SA soccer captain shot dead ‘trying to protect girlfriend’

South Africa soccer captain Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead by intruders when trying to protect his girlfriend during a robbery at her home near Johannesburg, it’s reported.

The 27-year-old Orlando Pirates goalkeeper died on Sunday after suffering a single shot through the chest at the home of girlfriend Kelly Khumalo, a local actress and singer, in the township of Vosloorus.

“Two guys entered the house and demanded cellphones, money and other valuables,” provincial community safety official Sizakele Nkosi-Malubane told reporters at the scene.