Tag: Footballer
Euro 2024: Ex-footballer Roberto Baggio robbed during Italy game
Former world player of the year Roberto Baggio has been injured in a robbery at his home in northern Italy.
According to Italian media reports,...
Ex-footballer O.J. Simpson dies of cancer at 76
Former National Football League (NFL) star O.J. Simpson has been confirmed dead at the age of 76.
Simpson, an American broadcaster, died of cancer, his...
Panama footballer, Gilberto Hernandez, shot dead
Panama defender, Gilberto Hernandez, has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the Caribbean city of Colon.
Hernandez, who won two caps for Panama in...
Footballer kills ex-lover, removes intestines
A 45-year-old man, Bankole Oginni, has killed his ex-lover (whose identity had not been revealed by the police).
Oginni, who claimed to be a footballer,...
Colombian ex-footballer Osorio arrested for drug trafficking
Former footballer, Diego Leon Osorio, who played for Colombia's national team in the 1990s, has been arrested for drug trafficking for the third time.
The...
Footballer sets self ablaze in Tunisia
Tunisian footballer, Nizar Issaoui, has died from burns sustained in a protest against "police injustice" in which he set himself on fire.
The footballer had...
Footballer slumps, dies in Kogi
A footballer with Barnet FC in Lokoja, Kogi State, Segun Idowu, has been confirmed dead after he slumped on the pitch, following a collision...
Footballer jailed 12 years for internet fraud in Ilorin
A professional footballer, Jacob Wisdom Chukwuemeka, has been convicted and sentenced to six years imprisonment for offences bordering on internet fraud and possession of...
Footballer slumps, dies on pitch in Lagos
A yet-to-be-identified footballer has slumped and died while playing at the Green Field Football Ground in the Lekki area of Lagos State.
The Lagos State...
Footballer suffers cardiac arrest, dies on the pitch
A Greek footballer has died after suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch during a game where there was no defibrillator or ambulance at...
