Geoff Ablett, the Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn, Richmond and St Kilda, died on May 5, 2026, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 71. Ablett played in the Victorian Football League during the 1970s and 1980s,…
Chris Phelan, an Irish-born Australian rugby league player, died on May 5, 2026, aged 70, after pancreatic cancer. Born in Borris-in-Ossory, Portloise, Ireland, on December 12, 1955, he played in the 1980s as a versatile forward for Queensland and was…
José Ortiz, a Puerto Rican basketball player for Atléticos de San Germán, Cangrejeros de Santurce and the national team, died on May 5, 2026, at age 62 of colorectal cancer. Born in Aibonito in 1963, Ortiz was a former professional…
Valeri Zhabko, a Russian footballer, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 58. Valeri Nikolayevich Zhabko was a former Russian professional footballer who made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1985 for FC Torpedo Volzhsky.…
Alex Zanardi, the Italian racing driver and paracyclist, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 59. Born Alessandro Zanardi in Bologna on October 23, 1966, he won the CART championship in 1997 and 1998 and had 15 wins…
Roque Avallay, an Argentine footballer who played for Newell's Old Boys, Huracán and the Argentina national team, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 80. Avallay, whose full name was Roque Alberto Avallay, began his career with Deportivo…
Charlie Williams, a Maltese footballer, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on February 15, 1944, he learned to play football in the streets of Valletta and began organized soccer at age 10 with the Valletta… · America · 27 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 27
Dionysis Tsamis, a Greek former professional footballer and manager, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 74. Tsamis played as a midfielder and began his career in 1967 with the youth team of Panetolikos. He later moved into…
Péter Bikár died on May 1, 2026. He was a Hungarian ice hockey player.
Yevgeniy Duleyev, a Russian rower and Olympic silver medallist, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Moscow on April 5, 1956, he competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980…
Alfredrick Hughes, an American basketball player who played for the San Antonio Spurs, died on May 1, 2026. He was 63. Hughes was selected by the Spurs in the first round, 14th overall, of the 1985 NBA draft. A Chicago…
Abdollah Movahed, the Iranian wrestler and 1968 Olympic champion, died on April 30, 2026, at the age of 86 of a heart attack. Movahed competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics, winning gold in 1968. He also served as…
Merle Bettenhausen, an American racing driver, died on April 29, 2026, at age 82 of complications from a stroke. Born June 9, 1943, in Tinley Park, Illinois, he was the second oldest member of the Bettenhausen racing family and the…
Ghenadie Dudoglo, a Moldovan weightlifter, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 39. He competed in the 62 kg category and represented Moldova at international competitions, including the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships. In 2015, the International Weightlifting Federation…
Enayatollah Atashi, an Iranian basketball coach and commentator, died on April 28, 2026, at the age of 81. He coached the Iranian national basketball team and worked as a basketball commentator for IRIB Varzesh and IRIB TV3, two Iranian television…
Moncho Monsalve, a Spanish basketball player and coach, died on April 28, 2026, at age 81. José Manuel Monsalve, known as Moncho Monsalve, played for Atlético San Sebastián, Real Madrid from 1963 to 1967, SD Kas and CB Girona, retiring…
Vasko Boev, a Bulgarian footballer who played for Spartak Varna, Kaliakra Kavarna and Dobrudzha Dobrich, died on April 28, 2026. He was 37. Born on July 24, 1988, in Varna, Boev was raised in Spartak Varna’s youth teams and made…
Damien Christensen, an Australian footballer who played for Geelong, died on April 28, 2026, aged 62. Christensen played 17 games for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League. After his playing career, he coached the Geelong Falcons, Williamstown…
Matt Davidson, a Canadian ice hockey player who appeared in 56 National Hockey League games with the Columbus Blue Jackets, died on April 28, 2026. He was 48. Born in Flin Flon, Manitoba, on August 9, 1977, Davidson played right…
Mimi Coertse, the South African soprano, died on April 27, 2026, aged 93. Born Maria Sophia Coertse in Durban on June 12, 1932, she matriculated at Helpmekaar Girls High School in Johannesburg and began vocal studies in South Africa in…
Richard “Doc” Sauers, an American basketball coach who led the Albany Great Danes, died on April 27, 2026. He was 96. Sauers coached the Albany men’s basketball team from 1955 to 1997, except for the 1987-88 season, a span of…
Brian Wilkinson, the Australian Olympic swimmer who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, died on April 27, 2026, aged 88. Born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, on February 12, 1938, he represented Australia in the men's 200 metre butterfly at…
Maya Belenkaya, a Russian figure skater, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Leningrad on May 1, 1931, she was a Soviet figure skater who competed in singles and pairs. With her partner Igor Moskvin,…
Leigh Crawford, an Australian footballer who played for Geelong, died on April 27, 2026, aged 80. Crawford was born on April 19, 1946, and played Australian rules football for Geelong in the Victorian Football League, now known as the Australian…
Thomas Gayford, a Canadian equestrian and Olympic champion, died on April 26, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Toronto on November 21, 1928, he competed for Canada in the 1952 and 1960 Olympics in the individual and team…
Monte Coleman, an American football player and coach, died on April 26, 2026, at age 68. He played 16 seasons as a linebacker with the Washington Redskins from 1979 to 1994 and later served as head football coach at the…
Luis Isaac, a Puerto Rican baseball player and coach for the Cleveland Indians, died on April 26, 2026, at age 79. A catcher in the minor leagues from 1962 through 1979, he batted and threw right-handed and was known for…
Guy Leleu, a French racing cyclist, died on April 26, 2026.
