February 4, 20205 yr Author Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer Robert Alner has died aged 76. Alner triumphed with Cool Dawn in 1998 and trained several other leading steeplechasers - including Sir Rembrandt, The Listener and Kingscliff - in a distinguished career. He was seriously injured in a car crash in 2007, which left him paralysed and in need of a wheelchair.
February 5, 20205 yr Author Ethiopia’s 2017 World Cross Country Championships bronze medallist Abadi Hadis has died at the age of 22.
February 17, 20205 yr Author Former Manchester United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper Harry Gregg, hailed as a hero of the 1958 Munich air disaster, has died at the age of 87. Gregg bravely rescued team-mates and other passengers following the plane crash in which 23 were killed. When he joined United in December 1957 for £23,500 he was the world's most expensive goalkeeper and was voted the best at the following year's World Cup. He made 25 appearances for Northern Ireland between 1954 and 1963.
February 17, 20205 yr Oh I remember hearing about him and being impressed during a World Cup coverage DVD, rest in peace :(
March 19, 20205 yr Author Former Cardiff City midfielder Peter Whittingham has died aged 35. The ex-Aston Villa player had been in hospital for more than a week after suffering a head injury in a fall in a pub in Barry. Whittingham's former club Cardiff confirmed the news.
April 2, 20205 yr Author Tony Lewis, the mathematician and statistician who co-devised what became known as the Duckworth-Lewis method for settling weather-affected limited-overs matches, has died at the age of 78. Lewis and fellow academic Frank Duckworth came together to produce a fairer method of settling such games than the controversial system which had been used at the 1992 World Cup. Their new system was first used in 1997 for a Zimbabwe v England game, and officially adopted by the International Cricket Council in 1999. Duckworth-Lewis calculates targets based on the batting team's remaining resources - wickets in hand, and overs in hand - via mathematical formulae.
April 6, 20205 yr Author Luton Town legend Radomir Antic, who went on to manage Spanish giants Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, has died at the age of 71. Antic spent four years with Luton, famously scoring the goal that kept the Hatters in the top flight at the expense of Manchester City in 1983. Antic's biggest successes in management came at Atletico, with whom he won La Liga and the Copa del Rey in 1996.
April 12, 20205 yr Author British motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss has died at the age of 90 following a long illness. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time, even though he did not win the World Championship.
April 12, 20205 yr Author Former Chelsea and England goalkeeper Peter Bonetti has died aged 78 after a long illness. Bonetti was described by Chelsea as a "goalkeeping superstar of the 1960s and 1970s" and "one of our indisputably all-time great players". He was part of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad but was unused throughout the tournament. Bonetti made seven England appearances and featured in the 1970 World Cup quarter-final defeat by West Germany. As well as playing 729 times for Chelsea, Bonetti also had brief spells at American side St Louis Stars, Dundee United and Woking FC during a career which spanned more than three decades.
April 17, 20205 yr Leeds United great Norman Hunter has lost his battle with coronavirus. He was 76 years old. RIP
April 17, 20205 yr The best Bristol City player ever according to my old man. A club legend, no doubt about it. yKRhWkhlcZo RIP Norman
April 20, 20205 yr Author Lokomotiv Moscow youth player Innokenty Samokhvalov has died aged 22 from suspected heart failure while training alone, the Russian Premier League club says. Samokhvalov was completing a solo training session on Monday, with players quarantined because of the coronavirus pandemic.
April 21, 20205 yr Author Neil Black, the former performance director of UK Athletics, has died aged 60, the organisation has confirmed. Black, who worked closely with Mo Farah throughout his career, became performance director in September 2012.
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