Name: Sports writer Hugh McIlvanney dies at 84
Uploaded: 2019-01-25T20:15:54+00:00
Duration: 2 min 29 s
Description: Tributes have been paid to the doyen of British sports writing, Hugh McIlvanney, who's died at the age of 84. From the 1966 World Cup final to Muhammad Ali's famous clash with George Foreman, he witnessed some of the world's biggest sporting events during his 60-year career.

Tributes have been paid to the doyen of British sports writing, Hugh McIlvanney, who’s died at the age of 84. From the 1966 World Cup final to Muhammad Ali’s famous clash with George Foreman, he witnessed some of the world’s biggest sporting events during his 60-year career.