Dick Kimball, an American diver and diving coach, died on April 25, 2026. He was 91. A native of Rochester, Minnesota, Kimball was the Minnesota high school diving champion four straight years from 1952 to 1956 and won the NCAA…
Katsumi Miyaji, a Japanese rugby union player and coach, died on April 25, 2026. He was 85. Miyaji played as a prop and attended Shijonaga High School before going on to Doshisha University. During his university years, he joined the…
Christian Verrier, a French footballer who played as a forward for LB Châteauroux, died on April 25, 2026, at the age of 73. He spent almost his entire career with LB Châteauroux and had a brief stint with FC Bourges…
Quintin Young, a Scottish footballer, died on April 24, 2026, aged 78. He was best known for his time with Rangers, where he spent three seasons after starting his career at Ayr United in 1969 and later moving to Coventry…
Włodzimierz Korohoda, a Polish cell biologist and swimmer, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on January 1, 1937, in Kraków, he attended Bartłomiej Nowodoworski High School in Kraków. From 1948, he competed in swimming for…
Cristian Camilo Muñoz, a Colombian road racing cyclist, died on April 24, 2026, in Valladolid, Spain, from complications from a fall. He was 30. Born in Ventaquemada, Colombia, on March 20, 1996, Muñoz competed professionally from 2017 until his death…
Gran Markus Jr., a Mexican wrestler, died on April 24, 2026.
Erich Arndt, a German table tennis player, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 87. He was an international table tennis player from Germany and won a bronze medal at the 1963 World Table Tennis Championships in the…
Gurbux Singh, the Indian field hockey player and 1964 Olympic champion, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 84, according to reports of a heart attack. Born in Peshawar in 1942, he was a member of the Indian…
Bill Swain, an American football player who played in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings, died on April 24, 2026, of complications from dementia. He was 85. Born on February 22, 1941,…
Michael Eneramo, a Nigerian footballer who played for Espérance Tunis, Sivasspor and the national team, died on April 24, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 40. Eneramo was a striker who began his career with Lobi Stars and was…
Abdullah Rahi, a Pakistani footballer, died on April 23, 2026, aged 87 or 88. He played as an inside right forward and represented the Pakistan national football team in the 1960s, including the squad that finished runners-up at the 1962…
Luigi Farina, an Italian footballer, died on April 23, 2026.
Josh Mauro, an English-born American football player who played for the Arizona Cardinals, New York Giants and Jacksonville Jaguars, died on April 23, 2026, at age 35. Born in St Albans, England, on February 17, 1991, he moved to Texas…
George Ley, an English footballer who played for Portsmouth, Dallas Tornado and Exeter City, died on April 23, 2026. He also played professionally for Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham between 1963 and 1976. After his English career, Ley moved…
Brian Edgerly, an American Olympic baseball player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, died on April 22, 2026, at age 82. Born in 1943, he played baseball internationally with Team USA and was an outfielder. At Colgate University, he…
Tony Parkes, an English football player and manager with Blackburn Rovers, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 76 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. A midfielder, he began his career at Buxton in non-League football in 1969 before… · 25 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 25 · Other
Manfred Kreuz, a German footballer, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 90. Born on 7 March 1936, he spent his entire career with Schalke 04. From 1956 to 1963, he played 135 matches and scored 42 goals…
Corky Withrow, an American baseball player who appeared in six major league games for the St. Louis Cardinals, died on April 22, 2026. He was 87. Raymond Wallace Withrow played four games as a pinch hitter and two as an…
Gideon Tish, an Israeli football player for Hapoel Tel Aviv, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 86. Tish was known for his time at Hapoel Tel Aviv, where he scored 55 goals, placing him among the club’s…
Rod Martin, the American football linebacker who played for the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders, died on April 20, 2026. He was 72. Martin played for the Raiders from 1977 to 1988 and is best known for recording three interceptions…
Piero Dotti died on April 20, 2026. He was an Italian footballer who played for Messina, Lazio, and Mirandolese. His career included time with those clubs, and his name is recorded in connection with Italian football.
