Juve’s nineyearold goalie dies in freak accident
In a tragic turn of events, Juventus’ nine-yearold goalkeeper Tomasso Cerase died after a goal frame fell on him, crushing him to death, last Saturday.
According to media reports, concerned authorities are currently investigating the nature of death and reasons why the goal frame fell on the youngster.
Cerase was with the training camp in New York where the incident took place.
What’s worse is that Cerase’s mother Barbara Ricardi was present at the time of the freak accident.
“Today our dearest son Tommaso passed away in an unfortunate accident at his soccer practice,” the family said in a statement read by a close friend outside their home on the weekend.
According to The Sun, Cerase didn’t immediately die on the field but at the Roosevelt Hospital where he was rushed immediately after the freak accident.
While there have been several incidents of footballers dying or getting injured on the field, with goalkeepers often crashing into the woodwork trying to fend off a ball, not too many reports lead to deaths where the frame of the goal has been the reason.
Thus, despite Juventus’ staggering form in the Serie A, where they are second on the table with 15 points from five matches, the tragic news will be a difficult phase to overcome.
Indonesia will host a total of 40 events at next year’s Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang after reaching a deal with the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the head of Indonesia’s organising committee said.
With less than a year to go until the Games open next August, the final programme had been in doubt before an agreement was reached during a meeting on the sidelines of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, currently taking place in the Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat.
Under the agreement, the Games -- larger than the Olympics both in terms of the number of sports and competitors -- will incorporate 40 sports and 462 gold medal events.
Athletes from Australia and the rest of Oceania have been invited to compete at the 2022 Asian Games, Australian Olympic chief John Coates said Thursday, days after the Olympic Council of Asia said such a move was unlikely.
The OCA’s invite to the Games in China’s Hangzhou is for selected sports only to enable regional athletes to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics through Asian competition, Coates said.
Oceania --- Australia, New Zealand and a swathe of Pacific islands --- has not taken part in the regional Olympics before, but sporting ties with Asia have been growing.
Australia has been a member of the Asian Football Confederation since 2006