That sounds horrendous - 24 is no age to die.

That sounds horrendous - 24 is no age to die.

 

Indeed, awful :(

Former Germany defender Andreas Brehme, who scored the winning goal in the 1990 World Cup final, has died aged 63.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68345885

Former Walsall manager Jan Sorensen has died at the age of 68.

 

The ex-Denmark striker, who scored three times in 11 games for his country, spent a season in charge at Bescot in 1997-98.

 

After succeeding Chris Nicholl as boss, Sorensen's Saddlers side won 14 of their 46 Second Division games in the English third tier to finish 19th.

 

Sorensen was then succeeded by Ray Graydon, who led Walsall to promotion to the second tier a season later.

 

The highlight of the Dane's playing career was being part of the Club Bruges side beaten 1-0 by Liverpool at Wembley in the 1978 European Cup final.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68346697

Wilson Fittipaldi has died following a heart attack on Christmas Day. his last birthday. The 80 year old (brother of F1 World Champion Emerson) competed in 38 Grand Prix between 1972 -75 before founding his own team Copersucar-Fittipaldi, who themselves competed in F1 until 1982.

As well being Emerson's brother he was the father of former F1 driver Christian Fittipaldi.

Former England and Queens Park Rangers forward Stan Bowles has died aged 75.

 

Bowles, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, played more than 560 games in English football and was capped five times by England.

 

He made 315 appearances for QPR and scored 97 goals for the Loftus Road club.

 

Bowles also played for Manchester City, Bury, Crewe Alexandra, Carlisle United, Nottingham Forest, Leyton Orient and Brentford.

RIP - sounds like quite the career he had.

RIP Tony Green. A true legend a brilliant darts commentator and a central part of Bullseye.

Former Nottingham Forest and Liverpool defender Larry Lloyd has died aged 75.

 

Lloyd was part of Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest side that won the First Division in 1977-78 before going on to claim back-to-back European Cups.

 

The former England international also won the 1972-73 First Division at Liverpool, along with the Uefa Cup in the same season.

 

"We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Larry Lloyd," Nottingham Forest said.

 

"Part of the 'Miracle Men', Larry was an integral player in the Forest side that memorably won back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980, making 218 appearances for the club in total.

Former Wimbledon and Newcastle United manager Joe Kinnear has died aged 77, he was diagnosed with dementia in 2015, he won 26 caps for the Republic of Ireland.

Former British champion boxer Willie Limond has died aged 45 :( no age to go.

RIP the England spin bowler Derek Underwood.

Former Arsenal chairman Sir Chips Keswick has died at the age of 84.

 

A lifelong supporter of the club, he joined the board in 2005 and accepted the role of chairman in 2013 when Peter Hill-Wood stepped down.

 

Keswick, who made his name in the banking industry and was a director of the Bank of England, spent seven years as club chairman.

 

"Sir Chips will be greatly missed by everyone at Arsenal who knew him," Arsenal said in a statement.

Former Wales and British and Irish Lions prop John O'Shea has died in Australia at the age of 83 after a lengthy illness.

 

Capped five times from 1967-1968, O'Shea made his international debut for his country against Scotland at Murrayfield in February 1967.

 

O'Shea was selected for the 1968 Lions tour to South Africa, where he became the first Lion to be sent off for foul play in a game after punching an Eastern Transvaal player.

 

He always claimed he had been retaliating after the opponent had targeted Lions scrum-half Roger Young, while there was an infamous melee as he walked off the pitch after a spectator then struck the departing prop.

Leeds Rhinos and Great Britain rugby league great Rob Burrow has died.

 

Burrow, who was 41, had lived with motor neurone disease (MND) since being diagnosed in late 2019.

 

The diagnosis came just two years after he retired from playing, following a stellar 17-year career that included winning eight Super League Grand Finals, three World Club Challenges and two Challenge Cups.

 

Burrow's death was announced by Leeds Rhinos, who called their former scrum-half "a true inspiration throughout his life whether that was on the rugby league field or during his battle with MND".

 

In 2022, Burrow was presented with the Helen Rollason Award at the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year ceremony, with his ex-Leeds team-mate Kevin Sinfield also recognised.

 

Burrow was given the award for relentless fundraising and raising awareness of MND while battling the illness himself.

 

Burrow spent his entire club career with Leeds and made more than 400 appearances between 2001 and 2017.

RIP Rob Burrows. I got a little teary when I saw the news earlier - those poor children of his been robbed of a father by this horrible disease.

 

What an extradinary man who will leave a legacy.

Yeh it’s awful rip

I remember the day his daughters took over the Sky broadcast...

 

R.I.P. Rob Burrow.

So unbelievably sad about Rob Burrow :( That really is no age at all

NBA Hall of Famer and Los Angeles Lakers point guard legend, Jerry West, dies at the age of 86.

 

West was a 14x NBA All-Star, 10x All-NBA First Team, 1x point champion, and 1x assist leader. He won NBA with the Lakers once in 1972 and also became the first NBA Finals MVP who played for the losing team.