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A bus crash in Guinea on Thursday has left at nine footballers dead and several more injured.
BBC Sport reported that Etoile de Guinee, who ply their trade in the Guinean second tier, were making a 650-kilometre journey from capital Conakry to Kankan.
The crash occurred outside Mamou, 250 kilometres into the journey, as the team made their way to what would have been their first match of the season.
Football journalist Philippe Auclair relayed a statement from the Guinean Football Federation, which said nine players had died:
Per the BBC, reports said injured players who were left in a serious condition are being taken back to Conakry for treatment.