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Sunshine Queens goalkeeper dies hours after training

SUNSHINE Queens of Akure have lost one of their players Elizabeth Johnson, the club have announced.

The Nigeria Women’s Premier League club announced on Sunday that Johnson passed away early in the morning, hours after taking part in a training session.

“Very heartbreaking, Sunshine Queens lost one of its goalkeepers, Elizabeth Johnson (Janded), to the cold hands of death moments ago,” the club’s media officer Femi Atolagbe wrote in an official statement on Sunday morning.

Atolagbe noted that there was nothing wrong with Johnson during Saturday’s training session but she took ill not long after.

“Johnson who was hale and heathy trained with the team yesterday at the Ondo State Sports complex, Akure,” he added.

“She earlier in the day complained of feeling feverish and dizzy. She was being taking to the hospital when she gave up the ghost on the way.

“Players, officials and management are still in shock.”

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