Christian Atsu, a Ghanaian soccer star who played at a World Cup and in the English Premier League, has been found dead under earthquake rubble in Turkey. He was 31.
Search teams retrieved Atsu's body from the ruins of the building where he lived in Antakya, the Hatay province city that was hit hardest by the 7.8-magnitude quake, which has killed at least 45,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
Atsu had been playing for Hatayspor, a Turkish Super Lig club based in the southeastern city. On Sunday, Feb. 5, mere hours before the earthquake struck, he scored a game-winning goal against Kasimpau015fa.