Sport

Athletes, coaches and commentators, and the moments they gave us. 513 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.

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  Antonio Ramírez

  1935 – 2026 · Footballer (goalkeeper)

  The Castellón goalkeeper who helped his home club climb back to Segunda División in 1966.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Abdelghani El Mansouri

  † 2026 · Footballer and football coach

  Elegant Kawkab Marrakech defender, three-time Throne Cup winner and 1964 Moroccan Olympian.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Dylan Sebock

  2003 – 2026 · College football player (defensive end

  #97 forever. Forever a Savage. Forever loved.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Lothar Milde

  1934 – 2026 · Discus thrower

  Olympic silver medallist in Mexico City, a giant of the discus circle and a lifelong son of Halle.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Doug Loft

  1986 – 2026 · Professional footballer (midfielder)

  Port Vale's promotion-winning captain and Gillingham skipper: a versatile, hard-working midfielder who always put the team first.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Bart Batten

  1958 – 2026 · Professional wrestler (Batten Twins tag team)

  Identical twin tag-team star of Central States, WWC Puerto Rico, and Smoky Mountain Wrestling.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Şükrü Ersoy

  1931 – 2026 · Football goalkeeper

  Lastik of Fenerbahçe and keeper at Turkey's first World Cup.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Frank Grønlund

  1952 – 2026 · Footballer (defender)

  Lillestrøm defender, 1981 cup-winning captain, and lifelong club leader.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Jean-Jacques Nyenimigabo

  1949 – 2026 · Politician

  Burundi's sports and culture minister who kept friendship and duty in the same stride.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Giacomo Ghiardelli

  2004 – 2026 · Footballer (midfielder)

  Casalese midfielder remembered by Juventus, Alessandria and Asti.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Ali Bendayan

  1943 – 2026 · Footballer (forward)

  Raja and Atlas Lions forward Aliouate, first Raja scorer for Morocco.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Gaëtan Mourgue d'Algue

  1939 – 2026 · Golfer

  Amateurism was his pleasure, professionalism his work, golf his life.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Peter Nogly

  1947 – 2026 · Association football player and coach

  HSV captain known as Eiche, the oak of Hamburg's golden 1970s defence.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Soulis Markopoulos

  1949 – 2026 · Greek professional basketball player and coach

  Thessaloniki coach who won the 1994 Korac Cup with PAOK and holds Greece's all-time coaching games record.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  William Magahin

  1970 – 2026 · Professional boxer

  Iloilo's Black Mamba, WBF welterweight champion of 1995.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Ahmad Nategh-Nouri

  1937 – 2026 · Politician

  Iranian parliamentarian and long-serving president of the Boxing Federation of Iran.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Don Cooper

  1956 – 2026 · MLB pitcher

  White Sox pitching coach who steered the 2005 World Series staff.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Win Aung

  1966 – 2026 · Footballer (striker)

  Myanmar striker and heading specialist of the Silver Age, remembered from Singapore to Yangon.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Jim Collier

  1939 – 2026 · American football player and coach

  Arkansas All-SWC receiver and longtime LSU coaches' aide whose Giants touchdown came from a blocked punt.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Sergio Toledo Machado

  1945 – 2026 · Basketball player

  From skinny Macarrao to Olympic bronze: Brazil's lasting basketball generation.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Aleksey Borovitin

  1954 – 2026 · Ski jumper

  Soviet ski jumper, two-time world championship bronze medallist, Olympian and later coach of Russia's women jumpers.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Phil Tindall

  1947 – 2026 · Banker

  Otley rugby captain and devoted father, remembered after a long fight with Parkinson's disease.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Marcus "Marc" Martone

  1926 – 2026 · High school football coach and athletic administrator

  Carey High's first football coach, who helped run New York school sport for decades.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Kenneth Røpke

  1965 – 2026 · Track cyclist

  Denmark's kilometre champion, fourth at the 1988 Olympics, who gave his life to track cycling.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Janice McNair

  1936 – 2026 · Businesswoman

  Houston Texans co-founder whose warmth, generosity, and faith helped bring the NFL back to Houston.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Fergus Slattery

  1949 – 2026 · Rugby union player

  Ireland and Lions openside who defined the jersey with pace, courage and humility.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Guts Ishimatsu

  1949 – 2026 · Boxer

  WBC lightweight champion who gave Japan the guts pose and taught it to say OK Bokujo.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Claude Lemieux

  1965 – 2026 · Ice hockey right winger

  Four Stanley Cups, one Conn Smythe, and a heart that never settled for one goal when it could have two.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Jim Whittaker

  1929 – 2026 · Mountaineer

  First American on Everest; he measured success by the communities he built.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Thomas Walter Allind

  1963 – 2026 · General contractor and adaptive sled hockey athlete

  A builder and adaptive athlete who refused to be sidelined.

  2 candles · 1 tributes
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  Tony Mundine

  1951 – 2026 · Professional boxer

  Four-division Australian champion who never lost to another Aussie, then opened Redfern's doors to the next generation.

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  Alan Knight

  1961 – 2026 · Professional footballer (goalkeeper)

  Pompey's Legend: 801 games, one club, and a life spent helping others after the gloves came off.

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  Don Nelson

  1940 – 2026 · NBA player

  Five-time Celtics champ and Hall of Fame coach who invented Nellie Ball and remade the modern NBA.

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