COLOUR PIECE / Christian Arts, one year on - The Athletic / The New York Times

On February 6, 2023, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck southern Turkey at 4.17am. The apartment building of Christian Atsu, the former Ghana international whose Premier League clubs included Newcastle United, Chelsea and Everton, collapsed. The night before he had scored a last-minute winner for Hatayspor, a club in one of the worst affected regions. Another equally strong earthquake hit at lunchtime, contributing to the collapse or damage of hundreds of thousands of buildings across an affected area of 140,000 square miles of Turkey and Syria. In total, at least 60,000 people were killed. One year on, The Athletic speaks to Atsu’s fiancee Claire Rupio about the torment she and their three young children are going through. And to Atsu’s twin sister Christiana Atsupie Twasam, and agent and close friend Nana Sechere — who both joined the search to find him.