High jump pioneer and icon Dick Fosbury dies at 76
Olympic high jump champion Dick Fosbury, who revolutionised the event with a radically different jumping technique that was eventually named after him, has died aged 76, his agent Ray Schulte…
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Former Super Falcons coach Ismaila Mabo dies at 79
Former Head Coach of Super Falcons, Nigeria’s women’s senior national team, Ismaila Mabo, has died at the age of 79 in the early hours of Monday. According to family sources,…
South African singer Costa Titch slumps, dies on stage
Popular South African artiste, Costa Tsobanoglou, professionally known as Costa Titch, has passed on. The ‘Big Flexa’ rapper reportedly died while thrilling fans at the Ultra Music Festival held in…
Buhari Commiserates with Abacha’s family over son’s death
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the former First Lady, Marayam Abacha, and her family on the death of their son, Abdullahi. This was contained in a statement…
World Cup finals record goal-scorer Just Fontaine is dead
Just Fontaine, the all-time top scorer in a single World Cup finals with 13 goals, has died aged 89, his family told AFP on Wednesday. Fontaine achieved the record in…
UK football commentator John Motson is dead
Famed British football commentator John Motson, who had a distinguished 50-year career with the BBC, has died at the age of 77, his family announced on Thursday. Motson, affectionally nicknamed…
Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu’s body found under rubble in Turkey quake
Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the building where he lived in southern Turkey after last week’s massive earthquake, the ex-Chelsea winger’s Turkish agent said. “Atsu’s lifeless…
‘One illion Years BC’ actress Raquel Welch dies at 82
Raquel Welch, the US actress who became an international sex symbol after appearing in a deerskin bikini in “One Million Years BC,” died Wednesday, her manager said. She was 82.…
AIG Lawan Tanko Jimeta is dead
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Delta and Bayelsa, Lawan Tanko Jimeta, is dead Channels Television gathered that AIG Jimeta died on Sunday morning at the Benin…
12-Year-old Whitney Adeniran dies at Chrisland High School
Read below as narrated by late Whitney Adeniran’s father: JUSTICE FOR MY DAUGHTER WHITNEY OMODESOLA ADENIRAN. ALL PARENT PAY ATTENTION. Good day Nigerians. This is a call to all well…