Soccer player loses finger while celebrating a goal

GENEVA - A Portuguese soccer player lost a finger when he caught his wedding ring on a fence while celebrating a goal for his Swiss team.

Paolo Diogo was injured after his late goal put Servette ahead 4-1 Sunday against Schaffhausen. The ring ripped off the top of his finger.

"When I jumped down from the fence, I didn't feel anything at all," Diogo said in Wednesday's Swiss newspaper Blick. "The first time that I noticed that something was missing from my hand was when it started to hurt. And it hurt tremendously."

Before it was clear what happened, Diogo was cited by the referee for excessive celebration.

Team officials found the missing finger but surgeons were unable to reattach it and recommended amputation of the stump.

"I'm not dead and life goes on," Diogo said. "So I have to live with one less finger."