Former Senegal international Papa Bouba Diop has passed away at the age of 42, Sportsmail understands.
The former midfielder - who played for Fulham and Portsmouth in the Premier League - has died after a long illness according to multiple sources.
Diop was one of the heroes of Senegal's memorable run to the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals after scoring the only goal in a shock 1-0 victory over holders France in their opening game.
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Lieabnoy
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In his country he will be honoured. But will the Football fraternity do it to the same altitude as it has done Diego? Will the media do the same? Or popularity will come into play? So many questions to be answered.
Gaffer123
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Maradona to papa be like you are welcome my son
Buchi109
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He's an African, its not gonna be seen as a great deal,but its well.. we all knows that the likes of Rashford, martial, kante,Aubamyang,Lacazet,Barkley,Ali,lukaku,Young,Mendy of Chelsea and of man city,are all Africans, and so many of them,they are the stronghold of this sports today,Africans are strong and the whites uses our strength for their own personal interest,... Maradona died,the whole world heard it,and now Diop died,nobody knows about it,and you guys are telling me there's no more racist in football,... the media won't carry it as of maradona because he's not a human being,some will say maradona was great,i accept,so tell me the difference between two already dead ppl..??...we all are equal immediately we are dead,waiting for judgement after death,who knows where they are right now,so every dead person should be treated same and equally.... everyone is going there someday... let's bear that in mind.
Maoknpstyz
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In his country he will be honoured. But will the Football fraternity do it to the same altitude as it has done Diego? Will the media do the same? Or popularity will come into play? So many questions to be answered.
maradona was great.so many people died this few days bt great people are mourned differently.bruce lee funeral was different to that little star of queen of katwe