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 ...

Former Marseille president Pape Diouf has died after suffering from coronavirus, his club has announced. The club tweeted: “It is with great sadness that Olympique de Marseille learned of the death of ...

Ghana and Crystal Palace forward Jordan Ayew is 'absolutely heartbroken' by the death of former Marseille President and mentor Pape Diouf. Pape Diouf, who was president of the French giants between ...

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 ...

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 Olympique de Marseille ...

Diouf, who has died after contracting coronavirus, was the first black president of a top-tier football club in Europe By Eric Devin for Get French Football News It is difficult to write about the ...

Former Marseille chairman Pape Diouf died this week from coronavirus - the first victim of the disease in Senegal. He was not only the first black top-flight chairman in elite European football, but ...

Ever since the tragic death of Pape Diouf due to Covid 19, on 31 March 2020 in Senegal's capital Dakar, a tide of tributes has flooded from all over Africa, France - and especially Marseille. BBC ...

Pape Diouf, the former Ligue 1 club president hospitalized in Senegal after contracting the virus, becomes the country's first COVID-19 fatality MARSEILLE, France – Former Marseille president Pape ...

Diouf, who was born in Chad but had French and Senegalese citizenship, led the club between 2005-2009 and helped build the side that lifted the Ligue 1 title in 2010. He was hospitalised in Senegal ...