Porto tribute run
Rute Cardoso ran a Father’s Day 10 km in Porto wearing Diogo Jota’s Liverpool #20 as a tribute — the post drew 2,464 likes and emotional photos in the thread this week (x.com). The story has resonated with runners and fans mixing local race culture with personal memorials ahead of March 19 (x.com).
The 22nd Corrida Mimosa Dia do Pai started at 09:00 on March 15, 2026, with departures and the finish line at the Queimódromo in Parque da Cidade do Porto. (runporto.com) Rute Cardoso posted a set of race photos on Instagram captioned “20+♾️ Corrida do dia do Pai” after the event, and official results show she completed the 10 km in 52 minutes and 7 seconds. (jn.pt) Race-day coverage noted the event drew thousands of participants across the 10 km, 5 km walk and Kids Race categories that make up the Mimosa Dia do Pai programme. (sol.iol.pt) This was not Cardoso’s first public running tribute: she ran the São Silvestre do Porto on December 28, 2025, completing 10 km with the same symbolic number and posting “20+10” as the caption. (nowcanal.pt) Liverpool FC announced on July 11, 2025, that it would retire the No. 20 squad number across all levels “after consultation with his wife, Rute, and family,” calling it a unique tribute to the player. (liverpoolfc.com) Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva died in a car crash near Zamora, Spain, on July 3, 2025; both were found dead after their car left an isolated stretch of highway, and Portuguese and club statements confirmed the tragedy. (espn.com)
