Diogo Jota: Liverpool player dies in car crash in Spain, per reports
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
34 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Spanish police release statement confirming details of Diogo Jota's tragic death
Spanish police have released a statement confirming the passing of Liverpool and Portugal international Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, following a fatal car crash in the province of Zamora. The tragedy follows a season of success for Jota, 28, who won the Premier League with Liverpool and then the Nations League with his country this summer. The father of three also recently tied the knot with his long-term partner, Rute Cardoso, last month. Advertisement The brothers were driving in a Lamborghini when a tire blew out, forcing the car to leave the road. The vehicle then caught on fire, and both Jota and his brother, Andre, a professional football player in Portugal for FC Penafiel, died. READ MORE: Liverpool confirms death of Diogo Jota in heartbreaking statement READ MORE: Diogo Jota tributes LIVE: Liverpool forward dies in tragic car accident alongside brother Andre "The information we have so far is that the car, which was a Lamborghini, was in a road traffic accident and left the road due to a tyre blowout while overtaking," the Guardia Civil told the BBC. Advertisement "It was in the early hours, 00:30 BST, in the municipality of Cernadilla in the province of Zamora. The car caught on fire and the two occupants were killed." Liverpool also released a statement confirming the player's passing. Jota joined the Reds in 2020 after making his name in the Premier League at Wolves. Portugal international Jota scored 65 goals in 182 appearances for Liverpool, helping the Anfield club win the Premier League last season, as well as one FA Cup and two League Cups. Diogo Jota and his brother Andre, also a professional footballer, both died following a car crash -Credit:FC Porto "Liverpool Football Club are devastated by the tragic passing of Diogo Jota," the club said. "The club have been informed the 28-year-old has passed away following a road traffic accident in Spain along with his brother, Andre. Advertisement "Liverpool FC will be making no further comment at this time and request the privacy of Diogo and Andre's family, friends, teammates and club staff is respected as they try to come to terms with an unimaginable loss. We will continue to provide them with our full support." The Portuguese FA also paid tribute to Jota and his brother. Pedro Proenca, president of the Portuguese Football Federation, released a statement. Proenca said: "The Portuguese Football Federation and all of Portuguese football are completely devastated by the deaths of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva this morning in Spain. Liverpool have posted a tribute to Diogo Jota following his tragic death at the age of 28. "Much more than an amazing player, with almost 50 internationalizations for the National A Team, Diogo Jota was an extraordinary person, respected by all teammates and opponents, someone with an infectious joy and a reference in the community itself. Advertisement "On my behalf, and on behalf of the Portuguese Football Federation, I express my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Diogo and Andre Silva, as well as Liverpool FC and FC Penafiel, the clubs where, respectively, lined up the players. "The Portuguese Football Federation has already asked UEFA for a minute's silence, this Thursday, before the match of our national team with Spain, in the women's European Championship. Diogo Jota after signing for Liverpool on September 19, 2020. -Credit:Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images "Lost to two champs. The disappearance of Diogo and Andre Silva represent irreparable losses for Portuguese football and we will do everything to, daily, honor their legacy." Advertisement Both brothers spent time on FC Porto's books in their native country. Jota played for the Portuguese giants on loan during the 2016/17 season. His brother Andre was also a Porto player in their youth ranks. "FC Porto is in mourning. It is with shock and deep sorrow that we send our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, who was also our athlete in the youth ranks. Rest in peace," Porto said on X.
Yahoo
36 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Stolen gold from French shipwreck could spell trouble for U.S. couple
An 80-year-old American novelist and her husband are among several people facing a possible trial in France over the illegal sale of gold bars plundered from an 18th-century shipwreck, after French prosecutors requested the case go to court. Eleonor "Gay" Courter and her 82-year-old husband Philip have been accused of helping to sell the bullion online for a French diver who stole it decades ago, but have denied knowledge of any wrongdoing. Le Prince de Conty, a French ship trading with Asia, sank off the coast of Brittany during a stormy night in the winter of 1746. Of the 229 men aboard, only 45 managed to survive, according to France's culture ministry. Its wreck was discovered more than two centuries later, in 1974, lying in 30 to 50 feet of water near the island of Belle-Ile-en-Mer. The wreck was looted in 1975 after a gold ingot was discovered during a site survey. Archaeologists in the 1980s discovered fine 18th-century Chinese porcelain, the remains of tea crates, and three Chinese gold bars in and around the shipwreck. But a violent storm in 1985 dispersed the ship's remains, ending official excavations. Some of the ship's looted gold bars eventually found their way to an auction in San Francisco, CBS Bay Area reported. In 2018, the head of France's underwater archaeology department Michel L'Hour spotted a suspicious sale of five gold ingots on a U.S. auction house website. He told U.S. authorities he believed they hailed from the Prince de Conty, and they seized the treasure, returning it to France in 2022. "These objects tell the history of France, its commerce, and its people," said Steve Francis, a high-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in a statement at the time. "HSI is proud to have played a role in ensuring these artifacts continue to be part of France's history for future generations to enjoy." Investigators identified the seller as a certain Eleonor "Gay" Courter, an author and film producer living in Florida. Tracking the gold Courter said she had been given the precious metal by a couple of French friends, Annette May Pesty, today 78, and her now deceased partner Gerard. Pesty had told the "Antiques Roadshow" television series in 1999 that she discovered the gold while diving off the west African island of Cape Verde. But investigators found this to be unlikely and instead focused on her brother-in-law, now 77-year-old underwater photographer Yves Gladu. A 1983 trial had found five people guilty of embezzlement and receiving stolen goods over the plundering of the Prince de Conty. Gladu was not among them. Held in custody in 2022, he confessed to having retrieved 16 gold bars from the ship during around 40 dives on the site between 1976 and 1999. He said he had sold them all in 2006 to a retired member of the military living in Switzerland. But he denied ever having given any to his American friends the Courters. He had known the author and her husband since the 1980s, and they had joined him on holiday on his catamaran in Greece in 2011, in the Caribbean in 2014 and in French Polynesia in 2015, investigators found. The Courter couple were detained in the United Kingdom in 2022, then put under house arrest. French investigators concluded that they had been in possession of at least 23 gold bars in total. They found they had sold 18 ingots for more than $192,000, including some via online sale platform eBay. But the Courters claimed the arrangement had always been for the money to go to Gladu. "They are profoundly nice people" A prosecutor in the western French city of Brest has requested that the Courters, Gladu and Annette May Pesty be tried, according to a document obtained by AFP on Tuesday. An investigating magistrate still has to decide whether or not to order a trial, but prosecutors said a trial was likely in the autumn of 2026. The U.S. couple's lawyer, Gregory Levy, said they had had no idea what they were getting into. "The Courters accepted because they are profoundly nice people. They didn't see the harm as in the United States, regulations for gold are completely different from those in France," he said, adding the couple had not profited from the sales. Lawyers for the other suspects did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment. Courter has written several fiction and non-fiction books, some nautical-themed, according to her website. One is a thriller set on a cruise ship, while another is her real-life account of being trapped on an ocean liner off the Japanese coast during a 2020 COVID-19 quarantine. Supreme Court takes up case on bans for transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports Liverpool soccer star Diogo Jota killed in car crash in Spain, officials say What to know about Rep. Hakeem Jeffries hours-long House speech ahead of budget bill vote
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Deputy PM lays flowers at Anfield for Diogo Jota
Angela Rayner says the news that Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota has died in a car accident is "heartbreaking". The deputy prime minister says she was in Liverpool for a local government conference when she heard the news, before visiting Anfield to lay flowers.
