England legend Stuart Pearce is in hospital after suffering a health scare on a flight from Las Vegas on Monday night. Pearce had been in the American city to watch the historic rugby super league clash between Wigan Warriors and Pearce's beloved Warrington Wolves. The 62-year-old Nottingham Forest icon suffered chest pains while on board, forcing the plane into an emergency landing. After being attended to by crew chiefs - where he was hooked up to a monitor - the decision was made to divert the plane to an airport in Canada for Pearce to get greater medical attention and begin his recovery. A source told the Sun: “He was clearly in a lot of pain. He was constantly shifting position in his seat to try and find some comfort. “He received the best available care in the circumstances and was so grateful to everyone involved, and for the plane diverting to Canada.” Pearce now works as a regular pundit for talkSPORT and Amazon Prime, covering the Premier League and Champions League. His last game before his trip to Vegas saw him commentating for talkSPORT at Everton's 2-2 draw with Manchester United on February 22. London-born Pearce, who became on OBE in 199 in appreciation of his footballing prowess and support for various charities, had previously been working for West Ham United as a coach alongside David Moyes, before departing the club in 2022 to pursue other interests having not been a manager in his own right since an eight-month stint at Nottingham Forest ended in February 2015. Pearce, a trained electrician - a trade for which he would advertise his services in the matchday programme when he first joined Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest in 1985 - is most well-known for his time playing for his country. He enjoyed a 12-year career with the Three Lions, making his debut against Brazil at the age of 25 in a 1-1 draw at Wembley in 1987. Injury prevented him playing in the 1988 European Championship, before Pearce was a key man for Sir Bobby Robson's side at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, as they reached the semi-finals. There, in a penalty shootout against West Germany, Pearce saw his shot saved and left the field in tears as England were defeated. Six years later, at Euro '96, Pearce went some way towards redemption when in a quarter-final shootout against Spain he blasted home to help the side into another semi-final. His impassioned reaction, celebrating in front of the packed Wembley crowd, was one of the images of that, or any other, major tournament involving the Three Lions. Last weekend's Super League encounter, played at Allegiant Stadium - home of the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders - saw the Warriors claim a huge 48-24 victory. It drew a crowd of over 45,000 and saw bumper viewing figures back in the UK, peaking at 340k. Only one Super League regular season game has attracted a bigger number of TV viewers in the competition's 30-year history.