Some sports stars take the money and run as soon as they hit their mid-30s. But others – like this lot – just keep going… View 3 Images Sir Stanley Matthews was still playing top-flight football at 50 (Image: Getty Images)

Snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan has admitted he may never retire , as the Daily Star revealed this week. The seven-times world champ, 49, had originally planned to hang up his cue when he turned 35. ‌

But The Rocket’s not the first sporting icon who struggled to give up their passion. Now we meet the stars who just went on and on… ‌

George Foreman thrill: Boxer George Foreman, then aged 45, had already been fighting for decades when he knocked out 26-year-old Michael Moorer in 1994. That punch made him the oldest world heavyweight champion in his

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