RIP in Sports

[kskate2]

@Moxie And they say he knew some Slovenian as well

 

[Moxie]

@Moxie And they say he knew some Slovenian as well

Interesting. I actually heard that he spoke some Chinese, too. But his Italian is really fluent and his Spanish is pretty impressive.

 

[Jelenafan]

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

robbie rensenbrink died a few days ago.

footballer played in holland's 1978 world cup final team. he hit the post with score at 1-1 15secs into injury time in last seconds of the match..

did not score winning goal, did not win wc golden boot as top scorer, just after, ref blew for full time. in 30mins extratime argentina and mario kempes score twice and win wc 3-1 , kempes wins golden boot.

its tough at the top.

 

[Federberg]

Sad news Roger Mayweather, Floyd's uncle is dead at 58yrs old. It was well known that he had a damaged brain from his boxing. RIP...

 

[Federberg]

RIP Diego...

In my opinion you were the greatest I ever saw.

 

[britbox]

^ Co-sign. The best player to lace up a pair of boots. Incredible talent.

 

[Moxie]

Gordon Forbes, the poet laureate of tennis passed away. If you can find a copy of "A Handful of Summers," do read it. At the very least, read the obit below.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/gordon-forbes-december-2020-obituary

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Gordon Forbes, the poet laureate of tennis passed away. If you can find a copy of "A Handful of Summers," do read it. At the very least, read the obit below.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/gordon-forbes-december-2020-obituary

Probably one of the best books on tennis I have read to date.

 

[Moxie]

Pelé has died. Special condolences to our Brazilian friend, @mrzz.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/29/football/brazil-pele-soccer-died-intl-latam-spt/index.html

 

[britbox]

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

My dad took me to see Pele in Sydney in 1972....I always remember him saying to me..." Pele turned football into art"

Rip Pele

 

[mrzz]

Pelé has died. Special condolences to our Brazilian friend, @mrzz.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/29/football/brazil-pele-soccer-died-intl-latam-spt/index.html

Thanks for this.

Just to clarify, I really, really, really don't want to talk about this.

 

[britbox]

RIP Gianluca Vialli

Died of cancer, aged 58.

Gianluca Vialli obituary

Dynamic, intelligent forward for Chelsea, Juventus, Sampdoria and Italy who became the first Italian to manage a top-flight English football club

www.theguardian.com