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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barney Ronay

Senseless death of Diogo Jota will not stop us celebrating what he brought life

Liverpool scarves and flowers outside Anfield in memory of Diogo Jota
Liverpool fans have gathered outside Anfield to lay flowers and pay their respects to Diogo Jota. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Bad moon, bad times and a river that will be overflowing for some time yet. It is impossible not to feel a deep sense of pain, sadness and shared heartbreak at news of the sudden death of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva in a car crash in Spain. Jota was 28, father to three young children and a husband to his long-term partner, whom he married 11 days before his death.

Things that happen in sport are often described, with due dramatic licence, as tragedies. This is not a sports story. But it is the most terrible human tragedy. Those who have suffered similarly can empathise. But it is above all a private horror, an event that will alter the lives of family and friends for ever.

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