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Rick Adelman, the American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach who led the Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings and Minnesota Timberwolves, died on June 1, 2026, at age 79.…
Igoris Kirilovas died on June 1, 2026. He was a Lithuanian football player. Born in Vilnius on August 19, 1971, he was 54. Tags Athletes, 01 June 2026, Igoris, Kirilovas,…
Curt Newsome, an American football coach who worked with the Virginia Tech Hokies and Emory and Henry Wasps, died on May 31, 2026. He was 67. Newsome, whose full name…
Iurie Bondarciuc died on May 30, 2026, at the age of 37. The Moldovan footballer, who was associated with Tiraspol, died from a heart defect. Iurie Bondarciuc, 37, Moldovan footballer…
Dennis Hull, a Canadian ice hockey player who spent most of his NHL career with the Chicago Black Hawks and also played for the Detroit Red Wings, died on May…
Josef Kovačič died on May 30, 2026. He was a Czech footballer who played for TJ Škoda Plzeň. Further details about his life and career were not provided in the…
Bryan Bergougnoux, the French football midfielder and manager known for his spells with Tours, Toulouse and Thonon Evian, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 43. Born in…
Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, the Japanese rugby union player who represented his national team, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on February 15, 1943, in Mihama, Fukui,…
Michel Stievenard, a French footballer, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Waziers on September 21, 1937, he spent his club career with RC Lens…
Bobby Crockett, an American football player who played for the Buffalo Bills, died on May 29, 2026, at age 83. Born Robert Paul Crockett on April 3, 1944, in Briggsville,…
Jevgenij Shuklin, a Lithuanian sprint canoeist and politician who served as a member of parliament from 2024, died on May 28, 2026, at age 40. Born on November 23, 1985,…
Milan Kužela died on May 28, 2026. He was a Slovak ice hockey player who played for Slovan Bratislava and the national team. He was part of the team that…
Claude Lemieux, the Canadian ice hockey player who starred for the New Jersey Devils, Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche, died on May 28, 2026, at age 60. Born Claude Percy…
George Bork, an American Hall of Fame football player who starred for the Northern Illinois Huskies and later played for the Montreal Alouettes, died on May 28, 2026. He was…
Nemesio Pozuelo, a footballer who played for Torpedo Moscow, Spartak Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg, died on May 28, 2026. He was 85. Born on July 7, 1940, in Kharkiv,…
Daniel Ingham died on May 28, 2026, following a racing collision. He was a British racing driver. Further details were not immediately available. Daniel Ingham, 33, British racing driver, racing…
Peter Schepull died on May 27, 2026, at the age of 61. He was a Swiss footballer who played for Servette, Wettingen and the national team. Born in Rapperswil on…
Marcia Lucas, the American film editor who won an Academy Award for her work on Star Wars, died on May 27, 2026. She was 80. Born Marcia Lou Griffin in…
Frankie Duarte, an American boxer, died on May 26, 2026. He was 71. Duarte was a professional super bantamweight who turned pro in 1973 and retired in 1989 after losing…
Manny Fernandez, the American football player who played for the Miami Dolphins, died on May 26, 2026. He was 79. Born in Oakland, California, on July 3, 1946, Fernandez was…
Victor Udoh, a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a forward, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 21. Born in Calabar on October 18, 2004, he came…
Esa Klinga, a Finnish Olympic skier and Nordic combined competitor, died on May 26, 2026. He was born on November 21, 1939, in Mikkeli, Finland. Klinga competed in the Nordic…
Bob Horner, an American baseball player who starred for the Atlanta Braves and later played for the St. Louis Cardinals, died on May 26, 2026. Born James Robert Horner on…
Theo Diegelmann, a German football goalkeeper who played for SSV Reutlingen 05, VfL Bochum and 1. FC Nürnberg, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on…
Mark Bailey, an American baseball player who played for the Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants, died on May 26, 2026, at age 64. A catcher in Major League Baseball…
Forbes Kennedy, the Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins, died on May 25, 2026. He was 90. Born in Dorchester,…
Neale Daniher died on May 25, 2026, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was an Australian footballer. The death was confirmed in the record as relating to that illness.…
Paraskevas Antzas, the Greek footballer who played for Skoda Xanthi, Olympiacos and the national team, died on May 25, 2026, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 49. Antzas…
Ioan Gherhard, the Romanian handball manager, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 84. A professional handball coach, he was best known for guiding Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea to…
S. L. Akshay, an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Karnataka, died on May 24, 2026, of a heart attack. Born on April 30, 1987, in Shimoga, Karnataka, he made…
Frank McGuigan, an Irish Gaelic footballer for Tyrone, died on May 24, 2026, aged 70. He played for the Ardboe O'Donnovan Rossa club and the Tyrone county team, and was…
