Romina Sala confirmed she will take care of her brother's beloved pet dog. Sala had been due to start a new life in the UK
The body recovered from the wreckage of a plane at the bottom of the English Channel has been confirmed as Emiliano Sala.
Families of the Argentinean striker and pilot David Ibbotson have been nervously awaiting news over whose body was pulled from the crashed Piper Malibu on Wednesday, after it went missing on January 21.
Dorset Police confirmed this evening the body was that of the 28-year-old footballer.
Sala was flying to start his new life in the UK from Nantes in France after his £15million signing to Cardiff FC when the plane went down.
A coroner's examination of the body, which was recovered from the seabed, established which of the two men they had found.
Since the news was announced hertfelt tributes to the late footballer have been paid across social media and at the Stade de la Beaujoire.
Hours before the news was announced publicly the footballer's sister Romina posted an image of her brother and their mother Mercedes.
At the Stade de la Beaujoire a huge image of the player was unveiled over the crowd while his former Nantes team mates carried images of him on t-shirts.
Emiliano Sala's sister posted an image of her brother with his mother before the news was given officially by police
An image of Sala was unveiled at FC Nantes as they played AS Saint-Etienne at the Stade de la Beaujoire - in tribute to the player
The weather conditions are so bad off Guernsey it is not clear if the wreckage can be brought to the surface - meaning it remains unclear whether not Mr Ibbotson's body will be returned to dry land.
An official search was called off after four days after it was deemed unlikely the men could have survived.
A private search was launched for the plane and the men. Hours after the Ocean Geo III was launched its sonar radars picked up the plane on a seabed.
Then, robotic submarines were used to assess it and film the inside. Yesterday one body was brought to the surface.
Earlier today friends and relatives of the pilot's wife Nora said she was 'beside herself' waiting to hear whether or not he had been found.
Cardiff City Football Club said in a statement: 'We offer our most heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the family of Emiliano.
'He and David will forever remain in our thoughts.'
Argentinean President Mauricio Macri described the news as 'painful', saying: 'What painful news! My condolences to Emiliano's relatives, friends and companions at such a difficult time. We are with you.'
Missing footballer Emiliano Sala was confirmed dead after his body was brought up from the bottom of the English Channel
The body was recovered from the wreckage of the plane carrying Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala on Wednesday
The body was taken to a coroner who announced late on Thursday it was Emiliano Sala whose body was recovered
Pilot David Ibbotson and his wife, Nora Ibbotson. The frequent flyer went missing with his plane on January 21
Mr Ibbotson's wife Nora has been desperately waiting for news at her home in Crowle, near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
A local businesswoman in the tiny close knit village - where a makeshift shrine to the missing part time pilot, gas fitter and father-of-three - has been set up in his memory at the market square - said tonight: 'We've heard that Nora hasn't yet been told which body had been found. She is distraught with grief not knowing, the waiting is agony for her and her family and our hearts go out to them.'
A relative of the heartbroken family said: 'What's happened is awful and all we want is for David's body to be found so we can lay him to rest properly, as he deserves, and pay our respects. Not knowing where he is and if his body has been found or maybe never will be is the worst thing ever.'
One body from the wreckage of the plane has been recovered more than 20 miles off the coast of Guernsey
January 21, 2019:
The single-turbine engine Piper PA-46 Malibu leaves Nantes at 7.15pm for Cardiff and is flying at an altitude of 5,000ft. At 8.50pm the plane disappears from radar in the English Channel.
January 22:
The French civil aviation authority confirms Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala, 28, who had just signed for Cardiff City, was on board the light aircraft. Piloting the plane was David Ibbotson, from Crowle, near Scunthorpe.
January 24:
Guernsey's harbour master Captain David Barker says the chances Sala and Mr Ibbotson have survived is 'extremely remote'.
January 26:
It emerges that football agent Willie McKay arranged for the flight to take Sala to Cardiff but he says he had no involvement in selecting the plane or pilot. He also backs calls for the search to continue.
January 27:
Relatives and friends of Sala arrive in Guernsey, having enlisted the help of shipwreck hunting expert David Mearns.
January 28:
Sala's family, including his mother Mercedes and sister Romina, take a chartered flight in a plane operated by Guernsey airline Aurigny over the area where the plane disappeared.
January 30:
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) says two seat cushions found washed up earlier in the week near Surtainville on the Cotentin Peninsula are likely to have come from the plane carrying Sala and his pilot.
February 3:
Wreckage of the plane is located in a fresh, privately funded search which was made possible after a fundraising campaign saw more than £260,000 donated.
Feburary 4:
A body is visible in