Doug Martin, an American football player who played for the Minnesota Vikings, died on April 19, 2026. He was 68. Martin was born in Fairfield, California, on May 22, 1957. A defensive end, he was selected by the Vikings in… · 14 December 2014 · December 2014 · December 14
Oleksandr Polovkov, a Ukrainian former professional football defender, died on April 19, 2026. He was 46. Polovkov played for different clubs in the Ukrainian Premier League. He last played for FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk before the suspension of club activities due…
Helen Nakimuli, a Ugandan politician and legislator who served as the member of parliament for Kalangala District since 2021, died on April 19, 2026, from complications following surgery. She was 40. Nakimuli represented Kalangala District in the eleventh Parliament of…
Van Hammer, the American professional wrestler best known for his tenure in World Championship Wrestling, died on April 19, 2026. Born Mark Ty Hildreth on November 1, 1959, in Hebron, Maryland, he served in the United States Navy after graduating…
Aldo Roy, a Canadian Olympic weightlifter, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Sudbury, Ontario, on March 22, 1942, he competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He died in…
Noble Yeats, an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, died on April 18, 2026, from colic. He was an Irish-bred National Hunt runner who won the 2022 Grand National under Sam Waley-Cohen, becoming the first seven-year-old horse to win the race since Bogskar…
József Marosi died on April 18, 2026. He was a Hungarian fencer and Olympic silver medallist in 1956. His death was announced without additional details.
Edoardo Lualdi Gabardi, an Italian driver, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Busto Arsizio on May 13, 1931, he was an Italian auto racer specialized in hillclimbing and also worked as a textile entrepreneur.…
Gordon Livsey died on April 18, 2026.
Juha Miettinen died on April 18, 2026, in a racing incident. He was a Finnish racing driver. No further details were provided about his career or personal life.
Barry Seton, an Australian racing driver, died on April 17, 2026, aged 89. Known as Bo, he won the Bathurst 500 in 1965 with co-driver Midge Bosworth in a Ford Cortina GT500. Seton competed in the Bathurst 500 and later…
Billy Knight, the British tennis player, died on April 17, 2026, aged 90. Born William Arthur Knight in Northampton, England, on 12 November 1935, he competed on the amateur tour from 1951 to 1968 and won 47 career singles titles.… · America · 11 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 11
Oscar Schmidt, the Brazilian basketball player who played for SE Palmeiras, JuveCaserta and the national team, died on April 17, 2026, in São Paulo, Brazil, at the age of 68. Born in Natal on February 16, 1958, Schmidt, nicknamed Mão…
Nadia Farès, a French actress, died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 57. Born in Marrakesh, Morocco, on December 20, 1968, she made her film debut in 1992 in My Wife’s Girlfriends. She rose to prominence with the…
Tuimasi Manuca died on April 17, 2026. He was a Fijian footballer.
Jim Jabir, an American women’s basketball coach who worked at Dayton, Siena and Marquette, died on April 16, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 63. Jabir, a native of Brooklyn, New York, graduated from Nazareth College in 1984 with a…
Giorgos Gonios, a Greek footballer best known for his career with Panathinaikos, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 79. A defender, he began his career as a forward at Agios Ierotheos before signing for Panathinaikos in the…
Garret Anderson, an American baseball player who played for the Los Angeles Angels, died on April 16, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 53. Anderson played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily for the California, Anaheim and Los…
Dory Selinger, an American cyclist and Paralympic champion, died on April 16, 2026, after being struck by a vehicle while riding near his home in McKinney, Texas. He was 54. Selinger was a former Paralympic cyclist and world record holder…
Mark Carrington, a New Zealand cricketer who played for Northern Districts, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 64. Born in Gisborne on 19 August 1961, he played for Northern Districts in the 1980s and also represented Poverty…
Kazuo Imanishi, a Japanese football player and manager, died on April 16, 2026, of pneumonia. He was 85. Imanishi played for Toyo Industries, later Mazda, after graduating from Tokyo University of Education and joined the club in 1963. He played…
Bruno Cantone died on April 16, 2026. He was an Italian footballer who played for Vis Pesaro, Cosenza and Derthona. No further details about his life or career were provided.
