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    LONDON (AP) Diogo Jota was remembered at Wimbledon on Friday as two Portuguese gamers wore a black ribbon on their all-white apparel throughout their matches, a day after the Liverpool winger and his brother had been killed in a automobile crash.

    The All England Membership has a strict gown code for gamers whereas on courtroom however permission to put on the ribbon was granted after the 2 soccer gamers died within the crash in Spain.

    Nuno Borges, who at No. 37 is Portugal’s highest-ranked tennis participant, connected a ribbon to his hat for his third-round match in opposition to Karen Khachanov on No. 3 Court docket.

    Francisco Cabral wore a black ribbon on his left sleeve throughout a doubles match.

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    AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis

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