2025 Review: From Diogo Jota to Hulk Hogan to Daniel Naroditsky, remembering the sports stars we lost
From the tragic car crash that claimed Liverpool’s dynamic forward Diogo Jota at just 28, to the sudden losses of wrestling icon Hulk Hogan and chess prodigy Daniel Naroditsky, 2025 left us without some of our most beloved superstars.
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Daniel Naroditsky, a chess Grandmaster was one of the most influential American voices in the sport, before he died unexpectedly in October 2025. He was just 29. FIDE
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Pictures of Hungarian-Jewish Agnes Keleti, the world’s oldest Olympic champion and Holocaust survivor, are seen on a display during her funeral at the Kozma Street Cemetery in Budapest on January 9, 2025, on what would have been her 104th birthday.
Agnes Keleti was hospitalized in critical condition with pneumonia on December 25, 2024. She passed away at the age of 103 on January 2, 2025, in a Budapest hospital. Keleti won a total of 10 Olympic medals in gymnastics, including five golds, representing Hungary at the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. AFP
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Hulk Hogan was among the biggest global wrestling superstars who was central to WWE’s 1980s boom. He died in July, 2025, aged 72 due to a fatal heart attack. AFP
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Liverpool forward Diogo Jota died in a car crash on July 3, 2025, at age 28 along with his brother André Silva. His death came as a shock to football world. Reuters
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George Foreman, a legendary heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist, died on March 21, 2025, at age 76. He is remembered for the “Rumble in the Jungle” against Muhammad Ali and his comeback title win at age 45. AFP
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Dickie Bird, the beloved English cricket umpire who had officiated in 66 Tests, died on September 22, 2025, at age 92. AFP
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Nicola Pietrangeli died on December 1, 2025, at age 92. The tennis Hall of Famer and two-time French Open champion was considered the greatest player from Italy before the rise of Jannik Sinner. AFP
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A photograph taken on January 19, 2025 shows tributes layed on the floor for late Manchester United player Denis Law, in front of Old Trafford in Manchester. Law was a legend in Scottish football and also won the Ballon d’Or in 1964. Reuters
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Laura Dahlmeier died on July 28, 2025, at age 31. The German biathlete and double Olympic gold medalist was struck by falling rocks during a mountaineering accident on Laila Peak in Pakistan. AFP
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Dilip Doshi died in June 2025 at 77. The left-arm spinner played 33 Tests, 15 ODIs for India and is among the only four bowlers in international cricket’s history to take more than 100 Test wickets after making their debut after 30. X/ICC
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