00:00Hello and welcome to the Scotsman's Daily Video Bulletin. My name's Dale Miller, I'm Deputy
00:05Editor of the Scotsman and I'm joined by our Sports Editor Mark Atkinson today. We've got some
00:11big news on the sports front to talk through but firstly the front page of today's Scotsman and it
00:18was hard not to lead on those extraordinary scenes in the Commons where a visibly tearful Chancellor
00:25Rachel Reeves could be seen framed in the vision behind Sir Keith Starmer. He was asked questions
00:33from Kemi Badenoch about Rachel Reeves and her future and whether she'd be in place in the next
00:39election. He dodged those questions and the tears squipped the markets afterwards and created a
00:47flurry of comments and activity. You can read that story at scotsman.com on the home page
00:55this morning. Mark, I want to get quickly into sports though. There's a breaking sports development,
01:01some incredibly sad news. Can you bring us up today? Yeah Dale, really sad news. It's caught
01:08the sporting world off guard and very emotional story. Diogo Jota, the Liverpool forward at the age
01:14of 28, has tragically passed away in northwestern Spain. He was involved in a car accident with his
01:22brother Andre Silva. They both died at the scene. Jota got married less than two weeks ago and was
01:31currently on annual leave ahead of returning to Liverpool pre-season training. It's devastating news
01:38obviously for Jota's family. You can't begin to imagine what they're going through and tributes have
01:43been pouring in for the popular Portuguese player. He was just 28 years old, capped 49 times by his country,
01:51played in Portugal's Nations League triumph just a couple of weeks ago against Spain and helped
01:57Liverpool win the Premier League last season. A supremely talented footballer and it goes out saying
02:05that our thoughts are with his loved ones at this deeply tragic and devastating time. Story has really
02:14brought some incredible tributes from Liverpool legends such as Jamie Carragher, Robbie Fowler and the
02:19club have just put a statement out in the last 10-15 minutes confirming the news and asking for privacy
02:24at this time. You can imagine that his teammates must be in a state of shock and disbelief.
02:31Outside of the tributes, Mark, just your thoughts. I think you mentioned supremely talented there,
02:38still only 28 and probably had some of his absolute best football ahead of him. How good was he on the
02:45pitch and how people know how he went to Liverpool's success? Yeah, he was a very dynamic forward.
02:52He started his career at Passos de Ferreira in his homeland, moved to Atletico Madrid, didn't quite
02:58happen from the Spanish capital, went on loan to Wolves in England and that's where he kind of came to
03:03our prominence. He helped him get promotion to the English Premier League and two years after that earned a
03:09move in the region of ÂŁ40 million to Liverpool in 2020. He's been at Anfield for five years. Jurgen Klopp
03:15was a massive fan of him as previous manager. He didn't start all the time last season under Arna
03:20Slott but he was still a hugely important part of that squad. He could play in a variety of positions
03:25across the forward line. He was primarily a left winger but he also plays a number nine, good finisher,
03:31really talented finisher. Part of this Portuguese golden generation, you would say, they've brought
03:36through so many good forward players and he would have been expecting to play in the World Cup next
03:41year. He would have also been part of Liverpool's squad going forward for next term when they try
03:47and defend the Premier League and go for the Champions League once more. So yeah, he was a fantastic
03:54player to watch and quite a sort of diminutive player at times but I recall him being really good
03:59in the air as well. I think it was two seasons or seasons ago where he scored a number of really
04:03important goals for Liverpool. It's just a horrible story and it catches you off guard and makes you
04:09think about life in general and our thoughts, as we said, are with all the people that were close to
04:14him and truly harrowing time for them. You can read the story on Achota's incredibly sad passing as
04:23well as the tributes that are coming out. There'll be plenty more across today and I'm sure across the
04:29course of the coming days, you can read those stories at scotsman.com. Away from the incredibly
04:35sad football news, Mark, a Scotland squad named as well by Gregor Townsend. As the Lions tour is ongoing,
04:43can you just quickly bring us up to speed on things there? Yeah, busy morning rugby-wise,
04:49Scotland had their first match in the early hours of Saturday morning. At the Pacific tour,
04:54they played in Maori All Blacks. Gregor Townsend has named a fairly experimental and second string
04:59team for this game. He'll be captained by Stafford McDowell, three debutants, including Fergus Burke,
05:05the talented standoff. Scotland had three matches in this tour. The big one is next weekend against
05:11Fiji. He basically kept all of his big guns in reserve for that game. Graham Bean has just done a
05:18piece on the team announcement and also Gregor Townsend talking about his future. That'll be online
05:23very soon. And also the Lions, yeah, they're playing against the Waratahs this weekend.
05:29Quite a big Scottish contingent in the team that was literally just named in the last 10 minutes.
05:34Interestingly, Blair Kinghorn starts, but not a fullback. He's out on the wing and there's a Scottish
05:41centre pairing of Hugh Jones and Sione Tupolotu. Now, many think they're going to be the pairing for
05:46the test matches. So it'll be fascinating to see how they get on. Pierre Schoeman,
05:51Scottish prop, is also involved. Owen Farrell, the son of the coach, Andy Farrell, has been brought into
05:57the squad. That's due to Elliot Daly's injury. There have been some hope that Scotland's Tom Jordan,
06:04who's a utility back, can play standoff, fullback and wing, would come in. But in the end,
06:10Farrell has opted for Farrell Jr. And that's an interesting choice. I think they'll be one that
06:15catches the eye. So lots going on in the rugby world and two big games over the weekend, Scotland
06:21obviously playing, and then the Lions continue their build up for the three test series in Australia.
06:26Obviously, it almost seems a footnote in this conversation, but Wimbledon ongoing,
06:34fourth day of play taking place. We know Emma Raducanu's run one third of the third round.
06:39Katie Bolter went out in three sets from a British perspective. Cameron Norrie, who we know has strong
06:46Scottish links, has progressed as well. And Jack Draper, the British number one, will be back in action
06:55as well. So plenty to look forward to on the sports front throughout today. Mark, thank you for joining
07:00us. As I mentioned, you can read all the coverage of Java's passing at scotsman.com. And please pick
07:08up a copy of the paper tomorrow, where we'll have all the latest on the sports front. Thanks for joining us.
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