The Liverpool FC star Diogo Jota has died in a car accident in Spain along with his brother. Spain's Guardia Civil has confirmed the pair's deaths. Local fire officials in Zamora, Spain, had earlier said two men aged 28 and 26 died in a car crash after their vehicle caught fire when it left the road.

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Liverpool Football Club said it was devastated by the death of its player Portuguese forward Diogo Jota, who was killed in a car crash near Zamora in northwestern Spain with his brother. "Liverpool Football Club are devastated by the tragic passing of Diogo Jota," the club wrote on social media on Thursday.