Pathologist: 'JS Kabylie's Albert Ebosse died from beating'

Cameroonian footballer Albert Ebosse died as a result of a beating rather than being hit by a projectile, according to new post-mortem tests.

It was previously claimed that the 24-year-old, who played for Algerian club JS Kabylie, was struck by a missile at the end of his side's 2-1 home loss to USM Alger in Tizi Ouzou in August, which led to his death.

However, pathologist Andre Moune is quoted by BBC Sport as saying: "When you see the injuries to his shoulders, the only way that can be explained is by a physical attack.

"We didn't see anything happen to him on the pitch or anything that prevented him leaving the pitch because of a missile.

"It can't be a slate tile, as the Algerians stated in their report, because if someone threw a tile, even at high speed, it couldn't cause such severe wounds like the ones I found on the body."

Ebosse had previously played in Cameroon and Malaysia before moving to the Algerian side last summer.