The death of a young player has left Ghanaian football-loving fans in tears after the Ghanaian player has reportedly drowned at Labadi Beach.
Rashid Moro drowned at the Labadi beach after he went there to train and wanted to wash off in the sea.
Netizens who reacted to the news expressed their deepest condolences to the bereaved family.
The Ghanaian football community is grieving after it was confirmed that a young talent, Rashid Moro, had tragically died.
Ghanaian sports journalist Saddick Adams, who first broke the news on Twitter, revealed that the promising young footballer, a palyer for Division 2 side Desidero FC, died after he drowned at the Labadi beach last Saturday, July 15.
The tweet disclosed that the alumini of St Augustine’s College went to the beach in the company of a friend to train.
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After he was done training, he decided to wash off in the sea, and that was when he drowned.
“His brother tells Angel FM the player had just returned from injury and gone for recovery training at the beach with a friend. According to his friend, Rashid tried washing off in the sea after the training but never came out.”
The remains of Rashid have been buried in accordance with Islamic customs.
Netizens who reacted to the news mourn demise of the late player with many expressing their deepest condolences to the grieving family.
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