Sports World News of Thursday, 10 November 2016Source: BBCGambian wrestler drowns trying to reach EuropeFile photoA wrestler from The Gambia has died trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Italy, his coach has told AFP news agency. Ali Mbengu, 22, drowned last Friday when the boat he was travelling in capsized, Pateh Nying said. News of his death comes less than two weeks after the 19-year-old goalkeeper of Gambia's national women's football team, Fatim Jawara, drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean. Mr Nying said the wrestler, also known as "Mille Franc" (Thousand Francs), had left for Libya in 2014. Mr Bengu is believed to have made his debut as a wrestler in 2012, AFP reports.
