Irish team falsely report player’s death

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death notice for a football player was posted in a local newspaper. A game was postponed. Teams across the league held a minute’s silence for a player thought to have been killed in a traffic accident last week.

Turns out it was all one big mistake.

Amateur team Ballybrack has apologised for a “gross error of judgement” after falsely reporting that one of their players, Fernando Nuno La Fuente, died on Thursday.

La Fuente is, in fact, still alive, the team said. “This grave and unacceptable mistake was completely out of character.” (AP)