A goalkeeper, Sylvain Azougoui, gave up the ghost after being kicked in the head during a championship tournament match in Gabon.
Azougoui of the AC Bongoville soccer club had just stopped a shot on goal, but the attacker lost his balance on the wet grass and stepped on the goalkeeper’s head.
A team official hinted that the 30-year-old from Benin died on the way to the hospital on Sunday.
The official would only speak on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
The game against Centre Mberi Sportif was played in Bongoville, about 430 miles south of Gabon’s capital, Libreville, as part of the country’s championship tournament.
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