Five children, two sets of twins ease Maddison's injury recovery

Aug 22 : Five small children would be enough to test most parents, but for James Maddison the challenge came while recovering from a serious knee injury after the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder and his partner welcomed a second set of twins.The 29-year-old ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament last August and spent most of the season on the sidelines, his lengthy rehabilitation coinciding with the arrival of a second pair of twins, taking the couple's family to five children aged 5 and under.Maddison said family life helped take his mind off football, even if it meant swapping Premier League pressures for sleepless nights, nappies and the chaos of a young household."I needed that positive distraction of my partner being pregnant and having to be there for her and forget about myself, even