A Kenyan football supporter has taken his own life after Manchester United’s defeat to Newcastle, police in Kenya have said.
28-year-old John Macharia plunged to his death from a multi-storey apartment block in Nairobi after the red devils slumped to a second home defeat in four days, making the champions’ chance of retaining their Premier League title a lot slimmer.
“Macharia jumped from seventh floor of an apartment at Pipeline Estate after realising that his team Manchester United lost 1-0 to Newcastle at Old Trafford and committed suicide,” Nairobi’s County Police Commander Benson Kibui said.
Newcastle’s win at Old Trafford on Saturday was the clubks first since February 1972.
The loss was too much for Macharia to bear after having watched Everton claim their first win in years at Old Trafford, just days earlier.
United are now 13 points behind league leaders Arsenal who fought so hard but could not beat a resolute Everton at the Emirates.
Macharia’s death is not the first of such in Kenya. In 2009, a 29-year-old Kenyan Arsenal fan, Suleiman Omondi, was found hanging in his flat after the Gunners were trounced 3-1 by Manchester United in the second leg of a Champions League semi-final game. United went on to win the trophy that year.
Kibui therefore urged football-obsessed Kenyan fans to support local teams rather than foreign clubs who do not have a link to the east African nation.
“The football fans should enjoy the matches… but they should not commit suicide since life is very precious,” Kibui added.
Drogba, Eboue face fines over Mandela tributes
DIDIER Drogba and Emmanuel Eboue face fines from the Turkish FA after displaying vests bearing tributes to Nelson Mandela.
The two Ivory Coast internationals unveiled their personal messages after Galatasaray’s game against Elazigspor on Friday, their first game after the death of South African icon Mandela.
Chelsea legend Drogba peeled off his shirt at the 2-0 win to reveal a tribute which said: ‘Thank you Madiba’ and former Arsenal defender Eboue’s vest said: ‘Rest in Peace Nelson Mandela’.
The
Turkish FA (TFF) are planning to summon the Galatasaray pair to appear
before the Professional Football Discipline Committee because they had
not sought prior permission to display their messages.
It is in contrast to England where games this weekend have been preceded by a minute of applause in celebration of Mandela’s life and his role in ending apartheid in South Africa and transforming the international profile of Africa.
Plans to discipline Drogba and Eboue are certain to attract criticism and fuel debate in Turkey, where the TFF are trying to keep political imagery out of football as directed by FIFA, although it has proved increasingly difficult in a football-crazy nation beset by political tension.
The two Ivory Coast internationals unveiled their personal messages after Galatasaray’s game against Elazigspor on Friday, their first game after the death of South African icon Mandela.
Chelsea legend Drogba peeled off his shirt at the 2-0 win to reveal a tribute which said: ‘Thank you Madiba’ and former Arsenal defender Eboue’s vest said: ‘Rest in Peace Nelson Mandela’.
Eboue and Drogba
It is in contrast to England where games this weekend have been preceded by a minute of applause in celebration of Mandela’s life and his role in ending apartheid in South Africa and transforming the international profile of Africa.
Plans to discipline Drogba and Eboue are certain to attract criticism and fuel debate in Turkey, where the TFF are trying to keep political imagery out of football as directed by FIFA, although it has proved increasingly difficult in a football-crazy nation beset by political tension.
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