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Police launch manslaughter investigation after footballer dies following horrific on-field collision

Spanish police have opened an investigation into possible involuntary manslaughter after a football player died following an on-field collision with the opposing team’s goalkeeper in a second-division match. Tenerife forward Jesus de Miguel, 30, died after he suffered cardiac arrest following the on-field collision.

— FTBL, publisher's words · Read the original ↗

12 outlets6 languages9 countriesUpdated

Who broke it

Gazeta Sporturilor

RO · RO

Followed by

11

outlets in 5 languages over 12 h 1 min.

Our read

Corroborated (8)

8 of 8 outlets each added at least one detail no earlier report had. That is independence, not agreement: two of them can still contradict each other.

Judged on the 8 outlets in our latest edition; the timeline keeps all 12 we have seen.

Coverage timeline

12 outlets · first-seen order
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    Mundo Deportivo — FútbolES · ESOwn reporting

    El Espanyol se une al dolor por el fallecimiento de Jesús de Miguel

  5. +4 h 11 min
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  7. +4 h 47 min
  8. +5 h 9 min
  9. +6 h 49 min
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First seen is our own clock across 245+ feeds; it is not a guarantee of who published first. Each time is the earlier of the publisher's own timestamp and our first sighting. Headlines and summaries are the publishers' own words, linked to the original. How we work out who broke it.