This is sad, it is reported according to UK mirror sport that former Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote has died aged 30 after collapsing in Beijing.
Tiote begun his pro career in Belgium with Anderlecht, a period which included a loan spell with Roda JC.
From there he moved to FC Twente in the Netherlands, establishing himself as an effective defensive midfielder, making 86 appearances for the Dutch side.
He moved to the Premier League to join Newcastle in 2010 and made over 150 appearances for the Toon before leaving for China at the start of the 2016-17 campaign.
Tiote was plying his trade in the second tier in China for Beijing Enterprises. He had played 17 times for the club before his death.
Demba Ba, Tiote's former teammate at Newcastle, was among the first to tweet his respects.
"May Allah gives grant you jannah brother Tiote," the striker posted.
Jonas Gutierrez also tweeted a tribute, saying: "Very said to hear about the pass away of Tiote. RIP my friend. #nufc."

Read more at:http://apygist..com.ng/2017/06/rip-cheick-tiote-former-newcastle-and.html

I remember that long range goal against arsenal....... RIP

RIP to Tiote, what a wonderful player.

The question is why do black players of African origin suffer cardiac arrests either during training or playing football match?

Recently, Ugo Ehiogu had a cardiac arrest and died during a training session with the Tottenham U21 team.
Marc-Vivien Foe, Sam Okwaraji, Victor Omogbehin are some names I can remember who sadly died from cardiac arrest.

In 2011, Bolton Midfielder Patrice Muamba fatally collapsed at White Hart Lane during a match against Spurs & was one of the lucky few to survive an on-pitch cardiac arrest.

This is becoming true oooo