Chinese player dies after lightning strike at training

A teenage Chinese footballer was killed by lightning as he trained with Singapore S-League club Sinchi FC.

Rescue workers pronounced 18-year-old Jiang Tao dead 10 minutes after the bolt struck the pitch.

Coach K Jamaludeen, in charge for the first time, said: "There was a light drizzle but no thunder or lightning. Suddenly, I heard the roar of thunder and saw a lightning bolt hit the ground.

"The next thing I knew, the boy had collapsed. There was smoke coming from the field."

Jiang, a defender, had played with the club for two years.