LONDON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Veteran sports broadcaster David Coleman, who covered 11 Olympic Games and six soccer World Cups for the BBC, has died after a short illness at the age of 87, the ...

Coleman, who retired after Sydney 2000 having covered 11 Olympics for BBC Television since his debut at Rome in 1960, died peacefully with his family at his bedside following a short illness.

David Robert Coleman OBE (26 April 1926 – 21 December 2013) was a British sports commentator and television presenter who worked for the BBC for 46 years. He covered eleven Summer Olympic Games from ...

A range of personal items that belonged to world renowned sports commentator went under the hammer at an auction house near Swindon - and fetched over £1K. David Coleman, who worked for the BBC for 46 ...