Football club apologises for falsely reporting player's death

Muscat: A third-tier football team in Ireland has apologised after falsely reporting the death of a player.
Leinster Senior League (LSL) side Ballybrack FC notified the league on Friday that player Fernando Nuno La-Fuente had died in a traffic accident. The team even held a moment of silence for the Spaniard during their league game against Arlow Town FC, only for La-Fuente to be confirmed to be alive. An investigation has been launched.
In statement posted on the club's official Facebook account, Ballybrack FC said, "It has come to the attention of both the club, senior players and the management team that a gross error of judgement has occurred emanating from correspondence sent from a member of the senior set up management team to the Leinster Senior League.
"As of this evening an emergency meeting was held and the person in question has been relieved of all footballing duties, within Ballybrack FC, its senior team and roles within the club itself. The club has contacted Fernando to confirm his whereabouts, wellbeing and are thankful for his acceptance of our apology on this matter.
"At this stage we can only offer our sincere apologies to the Leinster Senior League, our opponents Arklow Town FC and the host of clubs and football people who made contact with us or offered messages of support in recent days."
According to the club, the mistake was out of character and made by "a person who has been experiencing severe personal difficulties unbeknownst to any other members of the club.
"This person had previously contributed greatly to the senior team within the club in recent years and to the wider footballing community across Dublin for decades."
The Leinster Senior League also issued a statement, apologising for the incident and pledging to conduct its own internal disciplinary procedures.
The statement read, "The Leinster Senior League would like to acknowledge that the notification of the death of a Ballybrack FC player as shared with all member clubs and media partner is without foundation.
"The Leinster Senior League acted in good faith at all times and when notified by a representative of Ballybrack FC as to the death of a member player we immediately offered our heartfelt condolences and also shared the sad news with all other LSL clubs in order for them to offer their own individual condolences.
"We are glad to hear that the player is in good health and has returned to his native Spain."