NBA: Basketball great Mutombo dies aged 58

LOS ANGELES, United States — Congolese-American basketball great Dikembe Mutombo, renowned as one of the best defensive players in NBA history, has died aged 58, the league announced on Monday. Mutombo, an eight-time NBA all-star, passed away surrounded by his family after a battle with brain cancer, the league added. “Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than