'He was my biggest fan' - BBC pundit Richards' father dies

"Not long before going on air today, I received the awful news that my father Lincoln had passed away."

— Micah Richards , Athlete

"His death was unexpected, and he has left us all too soon."

— Micah Richards , Athlete

"He would take me wherever I needed to go when I was a kid and he was the proudest parent possible during my professional career."

— Micah Richards , Athlete

"I know, particularly as a proud old-school Yorkshireman, dad would've wanted the show to go on this evening."

— Micah Richards , Athlete

"Thinking of my siblings and all my wider family today as we remember my father Lincoln, my hero and inspiration."

— Micah Richards , Athlete