The player, José Hugo De la Cruz Meza, was involved in a regional tournament game between two low-level local teams, C.D.

A local Peruvian soccer match was called off due to weather, but as players left the field, lighting struck, killing one man ...

Peru is mourning the death of a soccer star. José Hugo de la Cruz Meza, a defender for Familia Chocca, died Nov. 3 after ...

A Peruvian amateur soccer player was killed and seven others were injured by a lightning strike during their match in a remote Andean city.

A soccer player was killed by a lightning strike during a game on Sunday in Peru, according to Peruvian state news service Andina and Reuters. José Hugo De ...

Though lightning has struck football matches in Peru before, causing injuries, the weekend incident was the first known fatality there from the phenomenon. Globally, however, lightning has killed ...

José Hugo de la Cruz Meza, a 39-year-old defender for Familia Chocca, died Nov. 3 after being struck by lightning during a televised soccer game in Peru.

Lightning has killed a 34-year-old player and injured four others during a football match in the Peruvian Andes.

One person was killed and several were critically injured when lightning struck during a championship soccer match in ...

Lightning has killed a 34-year-old player and injured four others during a football match in the Peruvian Andes.The local tournament game between Juventud Bellavista and Familia Chocca in Huancayo ...

Footage showed many players falling face first to the ground as lightning struck the field in the 22nd minute of the match ...

Manchester City's 4-1 Champions League defeat at Sporting on Tuesday saw them lose three matches in a row for the first time ...