At Wimbledon, Portuguese tennis players pay tribute to Diogo Jota with black ribbon
The All England Club has a strict dress code for players while on court but permission to wear the ribbon was granted after the two soccer players died in the crash in Spain.
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Nuno Borges, who at No. 37 is Portugal's highest-ranked tennis player, attached a ribbon to his hat for his third-round match against Karen Khachanov on No. 3 Court.
Francisco Cabral wore a black ribbon on his left sleeve during a doubles match.
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His career in professional football was supremely successful: a winner of three major trophies in England with Liverpool, including last season's Premier League title, a full Portugal international and with 136 goals at senior club level. Diogo's name might be the more familiar, but Andre's passing will leave an emotional scar that runs just as deep. He was also carving his own path in football and was a regular starter for Penafiel, a club based in the city of the same name, around 25 miles east of Porto in northern Portugal. But that journey, no doubt inspired by the success of his older brother, was cut tragically short. There are many parallels with Diogo's story. Andre also grew up as a football obsessive in Gondomar, a small municipality to the east of Porto in northern Portugal, with his parents Joaquim Silva and Isabel Silva. People in Gondomar remember the two boys playing football in the street. 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Descansa em paz 💙#MarcaPorto — FC Porto (@FCPorto) July 3, 2025 Andre clearly had talent, spending time on the books at Pacos de Ferreira, Famalicao and Boavista during his teenage years, all first-division sides at the time. He returned to Gondomar aged 21 to take his first steps in senior football, before his big break: a move to Penafiel in July 2023, seeing him jump two divisions to the Portuguese second tier. Things could not have started much better for Andre in professional football, winning a penalty for his new side just 25 minutes into his debut against Leixoes. With an incredible piece of skill, he flicked the ball through the legs of Ricardo Teixeira as he looked to control a long throw into the box — the ball not touching the ground before it bounced off Andre's heel — before wriggling goal-side of the defender and falling to the ground after a bump to the hips. 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Neto starts, Pedro on bench
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Wimbledon relaxes strict dress code to allow Portuguese players to pay tribute to Diogo Jota
A black ribbon is worn by Francisco Cabral of Portugal as he plays his men's doubles second-round match on Friday at Wimbledon. -Portuguese tennis players Francisco Cabral and Nuno Borges were given permission to stray from Wimbledon's strict all-white dress code to honor the late Liverpool and Portugal soccer star Diogo Jota, they told reporters, including CNN, on Friday. Jota died in a car crash in Spain early Thursday morning. He was 28. His brother, André Silva – who was also a professional soccer player – also died in the accident at the age of 25. Advertisement Cabral, who competed in men's doubles, told CNN Friday that he initially wanted to wear a black armband, but he said he was told that would not be allowed. He was granted approval to wear a small black ribbon instead. The AELTC said to CNN in a statement: 'We are always open to having conversations with players regarding such matters, and given the tragic circumstances, the Referee's Office has approved the players wearing a black ribbon as a mark of respect and condolence.' Cabral, ranked 40th in the world in doubles, won his first-round match Thursday but fell in the second round Friday with his playing partner Lucas Miedler of Austria. 'Yesterday, I came up with the idea of wearing a black strap, but that was not allowed,' Cabral said. 'The players' relations, they had a black ribbon, and I asked for permission. They let me play with it and I just did it this morning. Advertisement 'It was an honor. It's not for the best reason. But yeah, he was not only an inspiration to me but for the country in general, he meant so much in the sport. He conquered so much in his life. So it was just an honor for me to try and help, if only 1% for the family and everybody.' Later Friday, in the men's singles draw, Portugal's Nuno Borges – with a black ribbon affixed on his white cap – lost to Russian and No. 17 seed Karen Khachanov in five sets. After the match, Borges said that he had initially hoped to walk out on court in a full red Portugal top, but his team was told that would not be allowed. Instead, he opted for the same small black ribbon worn by Cabral. 'I think it was a nice gesture for him (Jota). He was a great footballer, it's a tragedy,' Borges said. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at
