A 26-year-old striker for Cameroonian second division soccer
team Dynamo de Douala collapsed during a match and later died, the central
African nation’s professional soccer league said on Sunday.
Leopold
Angong Oben was fouled in the penalty area, earning his team a spot kick during
the first half of the match against Colombe du Dja-et-Lobo at the Reunification
Stadium in the commercial capital Douala on Saturday.
He
received treatment on the field and resumed play but collapsed minutes later.
“He
collapsed in the stadium in the 33rd minute of the match. His team mates tried
to revive him without success,” said sports journalist Aime Moukoko, who was in
the stadium reporting on the match.A
The
referee called for the assistance of Red Cross personnel present at the
stadium, the Cameroon Professional Football League said in a statement.
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