A 32-year-old tribal man today died while playing football at the Sudhansu Panigrahi Memorial One-Day Football Tournament at Bahalda in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said.
The deceased was identified as Sunder Hansda, a resident of Nishintapur village under Bahalda police station. He suddenly collapsed on the playground while playing for his native Nischintpur village.
Hansda, a father of three, was immediately rushed to nearby Rairangpur govenrment hospital where the doctors declared him dead.
He died due to cardiac arrest, hospital sources said.
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