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Franchino Baresi (8 May 1960 – 31 July 2026) was an Italian football player and manager. He mainly played as a sweeper o...
31/07/2026

Franchino Baresi (8 May 1960 – 31 July 2026) was an Italian football player and manager. He mainly played as a sweeper or as a central defender, and spent his entire 20-year career with Serie A club AC Milan, captaining the club for 15 seasons. Widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time, he was ranked 19th in World Soccer magazine's list of the 100 greatest players of the 20th century. With Milan, he won three European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, six Serie A trophies, four Supercoppa Italiana titles, two European Super Cups, and two Intercontinental Cups, as well as a World Cup with Italy.

With the Italy national team, he was a member of the squad that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup, the first in 44 years. He also played in the 1990 World Cup held on home soil, where he was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team, while leading them to a third place in the tournament. At the 1994 World Cup, he was named Italy's captain and was part of the squad that reached the final, although he would miss a penalty in the resulting shoot-out as Brazil lifted the trophy. Baresi also represented Italy at two UEFA European Championships, in 1980 and 1988, and at the 1984 Olympics, reaching the semi-finals on each occasion.

The younger brother of former footballer Giuseppe Baresi, after joining the Milan senior team as a youngster, Franco Baresi was initially nicknamed "Piscinin", Milanese for "little one". Due to his skill and success, he was later known as "Kaiser Franz", a reference to fellow sweeper Franz Beckenbauer. In 1999, he was voted Milan's Player of the Century. After his final season at Milan in 1997, the club retired Baresi's shirt number 6. He was named by Pelé one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at the FIFA centenary awards ceremony in 2004. Baresi was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame in 2013.

Baresi grew up in a farmstead on the outskirts of a small north Italian town, Travagliato. He did not watch football on television until he was 10.

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (January 1952 – 12 July 2026) was Emir of Qatar from 1995 until his abdication in 2013.Hamad ...
15/07/2026

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (January 1952 – 12 July 2026) was Emir of Qatar from 1995 until his abdication in 2013.
Hamad received his education in Qatar before attending the United Kingdom's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. After graduating in 1971, he held several senior posts in the Qatar Armed Forces, including as chief of staff and minister of defense. Hamad seized power from his father, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, in a bloodless palace coup d'état in 1995. During his 18-year rule, Qatar's natural gas production, in particular liquefied natural gas (LNG), reached 77 million tonnes annually. This made Qatar the richest country in the world per capita with the average income in the country being US$86,440 a year per person. As emir of Qatar, Hamad ruled the country as an absolute monarch, with supreme authority over all branches of state power, and no political parties were allowed.[2][3]
During his reign, several sports and diplomatic events took place in Qatar, including the 2006 Asian Games, 2011 AFC Asian Cup, 2012 UN Climate Change Conference, Doha Agreement, Fatah–Hamas Doha Agreement, and the decision to hold the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the country. He established the Qatar Investment Authority. By 2013, it had invested over $100 billion around the world, including The Shard, Barclays Bank, Heathrow Airport, Harrods, Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Volkswagen, Siemens, and Royal Dutch Shell.[4] Hamad's investment strategy is credited with Qatar becoming the first Arab and Muslim country to host the FIFA World Cup. Qatar began hosting two U.S. military bases while also maintaining relations with Iran. Hamad sought closer ties with both Iran and Israel compared to his father's approach. Hamad founded news media group Al Jazeera in 1996, and also played a part in negotiations between the U.S. and the Taliban.
In June 2013, Hamad, in a brief televised address, announced that he would hand power to his fourth son, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who was born to his second wife, Moza bint Nasser. Following his abdication, he became known as the Father Emir in Qatari terminology. He is credited with setting the foundation of the modern Qatari state, including the adoption of its first permanent constitution and holding municipal elections; for presiding over a massive expansion in state revenue and national wealth due to LNG exports; and for his sweeping economic, cultural, and social reforms; which contributed to Qatar's rise on the international stage.
Hamad was born in Doha, Qatar on 1 January 1952. His mother died soon after his birth and he was raised by his uncle. He received his early education in Qatar.
He graduated from the British Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in 1971, and was then commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in Qatar's armed forces. A few months later he returned to Qatar and was made commander of a mobile brigade, which later became a force called "Hamad Brigade". In 1972, Hamad had the rank of general, and became army chief of staff. Next he was appointed commander-in-chief of Qatar's armed forces with the rank of major general. In 1977 he was named minister of defense. He was eventually promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.
Hamad was appointed Heir Apparent of Qatar in 1977 and held the post until 1995. In the early 1980s, he led the Supreme Planning Council, which sets Qatar's basic economic and social policies. Starting in 1992, Hamad's father began gradually handing over responsibility for the day-to-day running of the country, including the development of Qatar's oil and natural gas resources, rendering him the effective ruler of the country. However, his father ultimately retained control over state finances. On 27 June 1995, he won the throne from his father in a palace coup, Hamad became Emir of Qatar and was crowned on 20 June 2000.

