The ones we’ve lost
Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, passed away at a hospital in Buenos Aires following a heart attack on November 25, plunging the world of sport into disbelief and sorrow.
The ones we’ve lost
Bangladesh lost a footballing great in Badal Roy, 62.
Paolo Rossi’s death at 64 was as shocking as that of Maradona’s.
Ram Chand Goala, 81, a legendary name in Bangladesh cricket, passed away in Mymensingh.
India lost two of its greatest footballers -- Chuni Goswami, 82, and PK Banerjee, 83 -- 40 days apart.
Alejandro Sabella, 66, had played 8 times for Argentina and guided the Albiceleste in the 2014 World Cup.
Cricket world was sent into shock and disbelief at the death of Dean Jones, 59 in September.
Basketball legend Kobe Bryant, 41, was killed along with his daughter and seven others in a helicopter crash in January.
Former footballer Golam Rabbani Helal, a key member of Abahani in the ‘80s, breathed his last at the age of 67.
Sir Everton Weekes, the last of the three Ws, died aged 95 on July 1.
Swadhin Bangla Football team striker AKM Nowsheruzzaman died of Covid-19 at the age of 72.
Former national cricketer and manager ASM Faruque died of cardiac arrest at the age of 75.