A number of Ghanaian football stars around the globe have mourned the demise of basketball and Lakers legend, Kobe Bryant.
The NBA legend died on Sunday when a helicopter he was riding in crashed and burst into flames in thick fog, killing all nine people on board including his teenage daughter.
The death of the Black Mamba, as he was affectionately called, has plunged the sports world into mourning.
There were seven other passengers and crew in the helicopter when it [Sikorsky S-76] slammed into a rugged hillside in Calabasas, west of Los Angeles, leaving no survivors.
Bryant, a five-time NBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medallist, is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players in history, an iconic figure who became one of the faces of his sport during a glittering two-decade career with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Dozens of firefighters and paramedics battled across steep terrain to reach the flaming wreckage at the crash site but found no survivors, officials said.
Ghanaian sports stars such as Asamoah Gyan, Kwadwo Asamoah, Andre Ayew among other players have reacted to the sudden passing away of the NBA legend.
Below are some messages from some of the Ghanaian stars: