Photos: Indian Footballer Dies Of Spinal Injury After Somersault Goal Celebration
Footballers in the habit of somersaulting on the pitch after netting a goal need to read this: A young footballer has lost his life in India’s north-east after injuring his spinal cord while celebrating a goal he had scored, newspapers reported on Monday. Peter Biaksangzuala, 23, fell backwards on his head as he took a series of somersaults after scoring the equaliser for his team in a local match in Khawzawl town close to India’s eastern border with Myanmar last Tuesday, the Times of India said.