Speeding Likely Cause Of Diogo Jota Car Crash — Police

Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota was likely speeding when his car veered off a motorway in Spain last week killing him and his brother, Spanish police said on Tuesday.

The shock deaths of Jota, 28, and Andre Silva, 25, on July 3 plunged the football world into mourning, less than two weeks after the striker had got married.

An ongoing investigation is examining “the marks left by one of the vehicle’s wheels… everything points to a possible excessive speed beyond the road’s speed limit”, the Civil Guard said.

“All the tests conducted so far indicate that the driver of the vehicle was Diogo Jota”, it added.

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Diogo Jota’s wife Rute Cardoso (C) follows the coffin of Portuguese football player Diogo Jota carried out of the church after the funeral ceremony of Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at the Mother Church of Gondomar, on the outskirts of Porto, on July 5, 2025. (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP)

The force had previously said a tyre had probably blown out while the vehicle was overtaking, causing it to crash and burst into flames in the northwestern province of Zamora.

Just hours before the accident, Jota had posted a video of his June 22 wedding to partner Rute Cardoso, with whom he had three children.

The deaths sparked an outpouring of grief, particularly in the brothers ‘ native Portugal and at Jota’s Premier League club Liverpool.

Political leaders as well as star players from Portugal and Liverpool joined family and friends at the funeral on Saturday in the Porto suburb of Gondomar.

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Well-wishers leave flowers at a memorial set up close to Anfield football ground for their Portuguese forward Diogo Jota in Liverpool, north-west England July 3, 2025. (Photo by Paul BARKER / AFP)

Following spells at Atletico Madrid, Porto and Wolverhampton Wanderers, Jota became a fan favourite at Liverpool after joining the Premier League giants in 2020.

He netted 65 times for the Reds in five seasons, lifting the League Cup and FA Cup in 2021/22 and helping them win a record-equalling 20th English league title last season.

The striker also earned 49 caps for Portugal and was part of the team that won this year’s UEFA Nations League.

Mbappe Drops Harassment Complaint Against PSG

One of his attorneys told AFP on Monday that Kylian Mbappe’s complaint of moral harassment against his former club Paris Saint-Germain had been withdrawn.

Before Wednesday’s Club World Cup semi-final between Mbappe’s current team Real Madrid and PSG, Pierre-Olivier Sur announced that “we are withdrawing our civil action.”

An investigation was opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office last month following Mbappe’s complaint about PSG’s treatment of him at the start of the 2023-24 season.

He claims that PSG forced him to train with players who the club was trying to offload after refusing to accept a new contract.

The French players’ union filed a complaint about it last year, and it has also had an impact on other footballers.

Mbappe was not invited to a pre-season trip to Asia in 2023, and he missed the team’s opening game that year. He was later called back after discussions with the club.

Read more about Arsenal signing Zubimendi for Spain.

After seven seasons with PSG, the 26-year-old made his summer debut with Real Madrid.

In 308 games for the French club, who won the Champions League for the first time last year after the striker left, he scored 256 goals.

Mbappe, the country’s captain, is also fighting with PSG to recoup the 55 million euros ($64.45 million) in unpaid wages and bonuses he claims the club owes him.

Sinner Into Wimbledon Quarters After Injured Dimitrov Retires

Despite having a two-set lead over the world number one on Monday, Jannik Sinner managed to make it to the semi-finals of Wimbledon in an odd way as Grigor Dimitrov was forced to retire.

When Dimitrov injured himself serving an ace, Sinner was losing 3-6, 5-7, and 2-2 on Centre Court because he had been suffering from a right elbow injury.

As Sinner rushed to his aid, the Bulgarian fell to the court, grabbed his pectoral muscle, and yelled out in pain.

Before going back to the court to tell Sinner he was pulling out, Dimitrov was being treated for a broken leg. The Italian wrapped him in a hug as the Bulgarian wiped away tears.

Grigor Dimitrov (C) reacts as he walks next to Jannik Sinner (L) and the medical staff after suffering an injury in a men’s singles fourth round tennis match on July 7, 2025 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London. Adrian Dennis/AFP photo

Dimitrov, 34, has suffered from injuries most of his career’s latter years, and he also missed out on Wimbledon last year when he lost to Daniil Medvedev in the fourth round.

Since he is such a talented player, Sinner said, “Honestly, I have no idea what to say.”

