Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes dies after being hit by ball on the head aged of 25 years old

Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes died in hospital in Sydney on Thursday, two days after the international batsman was struck on the head by a ball during a domestic match. Governing body Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed the 25-year-old had lost his fight for life, casting a pall over a cricket-mad nation which is co-hosting the World Cup early next year. "We are extremely sad to announce that Phillip Hughes has passed away at the age of 25," CA said on its Twitter feed. "Our thoughts go ou… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2014/11/27/australian-cricketer-phillip-hughes-dies-after-being-hit-by-ball #Cricket #PhillipHughes #Australia #Sports #accidentnews #accident Watch the latest breaking news available 24/7 by Euronews on: https://www.euronews.com ▶︎ Subscribe to our channel to follow the latest news: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronews?sub_confirmation=1 ▶︎ Watch Euronews Live in different languages on Youtube: 🇬🇧 Euronews live in English: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronews/live 🇪🇸 Euronews en directo en Español: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronewses/live 🇫🇷 Euronews en direct en Français: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronewsfr/live 🇩🇪 Euronews live auf Deutsch: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronewsde/live 🇵🇹 Euronews em direto em Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronewsportugues/live 🇷🇺 Прямой эфир Euronews на русском языке: https://www.youtube.com/c/евроньюс/live 🇮🇹 Euronews in diretta in Italiano: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronewsit/live 🇬🇷 Euronews ζωντανά στα ελληνικά: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronewsGreek/live 🇭🇺 Euronews magyarul élőben: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronewsHungarian/live 🌍 Africanews live in English: https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews/live 🌍 Africanews en direct en Français: https://www.youtube.com/c/africanewsfr/live ▶︎ Euronews is available on YouTube in 12 languages, check out all the channels: https://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsnetwork/channels ▶︎ Subscribe to our thematic channels: NoComment: https://www.youtube.com/c/nocommenttv?sub_confirmation=1 Euronews Green: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronewsgreen?sub_confirmation=1 Euronews Next: https://www.youtube.com/c/EuronewsNext?sub_confirmation=1 Euronews Travel: https://www.youtube.com/c/EuronewsTravel?sub_confirmation=1 ▶︎ Follow Euronews on all platforms: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/euronews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/euronews.tv X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/euronews Newsletters: https://www.euronews.com/newsletters Telegram: https://t.me/euronews_eng Official Apps: https://www.euronews.com/apps