Remains of late Cheick Tiote arrives Ivory Coast for burial - Photos

Footballer Cheick Tiote's remains has been flown back to Ivory Coast where a private funeral for the Beijing Enterprises midfielder will take place. Tiote, who was part of the Ivory Coast squad that won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, collapsed and died during a training session with his Chinese club last week.
He was received by hundreds of people, including former Elephants coach and teammates Herve Renard, Kolo Toure, Gervinho, Tiene and Wilfred Bony who was among the pallbearers carrying the coffin containing Cheick Tiote's body when it arrived.

Tiote’s family wants the late player to be buried in his hometown Yamoussoukro but the Ivory Coast’s Football Federation prefers Abidjan. The photos below are heartbreaking...