Police Confirm That Missing Footballer Emiliano Sala Is Dead

Dorset Police say the body recovered from a plane which crashed in the English Channel has been formally identified as Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala.

Sala and pilot David Ibbotson have been missing since the plane they were flying in lost contact with Air Traffic Control on Monday, January 21.

The Piper Malibu aircraft was found on the seabed of the English Channel on Sunday morning - and a body was recovered from the wreckage on Wednesday.