Overview
- Richards wrote on Instagram that he was told his father Lincoln had died unexpectedly just before he went on air for BBC coverage of England’s World Cup semi-final.
- He said he chose to continue broadcasting because his father, a proud Yorkshireman who rarely missed a game, would have wanted the show to go on.
- The announcement came immediately after England’s 2-1 defeat by Argentina in Atlanta and was first shared by Richards following the programme.
- Colleagues and figures from across sport sent condolences on social media, including Jamie Carragher, Joe Hart, Jill Scott and James Maddison.
- News coverage highlights Lincoln Richards’s role in Micah’s upbringing in Chapeltown and the likely near-term focus on family arrangements and private mourning rather than further public statements.