Alex Manninger, an Austrian footballer and goalkeeper, died on April 16, 2026. He was 48. Manninger played internationally for the Austria national team on 33 occasions, including at UEFA Euro 2008, and represented clubs in Italy, Germany, Austria and England.…
Miguel Canto, a Mexican boxer, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Miguel Angel Canto Solis in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, on January 30, 1948, he was a former world boxing champion who held the WBC and…
Michael "Mick" Erwin, an Australian footballer who played for Richmond and Collingwood, died on April 15, 2026, aged 82. Born in Stawell, Victoria, on June 6, 1943, he played in the VFL for Collingwood from 1962 to 1964 and for…
José Santamaría, a footballer and manager, died on April 15, 2026. He was 96. Born José Emilio Santamaría Iglesias in Montevideo, he spent his 18-year playing career with Nacional and Real Madrid, winning five national championships with Nacional and 12…
Izumi Okamoto died on April 15, 2026. He was a Japanese baseball player with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and later worked as a coach. His death was announced on that date.
Isami Okamoto died on April 15, 2026. He was a Japanese baseball player with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and later served as a coach. His career was linked to Japanese professional baseball, where he worked as both a player and…
Frosted, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, was euthanized on April 15, 2026, at the age of 13. Foaled on April 18, 2012, he was a gray colt and a son of Tapit out of the graded stakes winner Fast Cookie. In…
Bob Novogratz, an American football player and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, died on April 15, 2026, at the age of 89. He played college football for the Army Cadets from 1957 to 1958 as a guard and linebacker.…
John Fitzgerald, an American football player who played center for the Dallas Cowboys, died on April 14, 2026. He was 77. Fitzgerald, born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, on April 16, 1948, played college football for the Boston College Eagles and was…
Vicente Lucas, Portuguese footballer for Belenenses and the Portugal national team, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Vicente da Fonseca Lucas in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, he played as a central defender and spent 13…
Jim Kanicki, an American football player for the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants, died on April 14, 2026, at age 84. Born in Bay City, Michigan, on December 17, 1941, he was a defensive tackle in the National Football…
Raymond Riotte, a French road racing cyclist, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Sarry, France, on February 16, 1940, he was a professional road bicycle racer from 1966 to 1975 and won 22 races…
Vladimír Kopecký died on April 14, 2026. He was a Czech ice hockey player for Rytíři Kladno. No further details about his life or career were provided in the source information.
Henry Newton, the English football midfielder who played for Nottingham Forest, Everton and Derby County, died on April 14, 2026, aged 82. Newton made almost 500 league appearances for Football League clubs during the 1960s and 1970s. He began his… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
Steve Clark, an American swimmer and three-time Olympic champion, died on April 14, 2026, at age 82. Born in Oakland, California, on June 17, 1943, he was a competition swimmer for Yale University, where he won five NCAA titles. Clark… · 24 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 24 · Other
Jean-Pierre Escalettes, the French football administrator who served as president of the French Football Federation from 2005 to 2010, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Jean Pierre Edmond Escalettes on May 29, 1935, he won… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
Francisco Sanjosé, a Spanish footballer, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 73. He played as a defender for Sevilla and competed with Spain’s Olympic football team in the men’s tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Sanjosé García…
Roger Prinzen, a German football manager and former player, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 57. He was head coach of Balzers and served as assistant coach at Vaduz in Liechtenstein. Prinzen was also the regular U–23…
Rafael Antonio Tolosa Calvo died on April 13, 2026. He was a Colombian racing cyclist associated with Café de Colombia.
Nicky Smith, an English professional footballer and later policeman and football manager, died on April 13, 2026. Born Nicholas Leslie Smith on 28 January 1969 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, he began his career at Southend United in the mid-1980s before moving… · 13 April 2026 · April 2026
Rafael Tolosa, a Colombian racing cyclist, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 67. Tolosa, also known as Rafael Antonio Tolosa Calvo, rode for Café de Colombia and competed in the 1983 Tour de France. Born on August…
Hans-Jürgen Becher, a German footballer who played for Schalke 04, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 84. A defender, he made 32 appearances in the Oberliga West and 201 appearances in the Bundesliga for Schalke 04.
Dave McGinnis, an American football player and coach, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 74. He played as a defensive back at Texas Christian University, where he was a three-year starter and graduated in 1973 with a…
Lyudmila Shevtsova, a Russian-Ukrainian athlete, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 91. She competed mainly in the 800 metres and set a world record in the event on July 3, 1960, in 2 min 4.3 seconds, a…
Laurie Abrahams, the English footballer and coach at Irvine Valley College, died on April 12, 2026, aged 72. Born Lawrence Adam Michael Abrahams in Stepney, in the East End of London, he was a professional striker who played in England,…
Alonso López died on April 12, 2026. He was a Colombian footballer who played for Millonarios and the national team. His death was announced in brief notices that identified him by his career in football. · 12 April 2026 · April 2026 · Lopez
Edgardo Roque, a Filipino Olympic basketball player, died on April 12, 2026, at age 88. Born on February 11, 1938, in Obando, Bulacan, in the Philippine Commonwealth, he competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics. Roque also made six Philippine national… · 12 April 2026 · April 2026