A newly employed teacher, who also aspired to be a professional footballer, collapsed and died after complaining of breathing difficulties immediately after a friendly match on Sunday. Macharia was full of energy during the match between his team KV Tigers and archrivals Kirigi Warriors in Kavutiri, Embu East, teammates said. Macharia, a trained P1 teacher, had Monday last week been hired as a primary school teacher in Embu. Football Kenya Federation Embu sub-branch chairman Charles Njagi said they will partner with St John’s Ambulance to train all teams in Embu on first aid response. This will boost our players’ safety and will help us set our teams' health standards,” Njagi said.

Source: The Star August 03, 2021 19:07 UTC