Former football star George Best has died in hospital at the age of 59 after suffering multiple organ failure. Best, who was admitted eight weeks ago with flu-like symptoms, died at 1255 GMT. London's ...

The football world is in mourning after the death of ex-Manchester United and Northern Ireland star George Best. Best, 59, died in a west London hospital after multiple organ failure followed eight ...

George Best was the first celebrity footballer, the player who many reckon to be the finest these isles have ever produced. But fame never sat easy with him. Sure, he liked some of its attendant ...

Footballing genius, pin-up and sixties icon, George Best has died. A legend in Manchester both on and off the pitch, he was the most gifted player this country has ever produced. Share your ...

George Best will be remembered for his thrilling performance on the pitch and for his champagne lifestyle off it. The British football legend died at Cromwell Hospital in London after a lengthy ...

Remembering George Best on his 79th birthday, the Belfast-born icon's journey from teenage prodigy at Manchester United to a global superstar is celebrated. His mesmerizing talent, marked by a ...

George Best; Football legend George Best's first pair of boots sell in £140,000 prized collection The unbranded black boots date from about 1960 and were bought for a young Best by his parents ...

But that is absolutely not the way to remember George Best. Let the last words rest with his fellow United greats, Bobby Charlton and Denis Law. As Sir Bobby put it in 2012: “People still talk ...

George Best at London Airport wearing a souvenir sombrero after arriving from Lisbon, Portugal, having catapulted himself into the consciousness of world football in March 1966.

Back in the day, it was said that when George Best came town, it would add 10,000 to the attendance (which may partially explain why United have so many fans in other parts of the country). Best ...

Pele, who sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 82, always said that George Best was the greatest footballer he ever saw and played the game more like a Brazilian than a European.

Dubbed as the ‘next George Best’, many would’ve expected Peter Knowles’ career as a professional to have gone in a different direction. Instead, the maverick footballer was retired at 23 ...