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Second British rugby player dies in Sri Lanka

16May

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Second British rugby player dies in Sri Lanka

A second visiting British rugby player, who was hospitalized after developing breathing difficulties on Sunday, has died in the hospital on Tuesday while receiving treatment. Thomas Baty, 27 has died after he was admitted on Sunday to a private hospital in Colombo and remained in a critical state in the intensive care unit. Earlier, his team mate Thomas Andrew Howard, 26, died on shortly after admission on Sunday. A team of 22 British rugby players has arrived in Sri Lanka on 10th May to participate in a friendly Rugby tournament. They participated in a match on the 12th May at a stadium in Colombo and afterwards the players had attended the dinner held at the sports complex. After the banquet, British Rugby players had come to the hotel where they were staying and afterwards had ...

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