Hatayspor - The African Mirror

Feb

2023

Body of Ghana soccer player Atsu arrives home in Accra

THE body of Ghana winger Christian Atsu was flown home to Accra evening, the day after he was found dead under a collapsed building in southern Turkey. Atsu had been missing since the February 6 earthquake following the collapse of an apartment building in Hatay. He was 31. FILE PHOTO: Newcastle United's Christian Atsu inside the stadium before the match on February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Scott Heppell Draped in Ghana's national flag, Atsu's coffin was received at the capital's Kotoko International Airport by Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia and a large military honour guard. "We hoped against hope, every day that passed, we…

Feb

2023

By The African Mirror

Football star’s wife’s appeal

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Claire Rupio, partner of soccer player Christian Atsu who remains missing after two devastating earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, has called for equipment to be sent to the collapsed building where the Hatayspor winger was living. Atsu was reported to have been rescued from the rubble with injuries and transported to hospital after the quakes. However, Hatayspor director Volkan Demirel told Reuters on Wednesday the Ghanaian player was still missing. "The club was confirming that they had found him and that he was alive and had taken him to hospital, and 11 hours later my children had to hear…

Feb

2023

By The African Mirror

Hatayspor withdraw from Turkish league after earthquake – clubs union president

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HATAYSPOR have withdrawn from the Turkish Super Lig following the devastating earthquake that hit the country this week, the president of the Turkish Union of Clubs Ali Koc said on Thursday. Hatayspor's Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu remains missing despite the club's vice president saying earlier this week that he had been rescued from the rubble with injuries and transported to hospital. Turkey's Anadolu Agency reported the club's sports director Taner Savut is still missing or under the rubble. "Hatayspor sent a letter. They notified us that they will not play this season's games," Koc said at a news conference along with Turkish…

Feb

2023

By The African Mirror

Ghana footballer pulled out of earthquake rubble

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Ghana international winger Christian Atsu has been found alive after being buried under rubble in the earthquake that hit Turkey, the vice president of his club Hatayspor told the media. Atsu was reported missing in Turkey's Hatay province following the 7.8 magnitude quake that brought down thousands of buildings, killing some 5,000 people, in several Turkish and Syrian cities on Monday. "Christian Atsu was pulled out injured. Our sporting director, Taner Savut, is unfortunately still under the rubble," club vice president Mustafa Ozat told Radyo Gol. 🎙️ Doç. Dr. Hatayspor Yöneticisi Mustafa Özat:“Christian Atsu yaralı olarak çıkarıldı. Sportif direktörümüz Taner Savut, maalesef hala…