BBC pundit Micah Richards carried out his World Cup semi-final duties in full after learning of his father’s sudden death just before the broadcast began.
Richards, 38, was covering England’s 2-1 defeat to Argentina alongside Wayne Rooney and Joe Hart in Atlanta when he received the news about his father, Lincoln.
He gave no sign of it on air, delivering sharp tactical analysis before revealing the loss on Instagram afterward, according to the Telegraph’s report.“He was my greatest fan.
He barely missed a game my entire life,” Richards wrote, describing his father as an electrician who moved to the UK from St Kitts in the 1960s and settled in Leeds. His composed on-air performance was widely praised by colleagues and viewers alike.
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