In Brazil, a 20-year-old football player died after a motorcycle collided with a cow.

Brazilian soccer player Anthony Ilano died at the age of 20 after crashing his motorcycle into a cow. This was reported on October 22 by the Daily Mirror newspaper.

"Returning home from his father's birthday party, Anthony Ilano died when he drove into a cow that had come out into the middle of the road," the publication says.

The incident occurred on October 20 at about 3:30 a.m. local time (13:00 Moscow time). Ilano died on the spot from his injuries, the newspaper reports.

The newspaper added that an investigation is underway into the fact of a football player's collision with an animal.

Earlier, on September 23, the Blesk portal, with reference to the Czech Biathlon Federation, reported that biathlete Jan Vanya died in a car accident at the age of 19. According to the newspaper, the athlete was hit by a car when he was riding a bicycle near the village of Crone in the Hrudim district.

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