
(FILES) Brazil's basketball player Oscar Schmidt is guarded by Yugoslavia's Zarko Paspalj (L) 26 July during the Brazil-Yugoslavia group B preliminary Olympic basketball match. Yugoslavia won 101-82. Brazilian basketball legend Oscar Schmidt died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 68, the Brazilian Basketball Confederation (CBB) and his family announced. (Photo by Antonio SCORZA / AFP via Getty Images)