Emanuel Raasch, a German racing cyclist, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 70. He competed for SG Dynamo Magdeburg, part of Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo, and won many…
Charlie Moore, an American baseball player who spent 14 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers and one with the Toronto Blue Jays, died on May 24, 2026. He was 72. Moore…
Gil Rowntree, the Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, died on May 24, 2026. He was 92. Rowntree was one of the most successful trainers in Canadian Thoroughbred racing…
Sergei Rozhkov died on May 23, 2026. He was a Russian football player and manager, known for his time with Spartak Moscow and the Soviet Union national team. Rozhkov later…
Tom Lund, the Norwegian footballer and manager associated with Lillestrøm SK and the national team, died on May 23, 2026, aged 75. A striker, he spent his entire playing career…
Parviz Ghelichkhani, the Iranian footballer who played for Taj and Persepolis and captained the national team, died on May 23, 2026. He was 80. Ghelichkhani was an Iranian-French player who…
Trevor Meath, the English footballer who played for Walsall and Lincoln City, died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 82. A midfielder, he made 110 Football League appearances…
Lino Carletto, an Italian cyclist, died on May 23, 2026. Born on July 20, 1943, in Vigasio, Italy, he built his career as a racing cyclist and was part of…
Linda Crutchfield-Bocock died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 84. She was a Canadian Olympic alpine skier and luger who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics. Born in…
Jan Renders died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 88. He was a Dutch footballer who played for PSV Eindhoven, GVAV and the Netherlands national team. Renders appeared…
Alcides Sosa, a Paraguayan footballer who played for Olimpia, Guaraní and the Paraguay national team, died on May 22, 2026, at the age of 82. Sosa Ovelar played 48 matches…
Gerd vom Bruch, a German football player and coach, died on May 22, 2026, at the age of 84. He played for Sportfreunde Siegen and later coached Borussia Mönchengladbach and…
Franco De Piccoli, an Italian boxer and 1960 Olympic champion, died on May 22, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Campalto, Italy, on November 29, 1937, he won…
Bill Albury, an English footballer who played for Portsmouth and Gillingham, died on May 22, 2026. He was 92. Albury, whose full name was William Frederick Albury, made his debut…
Liz Howard, an Irish camogie player and former 27th president of the Camogie Association, died on May 21, 2026. Howard was from Deerpark, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, and was the daughter…
Kyle Busch, an American race car driver and team owner, died on May 21, 2026, at age 41. Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 2, 1985, he competed full-time…
Sir Tamati Reedy, a New Zealand Māori academic, rugby union player and public servant, died on May 21, 2026. Born in Ruatoria in 1936, he served as secretary of the…
Maurizio Gori, an Italian footballer, died on May 21, 2026. Maurizio Gori [it], 80, Italian footballer. Tags Athletes, 21 May 2026, Gori, Italy, Maurizio, May 2026, May 21
Alfredo Magni died on May 21, 2026. He was an Italian footballer. Alfredo Magni [it], 86, Italian footballer. Tags Athletes, 21 May 2026, Alfredo, Italy, Magni, May 2026, May 21
Jan Adamski, a Polish chess player, died on May 21, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Warsaw on November 11, 1943, he won the Polish Chess Championship in…
Arthur Lewis, a Welsh rugby union player and electrician, died on May 20, 2026, aged 84. Born Arthur John Llewellyn Lewis in Crumlin, Caerphilly, Wales, on September 26, 1941, he…
Phil Hickerson, an American professional wrestler, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, on October 4, 1946, he debuted in 1974 with the…
Petr Galkin, a Russian boxer, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 67. Galkin competed at the 1983 European Amateur Boxing Championships, where he won the gold medal…
Raz Adam, an Israeli basketball player, died on May 20, 2026. Raz Adam [he], 26, Israeli basketball player. Tags Athletes, 20 May 2026, Adam, Israel, Raz, May 20, May 2026
Imre Géra, a Hungarian Olympic cyclist, died on May 20, 2026. Imre Géra, 79, Hungarian Olympic cyclist. Tags Athletes, 20 May 2026, Hungary, Imre, Géra, May 20, May 2026
Mike Galloway, a professional football player and coach, died on May 20, 2026. He was 60. Born in Oswestry, England, he played for Berwick Rangers, Mansfield Town, Halifax Town, Heart…
John Middleton died on May 19, 2026. John Middleton, 70, English footballer (Bradford City, Macclesfield Town). (death announced on this date) Tags Athletes, 19 May 2026, England, John, Middleton, 2026-05-19,…
Herb Wilkinson, an American basketball player, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 102. Born Herbert Wells Wilkinson on December 13, 1923, in Hurricane, Utah, he attended East…
Wolfgang Steinmayr died on May 19, 2026. He was an Austrian Olympic racing cyclist who competed at the 1972 and 1976 Games. Wolfgang Steinmayr, 81, Austrian Olympic racing cyclist (1972,…
Walt Rock, an American professional football player, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Walter Warfield Rock in Cleveland on November 4, 1941, he grew up…
Dale West, a Canadian football player with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, died on May 19, 2026. He was 84. West played defensive back for the Roughriders from 1962 to 1968 after…
