Sometimes athletes take the field with the intention of giving it everything, and end up with nothing left to give. He died later that day. Just two months before Chauvin, pro rugby player Louis Fajfrowski collapsed and died in his Aurillac club’s locker room. In 2016, a Cameroonian pro footballer named Patrick Ekeng died during a game in Bucharest, Hungary after collapsing on the field. In 2018, a 25-year-old Croatian soccer player died on the field after being struck by the ball in his chest.

Source: The Nation March 29, 2021 06:56 UTC