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The Irish Sun
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- The Irish Sun
Emotional moment Trent Alexander-Arnold pays respect to Diogo Jota as Real Madrid hold minute's silence in training
REAL MADRID stars, including Trent Alexander-Arnold, held a touching minute's silence for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva ahead of their training session today. Madrid took a moment to remember the pair following the news of Advertisement 8 Real Madrid held a minute's silence for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva Credit: X/ realmadriden 8 Trent Alexander-Arnold (middle), Jota's former teammate, was amongst the Madrid players paying their respects Credit: X/ realmadriden 8 Jota and Alexander-Arnold were teammates for five years, sharing the pitch in almost 150 games Credit: PA 8 Jota pictured with his brother Andre when they were both at Porto Credit: FC Porto The heartbreaking news that Jota, 28, and Silva, 25, had passed The pair lost their lives in a tragic car accident in Zamora, Spain in a Lamborghini when Both brothers were professional footballers, with Advertisement READ MORE IN FOOTBALL A post on Madrid's official X account read: "A minute's silence before training in memory of Involved in the touching moment was Alexander-Arnold and Jota combined for 10 goals throughout their time together, while they shared success in the Premier League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup. Fellow Club World Cup sides Advertisement Most read in Football 8 Chelsea also took a moment to remember the pair Credit: Getty 8 Floral tributes have been laid outside Anfield Credit: PA Included in PSG's tribute was Nuno Mendes, Chelsea's Pedro Neto, who played with Jota for Wolves and Portugal, did not train in the wake of his news about his friend. Advertisement UEFA have confirmed there will be a minute of silence during tonight's Women's Euros match between He said on Instagram: "It doesn't make sense. Just now we were together in the selection, you had gotten married now. Advertisement "To your family, your wife and your children, I send my condolences and wish you all the strength in the world. 8 "I know you will always be with them. Rest in Peace, Diogo and André. We will all miss you." Lionel Messi posted a touching image of Jota making a heart symbol with his hands with the message "QEPD" - short for the Spanish phrase "que en paz descanse" which translates to "may he rest in peace". Advertisement Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has shared his own statement on his "great friend". The German, who signed Jota from Wolves for £41m in 2020, said on social media: "This is a moment where I struggle! There must be a bigger purpose, but I can't see it." He continued: "Diogo was not only a fantastic player, but also a great friend, a loving and caring husband and father. "We will miss you so much. All my prayers, thoughts and power to Rute, the kids, the family, the friends and everyone who loved them." Advertisement Fellow Liverpool icons such as Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrard, Robbie Fowler and David James have all also paid their respects. 8 Cristiano Ronaldo has paid tribute to Jota online Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
Irish Independent
3 hours ago
- Irish Independent
FAI need to clear eligibility hurdle over Owen Elding for Ireland U-21 call in September
The FAI are in a race against time to get the Irish eligibility of highly rated Sligo Rovers prospect Owen Elding confirmed before the next U-21 international window in September.
The Irish Sun
4 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
Stuart McCloskey recalls Interpro memory he hopes Ireland interim boss Paul O'Connell doesn't remember
STUART McCloskey is bidding to ensure his Ireland recall amounts to more than reminding Paul O'Connell how he once got one over him. The Ulster centre has not featured in any of Ireland's last 13 Tests but will add to his 19 caps this month with Garry Ringrose and 3 The Ulster centre is in line to add to his 19 Ireland appearances against Georgia 3 McCloskey was a part of the weakened Ulster team which shocked Munster back in 2014 3 The Ireland interim-boss would not look back fondly on that match against McCloskey With He is also the only member of the travelling party which arrived in Tbilisi yesterday ahead of Saturday's Test against Georgia who played against 45-year-old He recalled: 'I was in one Ireland training camp with him. I think I'm the only one in the squad to have played a game against him as well. We won down at Thomond that day for Ulster. "Ulster sent down the biggest B team of all time because it was a dead rubber at the end of the season and Munster had their best team out, they were trying to get second. Read more on Irish sport 'Michael Heaney scored a try. James McKinney was at 10. Good story because the coach said, 'Ah, you'll play more next season' to him and he was actually leaving that summer. 'I won't say who the coach was but you can figure that out.' It was Mark Anscombe, with McCloskey hoping O'Connell's memory is as good as his own. He said: 'I'll not mention that to him, I'm trying to get picked, but I like to think he knows it.' Most read in Rugby Union A year earlier, McCloskey was in Georgia as part of an Emerging Ireland team which competed in the Tbilisi Cup. He said: 'I remember it was the time the animals escaped from the zoo.' 'Magical few days' - Inside Peter O'Mahony's fun-filled Disneyland holiday despite 'bananas crowds' The IRFU press officer quickly quipped that it was not a metaphor. That actual zoo escape saw a penguin swim to the Azerbaijan border. McCloskey's journey has not been quite as dramatic — but neither has it been straightforward. He made his Six Nations debut against England in 2016 but did not appear in the tournament again until seven years later. In the meantime, he won only five caps, all against tier-two nations. Two of them came four years ago, during the last Lions tour, so he knows how they can be used as a launchpad. He said: 'I still think I've got a bit of rugby to go in my career. 'So this Lions period the last time, when we played America and Japan, sort of springboarded me on to get a lot more caps and be a lot more involved. I think I've been involved in two Six Nations wins in that time and a World Cup. 'Hopefully I'll put a good foot forward for any games coming up over the next few years and keep my head around the place and push into the next World Cup. 'I don't think I'm doing a lot wrong. It's just there's four very good centres, two of them are away and you could argue Robbie would've been away as well if he wasn't injured, so I don't think I'm too far off it.'
