October 21, 20231 yr R.I.P Sir Bobby Charlton. One of the best ever to do it in English football, a true legend of England and Manchester United and one of the very few English players who knew what it felt like to lift the World Cup trophy.
October 23, 20231 yr Author Indian cricket legend Bishan Singh Bedi has died aged 77 after a prolonged illness. He was battling age-related illnesses and had undergone a few surgeries in recent years. Bedi, regarded as one of the world's finest ever spin bowlers, captained India in 22 of his 67 Tests and took 266 wickets. He made his debut against West Indies in 1966 and played his last Test against England at The Oval in 1979. Bedi also played English county cricket for Northamptonshire and finished his career with 1,560 first-class wickets, the highest by any Indian bowler.
October 23, 20231 yr R.I.P Sir Bobby Charlton. One of the best ever to do it in English football, a true legend of England and Manchester United and one of the very few English players who knew what it felt like to lift the World Cup trophy. A legend from a bygone era, sad to hear this!
October 23, 20231 yr RIP Bishan Bedi and also Heath Streak, the former Zimbabwe captain who died last month.
October 24, 20231 yr Author Everton chairman Bill Kenwright, an acclaimed West End theatre and film producer, has died at the age of 78. Kenwright had surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his liver eight weeks ago. He had been on the board at Everton since 1989, taking over as chairman at Goodison Park in 2004. The Liverpudlian was also one of the UK's most successful theatre producers and played Gordon Clegg in Coronation Street between 1968 and 2012. Kenwright was awarded a CBE for his services to film and theatre in the 2001 New Years Honours List.
October 29, 20231 yr Author Nottingham Panthers forward Adam Johnson has died after suffering a serious cut to his neck from a skate during Saturday's Challenge Cup match. The game against the Sheffield Steelers was stopped in the 35th minute as the 29-year-old American received emergency treatment from paramedics on the ice. The Panthers said on Sunday they were "devastated" Johnson had died following a "freak accident". "The club will dearly miss him and will never ever forget him," they added. "Adam, our number 47, was not only an outstanding ice hockey player, but also a great team-mate and an incredible person with his whole life ahead of him.
October 29, 20231 yr I saw the clip of the incident, it's horrific but that other guy deliberately and intentionally kicked him in the neck. That was no accident.
October 31, 20231 yr I saw the clip of the incident, it's horrific but that other guy deliberately and intentionally kicked him in the neck. That was no accident. You might want to re-evaluate this comment, it's clearly a freak accident.
November 8, 20231 yr Author Dale Reid, who twice topped the Ladies European Tour order of merit and twice captained Europe's Solheim Cup team, has died at the age of 64. The Scot, who became an OBE in 2001 Queen's New Year's Honours List, was one of the most successful players in the tour's history, winning 21 titles. Before becoming non-playing captain in 2000 and 2002, she played in the first four Solheim Cups from 1990-96. A native of Ladybank, Fife, she went on to work in a Cupar care home. Having moved to Australia with her partner, she died in Townsville, Queensland, after a battle with cancer.
November 26, 20231 yr RIP Terry Venables aged 80 Sad news. Let’s not forget he loved jazz and even recorded a football single for the 2002 World Cup. 5Gyaw2u3F_s Loved his charisma and his likeable personality.
December 30, 20231 yr Brazilian racing driver Gil de Ferran has died at age 56 following a heart attack. During his career he won the F3 title, the Indy 500 and CART Indycar title two years running. Soon after he left racing to focus on management roles. He was recently working at McLaren F1 as their sporting director and returned this year as consultant.
January 8, 20241 yr RIP German legend Franz Beckenbauer, one of three men to have won the World Cup as a player and a manager. One of the other two is Mario Zagallo who died just two days ago.
January 9, 20241 yr RIP. Didn't really know much of Beckenbauer, but he always appeared in the Germany Legends squad in classic Pro Evolution Soccer games.
January 9, 20241 yr Author Wales and British and Irish Lions rugby legend JPR Williams has died at the age of 74. The former London Welsh, Bridgend and Barbarians full-back was synonymous with Wales and the Lions' glories of the 1970s. Williams captained Wales and Bridgend, winning 55 caps for his country. During historic triumphant Lions tours to New Zealand in 1971 and 1974 in South Africa, Williams accumulated eight Test caps. A statement from the Williams family said: "JPR died peacefully today at the University Hospital of Wales surrounded by his loving wife and four children, after a short illness, bravely battling bacterial meningitis. "The family request privacy at this difficult time."
February 4, 20241 yr Author Kurt Hamrin, the last surviving player from the 1958 World Cup final, has died aged 89. The Sweden midfielder, who spent the majority of his career in Italy, scored 17 goals in 32 appearances for his country. Hamrin, known as Kurre, played in the 1958 World Cup final on home soil, when Sweden were beaten 5-2 by Brazil.
February 4, 20241 yr Author Barry John, the legendary former Cardiff, Wales and British and Irish Lions fly-half has died aged 79.
February 12, 20241 yr Author The men's marathon world record holder, Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum, 24, has died in a road accident in his home country. He was killed alongside his coach, Rwanda's Gervais Hakizimana, in a car on a road in western Kenya. A third person was taken to hospital after the accident at about 23:00 local time (20:00 GMT), police were quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. Kiptum made a stunning breakthrough in 2023 as a rival to his compatriot Eliud Kipchoge - whose record he later beat.
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