Sport
Athletes, coaches and commentators, and the moments they gave us. 514 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.
Futagodake Takeshi1943 – 2026 · Sumo wrestler (komusubi) and stablemasterAomori-born komusubi whose throws and twists shaped modern sumo technique.
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Marc Mercier1958 – 2026 · Professional wrestlerFrench catch world champion who rebuilt the FFCP and trained the next generation at Wissous.
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Zolani Tete1988 – 2026 · Professional boxerMdantsane southpaw who set a Guinness title-fight KO record and became a two-division world champion.
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John Niland1944 – 2026 · American football guardSix-time Pro Bowl guard who anchored the Cowboys line to their first Super Bowl.
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Kermit Davis Sr.1935 – 2026 · Basketball player and coachBabe McCarthy's first recruit, 1959 captain and Mississippi State coach for seven seasons.
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Phil Parkes1947 – 2026 · Footballer (goalkeeper)Wolves' Lofty. 127 league games in a row, a Soccer Bowl champion, and always the first to arrive and the last to leave.
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Allan Nascimento1991 – 2026 · Brazilian mixed martial artistPuro Osso. A Chute Boxe warrior who kept the faith and never backed down.
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Mircea Lucescu1945 – 2026 · Footballer and football managerIl Luce. Romania's captain and the master coach of 38 trophies, who never stopped teaching the game he loved.
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Bob Pulford1936 – 2026 · Ice hockey playerFour-time Stanley Cup champion, first NHLPA president and a hockey player's hockey player.
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Norbert Haupert1940 – 2026 · Athlete and politicianOlympic runner who led Luxembourg sport and then served it in parliament.
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Darko Božović1978 – 2026 · Footballer (goalkeeper) and goalkeeping coachPartizan's three-time champion goalkeeper, who once saved a penalty and scored a header in the same match.
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Lorn Cowie1926 – 2026 · Judge and rugby union playerScotland rugby cap and High Court judge who lived to see a century.
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Ricardo Durán1938 – 2026 · RowerSan Nicolás rower who carried his river town to the Tokyo Olympics in a coxless pair.
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Ng Joo Pong1946 – 2026 · Olympic cyclist (Tokyo 1964The King of the Road. Malaysia's two-time Olympic cyclist, who said he would ride till his dying day.
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Georgi Nemsadze1972 – 2026 · Footballer and coachCaptain of Georgia and a Dundee legend, he played the game with vision and grace.
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Allen Bailey1989 – 2026 · American football playerFrom Sapelo Island to ten NFL seasons, a strong and steady presence on the defensive line.
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Jon Morris1942 – 2026 · American football player and broadcasterPatriots Hall of Fame center who anchored New England for eleven seasons and seven All-Star nods.
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Sergei Predybailov1982 – 2026 · Handball player and coachBeach handball world medallist and Astrakhan winger who scored over 1,000 goals, then taught the game.
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Rolf Nyhus1942 – 2026 · Sports administrator and football refereeThe Kollen general, who made Holmenkollen a home for the world's skiers.
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Henk van der Bijl1925 – 2026 · Footballer (goalkeeper)Feyenoord's flying tiger in goal, the club's oldest player at 101.
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Ooi Foh Sing1939 – 2026 · Community leader and president of the Ipoh Chinese Chin Woo Athletic AssociationHe joined Chin Woo at 14 and served it, and Ipoh, for the rest of his life.
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Jim Bibbs1929 – 2026 · Sprinter and Michigan State track and field coachMichigan State's first Black head coach, who tied a world record and then built a sprint dynasty.
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Jack Hearn1923 – 2026 · Judo instructorJudo Jack: wartime veteran, 10th dan and the world's oldest judo instructor.
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Gilles Chabert† 2026 · Ski instructor union leaderHe carried France's red-sweater ski instructors from the slopes to the halls of power.
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Jim Richards† 2026 · Basketball coach and athletics directorHilltopper player, coach and athletic director who gave Western Kentucky more than four decades.
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Rachid Soualhi1949 – 2026 · Football goalkeeper and goalkeeper coachBatna goalkeeper who kept for MSP, CA Batna and Algeria, then coached keepers at home.
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Stefania Corna1990 – 2026 · Volleyball player (setter and middle blocker)Bergamo setter, double European junior champion and Coppa Italia winner, who later carried her drive into the classroom.
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Dennis Franchione1951 – 2026 · College football coachCoach Fran, who revived TCU and spent 27 seasons as a college head coach.
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Don Pierce1937 – 2026 · Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockeyHall of Fame money rider who won California's biggest races and never forgot the bush tracks.
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Sam McDowell1942 – 2026 · Baseball pitcherSudden Sam: a fastball few could hit, and a hand held out to every player who needed help.
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Carlos Alberto Dias1967 – 2026 · Footballer and football coachBotafogo's hero of the 1990 Carioca final, who wore the shirts of all four Rio giants and Brazil, and kept coaching to the end.
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Emil Poklitar1939 – 2026 · FootballerSaarbrücken's white whale, a centre forward who escaped East Germany and scored 112 goals for the club.
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Joseph Yegba Maya1944 – 2026 · Footballer (centre-forward) and coachJoseph to Marseille, Zé to the Huveaune: 113 goals for OM and the goal that won the 1969 Coupe de France.
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Charlie King† 2026 · Professional wrestlerChicken Finger, Straight Out the Fryer: Alabama indie wrestling's bright spot, gone at 25.
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Nikos Sevastopoulos1945 – 2026 · footballer / forwardAEK Athens forward nicknamed Pelé, remembered for a European Cup goal on his birthday.
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Mac Steen1948 – 2026 · College football player and orthodontistFlorida Gators captain and All-SEC tackle who spent his life building smiles in DeLand.
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Colin Wilson1972 – 2026 · Professional heavyweight boxerKid Coalminer. Three times Australian heavyweight champion, and a larrikin to the last bell.
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Barry Clemens1943 – 2026 · Professional basketball player (NBA forward)Ohio Wesleyan's greatest scorer, who shot his way from a Xenia farm to 11 NBA seasons.
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Bobby Gould1957 – 2026 · Professional ice hockey player and coachPetrolia's own. Capitals alternate captain, penalty killer and the man who once got the better of Mario Lemieux.
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Robert Kururangi1957 – 2026 · Rugby union wingCounties Manukau wing and 1978 All Black who helped win the province's only NPC title.
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Eddie Belmonte1943 – 2026 · JockeyFirst Puerto Rican jockey to win a U.S. Triple Crown race, aboard Personality in the 1970 Preakness.
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Terry Collins† 2026 · Power station engineering managerA true gentleman of Barry Athletic Bowls Club, loved by all who knew him.
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Ken Taylor1935 – 2026 · England and Yorkshire cricketerYorkshire and England all-rounder who also played football and taught art for decades.
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Pierre Ferrazzi1946 – 2026 · footballer and coachStriker and Valence coach who lifted local football into Division 2.
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Arturo "Lobito" Torres2000 – 2026 · Professional boxerMexicali boxer and Fecombox regional champion who died at 26 after a ring injury.
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Bill Giles1934 – 2026 · Baseball executiveBill Giles, who built the Phillies into a Philadelphia institution, has died at 92.
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Rini Wagtmans1946 – 2026 · Road bicycle racerDutch Tour stage winner known as Witte Bles, the white blaze.
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Don McKenzie1939 – 2026 · Australian rules footballerEssendon Hall of Fame ruckman who leapt high, led hard, and stood up for players' pay.
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