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

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 ...

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

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.

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

Goalkeeper Juan Chocca Llacta was among those injured when the lightning struck the ground, and was rushed to hospital to be ...

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

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 ...

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

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

The player was walking off the pitch after the game had been paused due to a storm just before lightning struck. The soccer ...