.
Such a record has prompted many to say that Messi's name cannot be mentioned in the same breath as Maradona.
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So would victory for Argentina at the Maracana see Messi supplant Maradona as his country's best ever player? Who better than Beckenbaur to pass judgement?
""It's a very fitting comparison. But Maradona was an even more exceptional player than Messi is today,"" Beckenbaur told the official website of the German
Football Federation (DFB) on Friday.
There is a feeling that it is now or never for Messi, who turned 27 last month. Maradona was 25 in 1986 and - despite continuing to be decisive for club
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Former England striker Michael Owen knows all about the ravages time, having played his best football in his early 20s before his body succumbed to injuries.
""Maybe this is his time Nani Portugal Jersey ,"" Owen, who scored against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup, told Goal. ""He is at the peak of his career and Argentina have a good
chance to win it. If they do then Messi will be regarded together with
Maradona.""
Maradona's former Argentina teammate Osvaldo Ardiles believes Messi has already resolved the dispute, regardless of Sunday's result.
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His view is not shared by Claudio Paul Caniggia, who also played with Maradona for the Albiceleste.
""It's not fair to compare Messi with Diego in '86,"" the retired forward said. ""Messi is great Jose Fonte Portugal Jersey , he can decide a match with one touch, but right now he is not at the level of Diego Maradona. El Diego in 1986 was something else.""
Not all Argentinians are so predisposed to drawing comparisons between the pair.
Journalist Sebastian Perez-Ferreiro said any parallels should only be made later in Messi's career.
""First he needs to win, and play a critical part in the win,"" Perez-Ferreiro said. ""Then he needs to take Argentina to another final. It's a
lot - but that's what Diego did.
""It's funny because perhaps the journalists are the only ones making the comparison. Messi himself has said he's not at the same level that Diego was.""
Whatever the outcome on Sunday Joao Moutinho Portugal Jersey , the debate is unlikely to cease. And somewhere in Rosario, Diego Schwarzstein might remind himself to keep his predictions to the
field of medicine.
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