LISBON, PORTUGAL - US basketball player Kevin Widemond died on Sunday in Portugal after collapsing during a break in a game for his Ovarense side, the Portuguese Basketball Federation said.

"The Federation laments to inform that Kevin Widemond, the north-American guard for Ovarense Dolce Vita, died on Sunday," the federation said in a statement.

"The player, 23, collapsed unconscious in the changing room, victim of a cardiac arrest after having been on the pitch for 10 minutes. The Leiria hospital confirmed his death." --REUTERS