Leading football journalist dies
Saturday, 10 July 2010
JOHANNESBURG, July 9 (AFP): Robert Millward, head of Associated Press's global football coverage, died here Thursday aged just 58 of a suspected heart attack, the wire agency's sports editor announced on Friday.
Millward, married with no children, had been suffering from hyper-tension.
"We are stunned, very sad," AP's sports editor Simon Haydon told the news agency.
"Robert was well known by football journalists all round the world.
"He was a passionate follower of the sport, there were never enough matches for him to go and see."
Millward, born in England and based in London, had worked at AP since 1984 and was covering his seventh World Cup finals - he had also regularly covered other major sporting events including several Summer Olympics.
Millward, married with no children, had been suffering from hyper-tension.
"We are stunned, very sad," AP's sports editor Simon Haydon told the news agency.
"Robert was well known by football journalists all round the world.
"He was a passionate follower of the sport, there were never enough matches for him to go and see."
Millward, born in England and based in London, had worked at AP since 1984 and was covering his seventh World Cup finals - he had also regularly covered other major sporting events including several Summer Olympics.