Superstar athletes Cristiano Ronaldo and LeBron James took to social media Thursday to pay their respects to Liverpool soccer star Diogo Jota following his death.

LeBron James paid tribute to soccer star Diogo Jota, who died in a car accident in Spain on Thursday. James is a partner of Fenway Sports Group, which owns Liverpool FC, the club Jota played for. "My prayers goes out to his loved ones during this time! May you all be guided and protected! YNWA JOTA!!" James posted to X.

Tributes have flooded in for Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva after the pair died in a car accident in Spain in the early hours of Thursday morning. The two men died at the scene following an incident on the A52 near Cernadilla,