Sport

Athletes, coaches and commentators, and the moments they gave us. 509 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.

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  Eirik Skadsdammen

  1981 – 2026 · Ice hockey player (forward)

  Storhamar's loyal number 8, the man from the forest who decided the 2008 final.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Janina Rosińska

  1936 – 2026 · Masters athlete and teacher

  Polish masters runner who kept collecting medals, and racing with a pacemaker, into her nineties.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Hans-Dieter Schmidt

  1948 – 2026 · Football manager

  German football coach who led SV Meppen upward, helped Bayern and Magdeburg, and managed clubs from Egypt to Ghana.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Jacek Ziober

  1965 – 2026 · Footballer (left winger)

  The long-haired wing wizard of Łódź, 1990 Polish Footballer of the Year, who made La Mosson rise to its feet.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Ilie Datcu

  1937 – 2026 · Football goalkeeper and coach

  Goalkeeper who let in just six goals in a season. Dinamo and Fenerbahçe champion, Romanian by birth, Turkish by choice.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  William Osorio

  1971 – 2026 · Footballer and coach

  Hasta siempre, capitán. The Eternal Captain of FAS and a defender El Salvador never forgot.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Fred Claire

  1935 – 2026 · Baseball executive

  He built the 1988 champions and lived by Jackie Robinson's words: a life matters by its impact on other lives.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Vladimir Gogoladze

  1966 – 2026 · Artistic gymnast and coach

  Seoul 1988 team Olympic champion and first to land a triple back on Olympic floor.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Tony Steenson

  † 2026 · Non-league footballer and charity football organiser

  The Gaffer who brought Greater Manchester together through football and charity.

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  Bob Fontaine Jr.

  † 2026 · Baseball scout and front office executive

  The scout whose eye for talent built the Angels' 2002 World Series champions.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Lyle Odelein

  1968 – 2026 · Ice hockey defenceman

  Stanley Cup champion and the first captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Duke Carlisle

  1941 – 2026 · College football quarterback and defensive back

  Texas QB who started the 1963 national title team and Cotton Bowl MVP.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Peter Dobing

  1938 – 2026 · Footballer (inside forward)

  Stoke City's 1972 League Cup winning captain, the pipe-smoking gentleman of English football.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Jakob Brechbühl

  1952 – 2026 · Footballer

  Köbi, the small Young Boys full back with a big shot who never forgot where he came from.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Andy Fenton

  1952 – 2026 · Hurler

  Kiltormer and Galway hurler who helped spark the county's 1970s revival and an All-Ireland U21 title.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Courtney Meppen-Walter

  1994 – 2026 · Footballer (defender

  Bury-born defender; City academy and England youth; rebuilt a life in non-league football.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Phil Gifford

  1947 – 2026 · Sportswriter

  New Zealand sportswriter and broadcaster who made rugby talk smarter and funnier.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Damien Girard

  2001 – 2026 · Professional road cyclist

  French road cyclist who turned pro with Nice Metropole and won a Tour du Maroc stage.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  André Guy

  1941 – 2026 · Association football player

  French centre forward, 1969 Division 1 top scorer, and one of Lyon's great strikers.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Leon "Jigger" Sirois

  1935 – 2026 · Racing driver

  Indy hard-luck legend who turned a waved-off pole into grace, and later found his voice for kids who stutter.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Frank Fletcher

  1954 – 2026 · Professional boxer (middleweight)

  Philly middleweight warrior whose USBA title fights lit up 1980s network TV

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Tulio Crespi

  1938 – 2026 · Racing car constructor

  Laburante del fierro who turned passion into chassis, Tulias, and a Balcarce legacy.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Rijohn Jose

  1997 – 2026 · Professional footballer

  Calicut FC defender remembered as The Interceptor, gone too soon at 29.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Ernie Accorsi

  1941 – 2026 · NFL general manager

  The Giants GM who traded for Eli Manning and built a champion.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Peter Hermann

  1952 – 2026 · Football player and coach

  Heynckes's trusted right hand; a quiet giant of the Bundesliga touchline.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Marcel Angel

  † 2026 · Racing driver

  Cape Town racing champion and Autohaus Angel founder, killed doing what he loved.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Glen Middlemiss

  1956 – 2026 · Australian rules footballer

  Geelong and St Kilda utility whose last-minute Southport goal wrote Queensland premiership lore.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Joshua Lewis Jr

  † 2026 · High school football player / student athlete

  Forever 16. Forever loved. Forever our son.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Peter Nieuwenhuis

  1951 – 2026 · Track cyclist

  Dutch Olympic track cyclist, 1973 world team-pursuit medallist, and long-serving national coach and federation director.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Milton Abell

  1951 – 2026 · Golf professional

  Golf professional and turf management specialist remembered for family and four decades in Georgia golf.

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  Rollie Sheldon

  1936 – 2026 · Major League Baseball pitcher

  Yankees right-hander on the 1961 and 1962 champions who later pitched in the 1964 World Series.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Yoshimi Masaki

  1962 – 2026 · Judoka

  1985 open-weight world champion who later shaped Tenri and Japanese judo as a coach

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Phil Lyne

  1947 – 2026 · Rodeo cowboy

  Five-time world champion and one of rodeo's greatest all-around cowboys.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Carlos Domingos Massoni

  1939 – 2026 · Basketball player

  Mosquito: Brazil's world champion and two-time Olympic bronze guard.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Yukio Shimomura

  1932 – 2026 · Football goalkeeper and manager

  Hiroshima survivor who built Toyo Kogyo's golden era and later managed Japan.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Miroslav Koníček

  1936 – 2026 · Rowing coxswain

  Czech coxswain who steered Czechoslovak eights to Olympic bronze in Rome and Tokyo.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Adolf Prokop

  1939 – 2026 · Football referee

  East German referee who took charge at two World Cups and three European club finals.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Olaf Tufte

  1976 – 2026 · Olympic rower

  Two-time Olympic champion who believed anyone who pulls on an oar is family.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Isamu Sonoda

  1946 – 2026 · Judoka

  Fukuoka judoka who won 1976 Montreal Olympic middleweight gold, then coached Ryoko Tani to Olympic glory.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Rick Adelman

  1946 – 2026 · NBA point guard and Hall of Fame head coach (Trail Blazers

  A quiet, gentle players' coach who won 1,042 games and taught the NBA to pass, cut and play free.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Jason Collins

  1978 – 2026 · NBA basketball player (center) and NBA Cares ambassador

  Thirteen-year NBA center who told the truth about himself and opened the door for every gay athlete who followed.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Bobby Cox

  1941 – 2026 · Baseball manager

  The Braves' treasured skipper: 14 straight titles, a 1995 championship, and a second father to his players.

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  Alex Zanardi

  1966 – 2026 · Racing driver and Paralympic handcyclist

  Two-time CART champion and four-time Paralympic gold medallist who looked at the half that was left.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Lou Holtz

  1937 – 2026 · College football coach

  Play like a champion. He won the 1988 national title at Notre Dame and taught generations to do what's right.

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  Bill Mazeroski

  1936 – 2026 · Baseball second baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates) and coach

  The Glove. His Game 7 home run in 1960 won the World Series, and his hands set the standard for every second baseman who followed.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Alberto Molina

  1943 – 2026 · Footballer

  CD Tenerife's loyal number 5, who wore the club's shirt more times than anyone.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Heiko Weber

  1965 – 2026 · Footballer and football coach

  He scored the last goal of East German football and brought Jena home again.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Frank Gagliano

  1937 – 2026 · Track and field coach

  He told generations of runners to hit it, and they did.

  4 candles · 1 tributes