A football player was killed by lightning during a match in Thailand.

In Thailand, a football player was killed by lightning during a match, and nine other players were injured. This was reported on August 5 by the Bangkok Post newspaper.

"In the southern province of Thailand, a Thai football player was killed during a match when he was struck by lightning, and nine more people were injured," the article says.

The incident occurred during the Golok FA Cup 2026 tournament, which was attended by local and mixed teams from Thailand and Malaysia. During the added time of the meeting, lightning struck a section of the field, after which several football players ended up on the ground. One of the victims was 24-year-old Sofvan Ave. They tried to resuscitate him at the scene, but they failed to save the athlete.

Tragedy on the beach: three people died due to a lightning strike in the Tula region

A 14—year-old teenager is among the dead.

One person was killed and three others were injured on August 4 as a result of a lightning strike on a beach in the US state of Florida. The incident occurred in the area of the 6500 block on Estero Boulevard. Four people were hit. Later it became known that one of the victims had died.