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Carlos Tevez heartbroken: Father dies after battling Covid-19

 Carlos Tevez looking on during the 2017 Chinese Super League football match between Shanghai East Asia (SIPG) FC and Shanghai Shenhua in Shanghai. [AFP PHOTO / Chandan KHANNA / - China OUT]

Former Manchester United, City, West Ham and Juventus striker Carlos Tevez had to abandon Boca Juniors’ Argentine Primera Division match against Newell’s Old Boys on Sunday, February 21 after news his adoptive father had died.

Segundo Raimundo Tevez, who had surgery on his neck at the start of 2020 spent 45 days in the Intensive Care Unit after contracting Covid-19.

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