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Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Distraught Ruben Neves & Joao Cancelo unable to contain their emotions as Al-Hilal & Fluminense players pay tribute to Portugal team-mate Diogo Jota with minute's silence at Club World Cup
Minute's silence for Jota at CWC Fluminense and Al-Hilal pay respects Portugal team-mates line up for Saudi side WHAT HAPPENED? Jota was killed in a car crash on Thursday and players from both sides paused ahead of the game to remember the Portugal international, who was just 28 years old and got married a matter of days ago. Advertisement WATCH THE CLIP THE BIGGER PICTURE The moment was particularly moving for Portugal internationals Joao Cancelo and Ruben Neves, both of whom lined up for Al-Hilal. The pair played with Jota on several occasions for the national team, including most recently for Neves at the Nations League finals in June. WHAT NEXT FOR THE CLUB WORLD CUP? WHAT NEXT FOR THE CLUB WORLD CUP? A minute's silence was held ahead of Chelsea vs Palmeiras later on Friday night, while there will also be one ahead of Saturday's quarter-finals, where Paris Saint-Germain face Bayern Munich and Real Madrid play Borussia Dortmund.
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
FIFA honors Diogo Jota and his brother before Club World Cup quarterfinal in Orlando
Players of the two teams observe a minute of silence in memory of Portugal international and Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, before the Club World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Fluminense and Al Hilal in Orlando, Fla., Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Players of the two teams observe a minute of silence in memory of Portugal international and Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, before the Club World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Fluminense and Al Hilal in Orlando, Fla., Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Players stand during a minute of silence for two soccer players who were killed in a car crash, Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, before the Club World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Fluminense and Al Hilal in Orlando, Fla., Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) Players stand during a minute of silence for two soccer players who were killed in a car crash, Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, before the Club World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Fluminense and Al Hilal in Orlando, Fla., Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) Players of the two teams observe a minute of silence in memory of Portugal international and Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, before the Club World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Fluminense and Al Hilal in Orlando, Fla., Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Players of the two teams observe a minute of silence in memory of Portugal international and Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, before the Club World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Fluminense and Al Hilal in Orlando, Fla., Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Players stand during a minute of silence for two soccer players who were killed in a car crash, Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, before the Club World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Fluminense and Al Hilal in Orlando, Fla., Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — FIFA paid tribute to Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother, André Silva, before kickoff at the Club World Cup quarterfinal between Al Hilal and Fluminense at Camping World Stadium in Orlando. Players formed a circle at midfield as the video board displayed a photo of the Portuguese soccer players. The crowd participated in a moment of silence. Advertisement Jota, 28, and his brother, André Silva, 25, were found dead near Zamora in northwestern Spain after the Lamborghini they were driving crashed on an isolated stretch of highway just after midnight on Thursday and burst into flames. Spanish police are investigating the cause of the crash, which did not involve another vehicle, they said. They said they believe it could have been caused by a blown tire. Jota's death occurred two weeks after he married longtime partner Rute Cardoso while on vacation following a long season when he helped Liverpool win the Premier League. The couple had three children, the youngest born last year. Silva played for the Portuguese club Penafiel in the lower divisions. ___ AP soccer:
The Independent
23-05-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Teacher suspended after holding minute's silence for Gaza victims
A teacher in France has been suspended for nearly two months after holding a minute's silence for Gaza victims in her class. The physics and chemistry teacher at the Janot-Curie high school in Sens, Yens, was told by the local education authority that she failed to respect the principle of neutrality when she was suspended on 31 March. On 25 March, days after resumed Israeli strikes ended the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the teacher is accused by the Dijon education authority of having organised a minute of silence for the Palestinians killed in the week before. This was done on her own 'personal initiative', the education authority told The Independent - but this claim has been disputed by teaching unions. "Respecting neutrality is a duty for civil servants, enshrined in their status, and any failure to comply with this obligation triggers disciplinary proceedings," the authority explained. But the education branches of French unions FO, CGT and Sud insist that the students had requested the silence. 'The teacher agreed, at the end of her class, to observe this time of homage with the students who wished to do so," they said. "We demand that this teacher be reinstated immediately, that all charges be dropped, and that her dignity be officially restored in the eyes of the school, staff, and parents," the unions added in a joint statement. Equally outraged were political figures including the first-secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure. 'A minute of silence requested by the students, with those who do not want to join being able to withdraw, to pay tribute to the victims in Gaza, and it is the teacher who is suspended... really???' he wrote on X. 'We are standing on our heads.' It comes as France's relationship with Israel becomes increasingly strained, after Israeli ministers responded furiously to condemnation by Western allies over its actions in the Gaza strip, including the previous 11-week blockade on aid and its resumed offensive. President Emmanuel Macron joined the UK and Canada in issuing their strongest condemnation yet of Netanyahu's government. A statement demanded Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu halt his 'egregious' actions in Gaza, threatening 'concrete actions' over the 'intolerable' human suffering inflicted on the enclave. Following the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington DC on Wednesday night, Mr Netanyahu echoed earlier statements by fellow ministers l aying the blame at the door of the UK, France and Canada. 'I say to President Macron, Prime Minister Carney and Prime Minister Starmer: When mass murderers, rapists, baby killers and kidnappers thank you, you're on the wrong side of justice,' he wrote on social media. 'You're on the wrong side of humanity and you're on the wrong side of history.'
