Swiss women team player missing after swimming accident

A player on Switzerland’s national women’s football team, Florijana Ismaili, has been declared missing after a swimming accident on Lake Como in northern Italy, her professional club announced yesterday.

The BSC Young Boys club said in a statement that they had “been informed that our player Florijana Ismaili has been missing since Saturday afternoon on Lake Como after a swimming accident”.

“Searches by the police continue,” the statement said, adding that “we are very concerned and have not given up the hope that everything will turn out well”. The club said it was “in close contact with family members”.