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A Chinese Soccer Fan Died Trying To Watch Every Game Of Euro 2012

The group stage of Euro 2012 provided matches to watch every day. For Europeans, most matches came during the evenings. For Americans, it was the mornings and afternoons. For those in Asia, it was the wee hours of the morning. Jiang Xiaoshan of China, who stayed up for 11 straight nights to catch the action, had one too many sleepless nights. He died of exhaustion Tuesday morning.

Via the Daily Mail:

“Because of the time difference, he reportedly stayed up each night with friends and then went to work the following day.

Following the Ireland versus Italy match, Sina.com said he went back to his Changsha home at 5am on Tuesday, had a shower, fell asleep and never woke up.

Friends said the news of his death came as a shock, as he lived a ‘relatively healthy life’, and had played football for his university team just a couple of years before.”

So please, everyone, get some rest. We know you enjoy thumbing through hours upon hours of SportsGrid archives, but take a break and dream of WAG cat fights instead.

[Daily Mail]

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