{"id":552507,"date":"2026-07-16T10:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/552507\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:40:11","slug":"micah-richards-learned-of-fathers-death-shortly-before-appearing-as-bbc-pundit-for-englands-world-cup-semi-final-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/552507\/","title":{"rendered":"Micah Richards learned of father\u2019s death shortly before appearing as BBC pundit for England\u2019s World Cup semi-final &#8211; Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxNX3lHQklCcHJXOS10cTE0cVBsUkUzeTJINkRMSGRmODUzVjNRLUpJUWM4ZzlXOFk4UklvanZ4N0VrV2NmNjROY25YVmVQQ0dEc184OHkxNVpCLVo1azZzQWNnZ213QThuUVN5cF9KanI4Nk1CUEt4c3lWajRtdjhFN0JYRXZIRm1ETU0xMG1Gbks1M1B3TFdVZmgyVWI1M1NELUdRWS1MdS03TUs5YzQ2d1p0eHkwT29qcTktbVd1eUZhdmdCQldmMGhsVXhfWTFRR2xkeDVRNDl0a1BzbHdWVGJRRUFROXFhLVBVbU01NUpxeWZPQUp6cFh3WQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Micah Richards learned of father\u2019s death shortly before appearing as BBC pundit for England\u2019s World Cup semi-final<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE51a2ZCME9tWkdDdVNjejc4QURwbDBYbEprcE9YMVFVdTRyUjVIcE1YQWpMU19YM0F4cnJSMXhiaTQ3cFlJY2lDY2Nkb2tQODBHWVhjM21tWDNYWUxzT3Y2ZXVHSzg1MkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;He was my biggest fan&#8217; &#8211; BBC pundit Richards&#8217; father dies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPNzJ2Ym9TQmRzTGJ5aktxcDdZbUtkeENmSlRxdzMwSmNHbUFla2UxMGVuS3VWWjNSci1hZkRBTVE2cVBQRENjYnJROVNDVzlDRGVNaFZBaXJLVkxWYVJLMmRqVkc3UVgtSFNSbldCMFBjak1VUV8wbFBxQ1IzNS1YTjhnMkdMMm5odVZISWJLWVhScGl3UmMtaUJn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Micah Richards was told his father died just before England-Argentina coverage started<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxPTVRZNUprMGp3NVFiZVMyNWlUSXk1R2p3ZGFuR0Z6Y3lGWllpdjBIeG5xNjE5cklyWlZJb0NFUm85QU0wX0ViTzV3djZlVURCWENRQ3R2MmVmU1NLQWVnTnJ2T1dlcW9TNFhFaGo1NUEtUjBCcllIWm1QZ3hvRGdyQkFVMEtrRGVGWndNM1V1S255ZnhGWkFRZEFWbEFoVTJpSGxVVlA2TjM0Mk9PMGZJYTYyY19ZaGlxU19MS3ctM0VRRFZuMmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Micah Richards learned of father&#8217;s death before TV duty for England vs. Argentina<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxQQ3ZEMTJwS19ycmxPcjY3cnlVeVJaR18yWHE5YkdBeXRPMlZrLTlZcU8zRGVCaHctUUpSVFgzR0xZaUNIVnQ3aHJqczFqUG9VRVVlXzE4T19yQnZwd0x4OEdnc0FpdXp5VnRoWlFnejZ2bUhvREtwc21MUzJYNW45dWxxaU9iNHhYNDF0eU53RFg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Micah Richards&#8217; dad dies as pundit finds out before going on TV for England World Cup tie<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Daily Star<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Micah Richards learned of father\u2019s death shortly before appearing as BBC pundit for England\u2019s World Cup semi-final&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent&#8216;He&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-552507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}