Italian media reports the Cagliari forward rescued after swallowing a lot of water in a swimming pool in Porto Cervo.
Published On 17 Aug 202617 Aug 2026
French footballer Yael Trepy, who plays for Serie A club Cagliari, is in intensive care, the Italian club has confirmed, with media reporting that the 20-year-old nearly drowned in a swimming pool.
Cagliari said that Trepy “is currently in intensive care at the hospital in Sassari,” adding that the club remains “in close contact with the medical staff and the player’s family”.
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“The club asks for privacy to be respected and will provide further updates as soon as possible,” Cagliari said in a statement, without disclosing the circumstances of the incident.
Italian media reported that Trepy had to be rescued on Sunday after swallowing a lot of water in a swimming pool in Porto Cervo, northern Sardinia.
Doctors placed him in a medically induced coma, the reports added.
Trepy, a forward who scored once in eight Serie A appearances last season, joined Cagliari’s academy in 2022 from Paris-based team Union Sportive Creteil.
Cagliari were last in action on Friday, beating Arezzo 1-0 in the Coppa Italia, with Trepy playing for 54 minutes.
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There has been a small slice of Wales in Argentina for more than 150 years.
About 160 Welsh emigrants sailed to Patagonia in 1865 to create a new settlement, ‘Y Wladfa’, where their language, culture and religion could flourish free from English influence and dominance.
The language is still actively spoken there, while more than 50,000 Patagonians can claim Welsh ancestry.
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James was born and raised in Trelew, a city founded in 1886 by Welsh settlers in the Chubut province.
Its name translates from Welsh to “Town of Lewis” in honour of its founder, Lewis Jones.
“I’m part of a Welsh family, a Welsh colony that settled in southern Argentina, specifically in Chubut,” James told BBC Sport Wales.
“Five generations of my family were born in Trelew, and I’m part of the the fifth generation.
“Over the years my family settled in Chubut and that’s where my story, my family, and all my descendants come from.”
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Islamabad, Pakistan – The scoreline read 4-1 to Norway. Iraq had been heavily beaten in their first World Cup match in 40 years. Manchester City striker Erling Haaland scored twice in his World Cup debut as Norway cruised to victory in Group I.
But for Pakistan, the result barely mattered.
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When Zidane Iqbal crossed the touchline for Iraq at Boston Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, in the 59th minute on Tuesday, history was made. He became the first player of Pakistani heritage to appear in a FIFA World Cup.
Pakistan’s national team has never qualified for the tournament. It sits 198th in FIFA’s rankings. For decades, more than 250 million Pakistanis have watched football’s biggest event from the outside.
That changed, in its own complicated way, through a 23-year-old born in Manchester, England.
Between three nations
Zidane Ammar Iqbal was born on April 27, 2003, to a Pakistani father and an Iraqi mother. His father, Aamar, is from the city of Sahiwal in Punjab while his mother, Ayat, was born in southern Iraq.
Growing up in Manchester, Iqbal was eligible to represent England, Pakistan or Iraq. The decision he eventually made was not a calculated one.
Iraq found him the way many things happen now: through social media.
A large Instagram page tracking Iraqis around the world contacted him to ask whether rumours about his heritage were true.
Word eventually reached the Iraq Football Association, which pursued him through a series of video calls with Iqbal and his parents.
Asked by the sports news outlet The Athletic why he chose Iraq, Iqbal said: “All the love and support from the fans in Iraq and across the world and how hard the FA tried to bring me. When someone shows so much love, it’s only right that you feel it.”
He had never visited Iraq before receiving an under-23 call-up in 2021.
The culture shock, he admitted, was real. But he kept returning. Gradually, a country that had once been only part of his heritage began to feel like home.
The road not taken
Iqbal joined Manchester United’s academy at the age of eight and spent 12 years at the club. In December 2021 at 18, he became the first British South Asian player in nearly two decades to appear for United in the UEFA Champions League.
Iraq’s Zidane Iqbal celebrates scoring in a World Cup qualifying match against Indonesia in October 2025 [File: Reuters]
But regular first-team football never followed. He eventually moved to FC Utrecht in the Dutch Eredivisie for about 1 million euros ($1.1m).
His performances during Iraq’s gruelling 21-match qualification campaign, including a winning goal against Indonesia, kept him central to the team’s plans throughout.
The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) had monitored his progress. But it was never truly a contest.
Ali Ahsan, editor of FootballPakistan.com, said the structural gap between the two football systems was simply too wide.
“We are struggling to attract players from bigger clubs, our ranking, the lack of a professional set-up. The PFF still has no technical director or dedicated national team recruitment staff,” Ahsan told Al Jazeera.
“For Zidane, he picked Iraq to be able to play major tournaments, which he probably wouldn’t have gotten with Pakistan,” Ahsan said.
“Had he chosen Pakistan, he could have had a big impact on raising Pakistani football’s profile internationally. He was still at United at the time. He could have started a serious conversation about how football needs to be improved, inspired kids to take it more seriously. Iraq is already a well-established team with a dedicated history, structure and fanbase.”
For Iqbal, the path led elsewhere. But for Pakistan, the moment still mattered.
“I hope there are children – whether Asian, Arab, whatever you are – who watch that and think they can do it,” Iqbal told The Athletic. “It’s definitely possible. And if I’ve done it, why can’t they?”
Iraq next face France on Monday before taking on Senegal in their final group match on June 26. Few expect them to advance. But few expected them to be there at all.
Against Norway, Iraq lost. For Pakistan, history was made anyway.
