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Footballer retires after losing finger in freak training accident

Injuries go hand-in-hand with football, but it's rare that an injury will be so severe that it leaves you without a finger.

But that's exactly what happened to unlucky Finn Harps striker Kevin McHugh, who has been forced to retire after his finger was torn off in a freak training accident.

McHugh, who also works as a coach, lost the finger after getting his wedding ring caught in a fence while jumping over it and doctors have now told him that they cannot repair the injury.

"Its not the way I had planned to say goodbye, but that's the way it is," he told the BBC.