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Confusion over footballer Christian Atsu’s safety in Turkey

Atsu, left, in action for Ghana during the 2017 African Cup of Nations semifinal in Franceville, Gabon [File: Sunday Alamba/AP Photo]

Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu remains missing in Turkey after devastating earthquakes struck the country and Syria, his club has told news agencies, despite earlier reports that he had been rescued.

On Tuesday, Atsu, 31, was reported to have been pulled alive from the rubble of a building in Turkey’s southern Hatay province and transported to hospital with injuries following Monday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake and its aftershocks.

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