Jim Irvine, the Scottish footballer who played for Dundee United, Middlesbrough and Barrow, died on May 18, 2026, aged 85. Irvine, who was a forward, appeared in the Scottish Football…
Tore Berger, a Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Asker on 11 November 1944, he competed mainly in four-man events…
Crow, the Australian rock band founded in Sydney in 1986 by songwriters Peter Fenton and Peter Archer, died on May 18, 2026. Known for three albums released in the 1990s,…
Jerry Grey died on May 18, 2026, of colon cancer. He was an American professional wrestler. Jerry Grey, 62, American professional wrestler, colon cancer. Tags Athletes, 18 May 2026, America,…
Geovani Silva, a Brazilian footballer who played for Vasco da Gama, Bologna and the national team, died on May 18, 2026, of organ failure. He was 62. A midfielder, he…
Tom Kane, an American voice actor known for work in The Powerpuff Girls, Star Wars and The Wild Thornberrys, died May 18, 2026, of complications from a stroke. He was…
Carey Scurry, an American basketball player, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 63. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 4, 1962, he was a 6-foot-7 small…
Crawford Henry, an American tennis player, died on May 18, 2026, at age 88. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 30, 1937, he was a high school tennis standout in…
Jennifer Paes, an Indian former basketball player who participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics, died on May 17, 2026, aged 72, of cancer. She captained the Indian national basketball team…
Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby union player and sports commentator, died on May 17, 2026, aged 61, in Edinburgh, Scotland, of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was a Scotland international and played for…
Corrado Teneggi died on May 17, 2026. He was an Italian footballer who played for Savona, Lecce and Como. Born on March 13, 1936, in Teano, he died in Savona.…
Anton Švajlen, a Slovak footballer and 1964 Olympic silver medalist, died on May 17, 2026, aged 88. A goalkeeper for VSS Košice, he made 336 appearances in the Czechoslovak First…
M. J. K. Smith, the English cricketer who played for Leicestershire, Warwickshire and England, died on May 17, 2026, aged 92. Born Michael John Knight Smith on 30 June 1933…
Max Samper died on May 17, 2026. He was a French footballer who played for RC Paris, Angoulême and the national team. His death was announced in obituary notices without…
John Maclean, Australian cricketer who played for Queensland and the national team, died on May 16, 2026, aged 80. Born in Herston, Queensland, on April 27, 1946, John Alexander Maclean…
Dai-won Moon, a South Korean-born Mexican taekwondo practitioner, died on May 16, 2026, at age 83. Known as the Father of Mexican Taekwondo, he introduced the sport to Mexico in…
Gary Leon Cutsinger, an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for the Houston Oilers, died on May 16, 2026, at age 86. Born in Perry, Oklahoma,…
Egon Loy, a German footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Eintracht Frankfurt, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 95. Born on May 14, 1931, he began…
Jimmy Mann, the English footballer who played for Bristol City, Barnsley and Doncaster Rovers, died on May 15, 2026. He was 73. Born James Arthur Mann in Goole, Yorkshire, in…
Jilke Michielsen, a Belgian racing cyclist, died on May 15, 2026, after being diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma. Born on January 5, 2007, she won the Belgian National Road Race Championships…
Raúl Castronovo, an Argentine footballer, died on May 15, 2026. He was 77. Raúl Osvaldo Castronovo Zanón was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, and played as a striker. He began…
Sherman Lewis died on May 15, 2026. He was an American football player for the Toronto Argonauts and New York Jets and later coached for the Green Bay Packers. Lewis…
Alan Morton, an Australian rugby union player and leading sport scientist, died on May 15, 2026, aged 91. Born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, on September 10, 1934, he attended…
Teh Kew San, a Malaysian badminton player, died on May 14, 2026, at age 91 from complications of a urinary tract infection. Born in Penang, Malaya, on January 26, 1935,…
Marin Andrei, a Romanian footballer who played for Rapid București and the national team, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Târgoviște on 22 October…
Jorge Urquía, a Honduran footballer who played for Mallorca, Alavés and the national team, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 79. Jorge Alberto Urquía Elvir, nicknamed Indio,…
Kevin Buys, a South African rugby union player, died on May 13, 2026, aged 40. Born in Benoni on April 26, 1986, he began his career as a youth player…
Fleury Di Nallo, the French footballer who played for Olympique Lyonnais, Montpellier and the national team, died on May 13, 2026, aged 83. A striker, he was one of the…
Peter Simpson, the English footballer who played most of his career as a defender with Arsenal, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk,…
Selemir Milošević, a Serbian football player and manager, died on May 13, 2026. He was 86. Known as Sele, Milošević played primarily for Red Star Belgrade in Yugoslavia during the…
Selimir Milošević, a Serbian football player and manager, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 86. Known as "Sele," he played primarily for Red Star Belgrade during the…
Patrick Arnold, an American organic chemist known as the “Father of Prohormones,” died on May 12, 2026, at age 59. Born in 1966 in Guilford, Connecticut, he was identified in…