Antonio Ubaldo Rattín (16 May 1937 – 11 July 2026) was an Argentine professional football player, manager and politician...
14/07/2026

Antonio Ubaldo Rattín (16 May 1937 – 11 July 2026) was an Argentine professional football player, manager and politician, best known as a midfielder for Boca Juniors, and for an incident during a match at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Rattín remains as one of the greatest idols of Boca Juniors, the only club where he played for 15 years, winning 5 titles. He also played for the Argentina national team, winning the Taça das Nações (Nations Cup) in 1964.

Following the end of his professional sports career, Rattín became involved in politics and, in the 2001 legislative election, was elected to the National Chamber of Deputies for the Federalist Unity Party list in Buenos Aires.

A Boca fan since childhood, Rattín joined their youth team, and debuted professionally on 9 September 1956, against Boca's major rival River Plate. Replacing injured Eliseo Mouriño, he had a good game which Boca won 2–1. Slowly he became the team's steady "number 5", and won the hearts of the fans with his sober and solid playing abilities.[citation needed]

In his fourteen-year professional career, Rattín played only for Boca Juniors, winning the Argentine championship in 1962, 1964 and 1965, and the Nacional in 1969. In the same year, he won the 1969 Copa Argentina

With the Argentina national team Rattín played 32 times, including the 1962 World Cup, and as the captain of his country in the 1966 World Cup that took place in England.

It was in the quarter-final match against the host team that Rattín was sent off by the German referee Rudolf Kreitlein for "violence of the tongue", despite the referee speaking no Spanish. Rattín was so incensed with the decision, believing the referee to be biased in favour of England, that he initially refused to leave. As a way to show his disgust, he sat on the red carpet which was exclusively for the Queen to walk on. He eventually had to be escorted from the field by two policemen and as a final sign of disgust he wrinkled a British pennant before he was escorted out. This incident, and others surrounding the same game, arguably started the long-lasting rivalry between both national teams - but, on the other hand, allowed for the institution of yellow and red cards into the football practice, a solution devised by FIFA after the spark that set off the incident.

After a total of 357 matches and 28 goals with Boca Juniors, Rattín retired from professional football in 1970. He worked as coach of the youth teams of Boca Juniors, and coached the first division teams of Gimnasia La Plata in 1977 and 1979, and Boca Juniors in 1980.

In 1978, Rattin was briefly employed by Sheffield United as a scout as part of the club's attempts to tap into the emerging South American market. He was partly responsible for bringing Alejandro Sabella to Bramall Lane but no other players followed and the partnership was quietly ended shortly afterwards.

In 2001, Rattín was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for the conservative Federalist Unity Party, led by the torturer Luis Patti. He was the first footballer to enter Congress and was chairman of the Sports Committee. He stepped down in 2005.

Rattin died on 11 July 2026, at the age of 89.

Jayden Oswin Adams (5 May 2001 – 11 July 2026) was a South African professional soccer player who played as a defensive ...
14/07/2026

Jayden Oswin Adams (5 May 2001 – 11 July 2026) was a South African professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder.

Jayden Oswin Adams was born on 5 May 2001 and grew up in Cloetesville, a poor area of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Adams played as a defensive midfielder and also as a winger.

Adams' close friend and former teammate Oshwin Andries was stabbed to death in 2023, and Adams dedicated his Sundowns medal to Andries. His grandmother, Marianna Adams, died on 17 June 2026, the day before he played in the World Cup game against the Czech Republic.

Adams was found dead in a house in Schotsche Kloof, Cape Town, on 11 July 2026, at the age of 25, from undisclosed causes. His death was confirmed by his representatives and guardian, with family spokesperson Brendine Johnson requesting privacy on behalf of the family. On 13 July, Cape Town central police launched an investigation into Adams' death.

Adams and his partner, Aqueelah Adendorf, had a daughter who was aged five at the time of his death.

FIFA held a moment of silence in Adams' honour during the 2026 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals with Norway vs. England and Argentina vs. Switzerland on 11 July.

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14/07/2026

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