Footballers in the habit of somersaulting on the pitch after netting a goal need to read this: A young footballer has lost his life in India’s north-east after injuring his spinal cord while celebrating a goal he had scored, newspapers reported on Monday.
Peter Biaksangzuala, 23, fell backwards on his head as he took a series of somersaults after scoring the equaliser for his team in a local match in Khawzawl town close to India’s eastern border with Myanmar last Tuesday, the Times of India said.
Biaksangzuala died on Sunday after his condition deteriorated in hospital as doctors attempted to repair his damaged spine, the newspaper quoted hospital staff as saying.
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