Footballer Venkatesh collapses on pitch and dies after delayed medical attention

Footballer D Venkatesh died after collapsing on the pitch during a district-level league match, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said on Wednesday. A 27-year-old Bangalore Mars striker D Venkatesh collapsed following a cardiac arrest at the Bangalore Football Stadium. With no ambulance around, his Bangalore Mars team mates hired a tuk-tuk (an auto-rickshaw) to take him to a local hospital where Venkatesh was declared dead, one report said.