A 32-year-old basketball player, Haitem Jabeur Fathallah, from Fortitudo Messina, died in the Reggio Calabria hospital where he was taken from an illness that struck him during a meeting between his team and Dierre. Reggio, valid for the Serie C Gold championship.
Fathallah, while engaged in a phase of play, collapsed and passed out.
The match was immediately suspended to help the basketball player.
The player was taken to hospital in an ambulance, but died shortly after being admitted.