An amateur footballer in Switzerland has been banned for 50 years for kicking a ball in the referee’s face and spraying him with water. Ricardo Ferreira had already served a 45-game ban for assaulting opposition players.
Young footballer dies during match at the weekend
A 22 year old footballer, a resident of Valverde del Camino in Huelva province, died on Sunday after collapsing during the match between Olímpica Valverdeña and Arcos. The 22 year old defender, Javier Herrezuela Arroyo ‘Guti’, began to feel unwell during the second half of the match and then collapsed in a feint, never to regain consciousness. All attempts at …