“I believe we saw this today, everyone.” In the past few years, he has had such bad luck. We both have amazing skills, and I also have a good friend. We also have a great off-court friendship.

Since seeing him in this position, let’s face it: If there was a chance for him to win the following round, he would deserve it. I mainly hope he has a quick recovery, though.

Read more about Modric joining AC Milan following the World Cup.

If the three-time Grand Slam champion recovers from a fitness issue, Sinner will now face American 10th seed Ben Shelton in the final eight.

Sinner has only advanced to the 2023 semi-finals, but he has never reached the Wimbledon final.

In a five-set epic against Carlos Alcaraz in June, he won the title at the US and Australian Opens, and he has since reached the final three Grand Slam finals.

Wimbledon Changes Line-Calling System After Embarrassing Blunder

After being forced to apologize for an embarrassing operator error, Wimbledon chiefs have changed their electronic line-calling system to eliminate the possibility of human error.

Following the issue that occurred during their fourth-round encounter on Centre Court on Sunday, officials apologized to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Sonay Kartal.

Following a thorough investigation, the organisers admitted that the technology had been disabled in an incorrect location of the court for a game, with the error only emerging when a shot from Britain’s Kartal, which clearly missed the baseline, was not called out.

All England Club officials removed the option to manually turn off ball-tracking in response to criticism of the error.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) announced in a statement to BBC Sport that “we have now removed the ability for Hawk-Eye operators to manually deactivate the ball tracking.”

Due to the system changes we made, this error cannot now be repeated, despite the fact that the issue was caused by human error.

The call, which had been made, would have given Russia’s Pavlyuchenkova a 5-4 lead in the opening set, but umpire Nico Helwerth decided to play the point again, with Kartal winning.

The Russian, who won the match in straight sets, claimed that the official was biased because she was “local” and could say anything. You robbed me of my game.

Wimbledon claimed in a statement on Sunday that the system had been “deactivated in error” by the system’s operators for one game.

Sally Bolton, the head of the All England Club, told reporters on Monday that the technology was “working optimally” before Wimbledon made the announcement about the system change.

She claimed that the chair (umpire) was unaware that the tracking system had been deactivated due to human error, which led to the issue.

“We’ve spoken to the players, we’ve offered our sincere apologies, and we’ve quickly moved on to reviewing everything that transpired yesterday afternoon and making the necessary adjustments.”

In line with the Australian Open and US Open, a fully automated system will now serve as Wimbledon’s replacement judges in 2025.

Other players, including British stars Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper, expressed concerns about the technology in Sunday’s game, though.

Two of the 80 former line judges who serve as match assistants on each court who assist the umpire are on each court.

Bolton claimed that returning them to the courts was not necessary.

She claimed that the system was operational. It had been turned off. We needed the system to function, not just to reinstate line judges.

VIDEO: Why I Celebrated Like Diogo Jota After Goal Against Tunisia — Super Falcons’ Babajide

In their opening Group B game of the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), Nigeria’s forward Rinsola Babajide celebrated her goal by scoring a 3-0 victory over Tunisia on Sunday in Casablanca, Morocco.

After the game, Babajide claimed that her goal celebration was in honor of Liverpool’s Diogo Jota, who passed away in a car accident on Thursday.

“It was just Diogo Jota’s, the one who passed away, and his brother, as well.” I only wanted to contribute and help him because it was his signature celebration. When I was there, he was also one of my favorite players, she said.

On July 10, Nigeria will face Botswana in their next group match.

Modric To Join AC Milan After Club World Cup

Luka Modric, the Croatian captain, will leave Real Madrid after the Club World Cup, according to AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri on Monday.

Modric, who turns 40 in September, signed for Madrid from Tottenham in 2012 and has been linked with a move to Italy since early June, when he announced his intention to leave the Spanish giants at the end of his contract.

On Wednesday, Madrid will face Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup semifinals. On July 13th, the final will be held.

Read more about Super Falcons’ efforts to launch the WAFCON campaign.

At his first press conference since becoming Milan manager, Allegri stated, “He’ll arrive in August.”

It would be useless to discuss him more because he is an extraordinary and significant player.

Allegri returned to Milan after leading them to the Serie A title in 2011 during his first two years in charge, 2010-2014.

On August 17, they play their first game of the new year in the Italian Cup.