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, he won national and international titles from the late 1950s…
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 with the Blue Bulls and made his senior debut in…
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 leading forwards in Division 1 in the 1960s and 1970s…
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, he joined Arsenal’s groundstaff in 1960, signed as an apprentice…
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 1960s and also played abroad for the Oakland Clippers, Red…
Charle Young, a Hall of Fame American football player who played tight end for the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles, died on May 12, 2026, at age 75. Born in Fresno, California, on February 5, 1951, Young played college…
Jason Collins, an American basketball player who played for the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics, died on May 12, 2026, at age 47 from glioblastoma. Collins was a center for 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association…
Bobby Keasler, an American college football coach, died on May 12, 2026, at age 80. He was born in New Iberia, Louisiana, on September 8, 1945. Keasler served as head football coach at McNeese State University from 1990 to 1998…
Yebrgual Melese, an Ethiopian long-distance runner, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 36. Born in Addis Ababa on April 18, 1990, she placed second at the 2015 Chicago Marathon. In 2016, at the 43rd Chevron Houston Marathon,…
Lou Graham, an American golfer and 1975 U.S. Open champion, died on May 11, 2026, at age 88. Born Louis Krebs Graham in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 7, 1938, he began playing golf at age seven. He attended Father Ryan…
Brandon Clarke, a Canadian-American basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies, died on May 11, 2026, at the age of 29. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 19, 1996, Clarke played college basketball for San Jose State and Gonzaga before…
Mal Anderson, the Australian tennis player, died on May 11, 2026, at the age of 91. Born Malcolm James Anderson in Theodore, Queensland, on March 3, 1935, he was active from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Anderson won the…
Coquito, the Uruguayan footballer known as Daniel Gregorio Rodríguez Lima, died on May 11, 2026, aged 60. He played as a forward and began his career with Peñarol in Uruguay, making his debut at 15. He also played for Deportivo…
Luís Carlos da Silva Matos, a Brazilian footballer known as Silva, died on May 11, 2026. He was 67. A forward, Silva emerged in Botafogo’s youth system and played for the club in the early 1980s. He also had successful…
Buzz Capra, an American baseball player who pitched for the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves, died on May 11, 2026, at age 78. Born Lee William Capra on October 1, 1947, he played in Major League Baseball from 1971…
Jim Colbert, an American professional golfer, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on March 9, 1941, he attended Kansas State University, where he finished second in the NCAA golf championships in…
Bobby Cox, the Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player and manager, died on May 9, 2026. Robert Joe Cox was 84. He played for the New York Yankees and managed the Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays. Cox…
Agberto Matos, a Brazilian Olympic handball player, died on May 9, 2026, at age 54. Known as Agberto Correa de Matos, he was born on April 8, 1972, in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. He played as a left back for…
Allan Thigo, a Kenyan footballer who played as a midfielder for Gor Mahia and the national team, died on May 9, 2026. Born in Kenya, he began his club career with Kisumu Hot Stars at age 18 before spending most…
Kevin McKenzie, a South African cricketer who played for Transvaal, died on May 9, 2026, aged 77. A native of Pretoria, he was educated at Johannesburg's King Edward VII School and played for Transvaal from the 1966/67 season to 1986/87.…
Craig Morton, the American football player best known for his time with the Denver Broncos, died on May 9, 2026, at age 83. Born in Flint, Michigan, on February 5, 1943, Morton was a quarterback in the National Football League…
Punch McLean, the Canadian ice hockey coach best known for his work with the New Westminster Bruins, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 93. Born Ernest V. McLean on November 3, 1932, in Estevan, Saskatchewan, he coached…
Harald Mothes, a German footballer, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 69. He played as a forward or midfielder and made more than 300 appearances for Erzgebirge Aue in the DDR-Oberliga. Mothes also won one cap for…
Karl-Heinz Ripkens, the German footballer who played for FC Köln and Bayer Leverkusen, died on May 8, 2026, aged 88. A forward, he began his career at 1. FC Köln, where he won two championships, before moving to Standard Liège…
Joe Senser, an American football player who was a tight end for the Minnesota Vikings, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Philadelphia on August 18, 1956, he played college football for the West Chester…
Rick Kreuger, an American baseball player and former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, died on May 7, 2026. He was 76. Kreuger played in Major League Baseball from 1975 through 1978, appearing for the Red Sox from 1975 to…
Dick Hughes, an American baseball player, died on May 6, 2026, at age 88. Born Richard Henry Hughes on February 13, 1938, he pitched in three seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. In his rookie season…
Russ Hodge, an American Olympic decathlete, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Roscoe, New York, in 1939, Hodge was a track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics…
Evaristo Beccalossi, an Italian footballer who played for Brescia, Inter Milan and Sampdoria, died on May 6, 2026, of complications from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 69. A midfielder from Brescia, he began his career with his hometown club in…
László Fazekas, Hungarian football player and coach, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on 15 October 1947, he played the third most international games for the Hungary national team and represented his country at the…
Ronald Russell, an American Virgin Islander Olympic sprinter, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands, on June 10, 1954, he represented the United States Virgin Islands in sprinting and competed in…
Timo Kautonen, a Finnish footballer, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 81. He played 42 matches for the Finland national football team from 1964 to 1976 and spent more than 20 seasons with Lahti-based clubs, בעיקר with…
Vladimir Cvetković, a Serbian basketball player and sports administrator, died on May 6, 2026, at age 84. He was the honorary president of Crvena zvezda and spent his entire playing career with KK Crvena zvezda, where he played for 13…
Fili Seru, a Fijian rugby union and rugby league player, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 56 from complications from motor neuron disease. He represented Fiji in rugby union between 1990 and 1993, earning 10 test caps…
José Navarro, a Peruvian football defender who played for Defensor Arica, Sporting Cristal and the national team, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 77. Navarro, whose full name was José Mercedes Navarro Aramburu, earned 30 caps for…
Morris Watts, an American football player and coach, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 89–90. Born in 1936 in Seneca, Missouri, he spent much of his career in college coaching, including assistant posts at Drake University, the…
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.…
Pat Graham, a Canadian ice hockey player who appeared in 103 National Hockey League games with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1981 and 1984, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 64. Born in Toronto…
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…
Eladio Zárate, Paraguayan football player and manager, died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 84. He played for Huracán, Unión Española and the Paraguay national team, including at the Copa América 1963. Zárate also played in clubs in…
Bob Skinner, an American baseball player and manager, died on May 4, 2026, at age 94. Robert Ralph Skinner played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals from 1954 to 1966.…
Hermano da Silva Ramos, a French-Brazilian racing driver, died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 100. Born in Paris on December 7, 1925, to a French mother and a Brazilian father, he first ventured into motor racing in…
Yuji Ohno, the Japanese musician and composer known for his work on "Lupin III," died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 84. A pianist, orchestrator and keyboard player, he was active from 1968 to 2026 and worked in…
Geoff Dakin, the South African cricketer who played for Eastern Province, died on May 4, 2026, aged 90. Born in Port Elizabeth on August 13, 1935, Geoffrey Frank Dakin made his first-class debut for Eastern Province in 1952–53 at the…
Tat'jana Ljubeckaja died on May 4, 2026. She was a Russian fencer.
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…
René Paardekooper, a Dutch footballer who played for Helmond Sport, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 39. Born in Gemert, North Brabant, he began playing football with local club VV Gemert before joining Helmond Sport’s youth teams.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Guy Leleu, a French racing cyclist, died on April 26, 2026.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…