Motor racing-Schumacher battles for life after ski fall

* Seven-times F1 world champion condition "life-threatening" * German suffered head injury while skiing * Doctors say he suffered internal bleeding and lesions (Releads with news conference, switches dateline, adds Merkel spokesman) By Morade Azzouz GRENOBLE, France, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher was fighting for his life on Monday after suffering severe head injuries in a skiing accident in the French Alps resort of Meribel, doctors said. "We can say that his condition is life-threatening," Jean-Francois Payen, head anaesthetician at the CHU hospital in the eastern French city of Grenoble, told a news conference. "For the moment we cannot say what Michael Schumacher's future is," he added. Schumacher was initially conscious as he was transported to a local hospital in Moutiers and then to Grenoble.



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