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Nigerian Footballer Dies In Sudan
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OUR REPORTER on 06/03/2010 17:19:00
 
San Francisco, Mar 6 (THEWILL) – A Nigerian footballer Endurance Idahor has
died after collapsing during a soccer game in Khartoum on Saturday. It was a
Premier League game between his club and rivals Al-Amal, at the Al-Merreikh
stadium.
Sudan Football Association told Reuters that Idahor, 25, who played for Sudan's
Al-Merreikh club, clashed with another player minutes after the start of the
match.
The former Igbino Babes of Benin, Julius Berger Football Club of Lagos and
Dolphin of Port Harcourt striker died inside the ambulance on the way to the
hospital.
Players, coaching staff and supporters stood in disbelief as the referee
whistled the end of the match but early medical reports show that he may have
died from a sudden heart attack.
Endurance was "An example of a professional and committed individual and a
symbol of loyalty, we will assure that justice takes place," the club said in a
statement on its website.