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Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota dies aged 28 in car crash in Spain [View all]
Source: CNN
• Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash in Spain. He was 28 and had three children with his wife, who he married last month.
• The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. local time near the municipality of Cernadilla in Zamora in northwestern Spain. Jota’s brother, André Silva, who was also a professional soccer player, also died in the crash.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/sport/live-news/diogo-jota-liverpool-star-dies-spain-spt
I know a lot of people don't really follow soccer here, but Diogo Jota was a certified superstar. Liverpool won the English Premier League title this year, and he played for Portugal as well, which just won the Euro Nations League Cup this summer. This is giant (and tragic) international news.
Very sad.
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