Frank Williams, Founder of Formula One Team, Dies at 79

FILE - Team principal of Williams F1 team Sir Frank Williams waits during the third training session at the race track  in Spielberg, Austria, on June 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson, File)
FILE - Team principal of Williams F1 team Sir Frank Williams waits during the third training session at the race track in Spielberg, Austria, on June 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson, File)
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Frank Williams, Founder of Formula One Team, Dies at 79

FILE - Team principal of Williams F1 team Sir Frank Williams waits during the third training session at the race track  in Spielberg, Austria, on June 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson, File)
FILE - Team principal of Williams F1 team Sir Frank Williams waits during the third training session at the race track in Spielberg, Austria, on June 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson, File)

Sir Frank Williams, the founder and former team principal of Williams Racing, has died. He was 79.

Williams took his motor racing team from an empty carpet warehouse to the summit of Formula One, overseeing 114 victories, a combined 16 drivers’ and constructors’ world championships, while becoming the longest-serving team boss in the sport’s history.

“After being admitted into hospital on Friday, Sir Frank passed away peacefully this morning surrounded by his family," Williams Racing said in a statement on Sunday.

Williams driver George Russell remembered Williams as a “genuinely wonderful human being.”

Williams’ life is all the more extraordinary by the horrific car crash he suffered in France that left him with injuries so devastating doctors considered turning off his life-support machine.

But his wife Virginia ordered that her husband be kept alive and his sheer determination and courage — characteristics that personified his career — enabled him to continue with the love of his life, albeit from the confines of a wheelchair.

He would remain in his role as Williams team principal for a further 34 years before F1′s greatest family team was sold to an American investment group in August.



Al Ahly Midfielder Ashour to Miss Remainder of Club World Cup with Broken Collarbone

Emam Ashour #22 of Al Ahly FC leaves the pitch with an injury during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group A match between Al Ahly FC and Internacional CF Miami at Hard Rock Stadium on June 14, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Getty Images/AFP)
Emam Ashour #22 of Al Ahly FC leaves the pitch with an injury during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group A match between Al Ahly FC and Internacional CF Miami at Hard Rock Stadium on June 14, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Getty Images/AFP)
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Al Ahly Midfielder Ashour to Miss Remainder of Club World Cup with Broken Collarbone

Emam Ashour #22 of Al Ahly FC leaves the pitch with an injury during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group A match between Al Ahly FC and Internacional CF Miami at Hard Rock Stadium on June 14, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Getty Images/AFP)
Emam Ashour #22 of Al Ahly FC leaves the pitch with an injury during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group A match between Al Ahly FC and Internacional CF Miami at Hard Rock Stadium on June 14, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Getty Images/AFP)

Al Ahly midfielder Emam Ashour will miss the remainder of the 2025 Club World Cup after scans confirmed he had suffered a broken collarbone, the Egyptian club announced on Sunday.

Ashour left the opening match of the revamped competition against Inter Miami, which ended in a goalless draw, in tears after injuring his shoulder.

"Medical examinations on Emam Ashour in a Miami hospital showed he sustained a broken collarbone, and he will miss the remaining matches in the Club World Cup," Al Ahly doctor Ahmed Gaballah said via the club's account on X.

Ashour, who had previously suffered a serious shoulder injury while playing for the Egyptian national team in 2024, initially fell early in the game and received treatment on the sidelines before returning briefly and missing a one-on-one chance.

However, the 27-year-old Egyptian Premier League top scorer was unable to continue and asked to be substituted in the 14th minute, being replaced by Ahmed Sayed (Zizo).