DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Pape Diouf, a former president of French soccer club Marseille, died Tuesday in Senegal after contracting the coronavirus. It was the West African country’s first ...

March 31 (Reuters) - Former Olympique de Marseille president Pape Diouf has died aged 68 after contracting the coronavirus, the Ligue 1 club announced on Tuesday. "It is with great sadness that ...

Former Marseille president Pape Diouf has died after contracting coronavirus. He was 68. The team announced the news Tuesday, calling Diouf, “one of the great architects in the club's history.” It is ...

Diouf, who served as president of the Ligue 1 club between 2005 and 2009, died in Senegal on Wednesday (AEDT), it was confirmed. In a statement on Twitter, Marseille wrote: "Olympique de Marseille ...

Former president of Olympic Marseille soccer club, Pape Diouf, poses after a press conference, in Marseille, southern France on Feburary 4, 2014. © AP Photo/Claude ...

(FILES) This file photo taken on April 12, 2008 in Longeville-les-Metz shows then Olympique de Marseille’s president Pape Diouf. – Pape Diouf, 68-year-old died after contracting the COVID-19 disease, ...