25 Oct 2008

Successful third operation for Ballesteros

6:25 am on 25 October 2008

Doctors have successfully completed a third brain operation on Spainish golfer Seve Ballesteros to reduce swelling from a serious brain tumour.

The Madrid hospital treating Ballesteros says he's stable in the intensive care unit.

The operation on the 51-year-old lasted 6-1/2 hours.