South Africa's Benni McCarthy takes pictures on his phone during training at Soccer City stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg, May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South Africa striker Benni McCarthy became a target for more than autograph hunters when he was robbed at gunpoint in a Johannesburg barbershop.
McCarthy, 37, back in his homeland as a pundit for a local television station's coverage of Europe's Champions League, which he won with Porto in 2004, had jewellery and other personal items stolen but was not harmed.
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