Soccer-Ghana winger Atsu’s body arrives in Accra
By Reuters
20 February 2023 |
10:52 am
Ghana winger Christian Atsu's remains arrived in Accra on Sunday (February 19) a day after it was announced he had been found dead under the building where he lived in southern Turkey after last week's huge earthquake.
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