(CNN) -- The world of sport has paid its tributes to Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini, who died Saturday after collapsing on the pitch during his side's Serie B game at Pescara. The entire Italian football program this weekend was canceled and a minute's silence was observed at major league games around the world in his honor. A similar tribute was also paid before the start of Sunday's Milan marathon. Tennis player Sara Errani dedicated her victory in the Barcelona Open final to Morosini. "This tournament is for him," Errani told the WTA official website. "It has been very hard. The images have impacted me a lot. It's amazing that these things can happen. It really makes you think."
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Tributes to Italian footballer Piermario Morosini
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Minute's silence observed before matches across the globe
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Morosini collapsed during a Serie B game Saturday and died later
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The 25-year-old was playing for Livorno on loan from Udinese
"The family, the girlfriend of @placeholder and AS Livorno Calcio wants to thank all of the people that in this time of pain have remembered a great athlete and a special person," read a statement on the club's official website.