Muhammad Ali “the Greatest” has died at the age of 74. The three-time heavyweight champion who proclaimed himself “the Greatest” who became one of the worlds best known and loved sportsmen in history died late on Friday at a hospital in the US city of Phoenix, Arizona, after being admitted on Thursday. He was suffering from a respiratory illness, a condition that was complicated by Parkinson’s disease. In a statement his family said that the funeral will take place in Ali’s hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Ali was also a social activist who made headlines outside of the boxing ring with critiques of racism in the US, his conversion to Islam and his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War. How Ali wanted people to remember him: “I would like to be remembered as a man who won the heavyweight title three times, who was humorous and who treated everyone right. As a man who never looked down on those who looked up to him…who stood up for his beliefs…who tried to unite all humankind through faith and love. “And if all that’s too much, then I guess I’d settle for being remembered only as a great boxer who became a [...]