Chapecoense

  • Brazilian club Chapecoense have been awarded the Copa Sudamericana by South American football confederation Conmebol after the club lost its players and staff in a plane crash shortly before the finals. A total of 71 people, including 19 players and staff, died last Monday en route Columbia for the first leg match. According to a…

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  • Tiago da Rocha Vieira Alves, one of the Chapecoense players who died in Tuesday’s plane crash, just found out barely a week before the tragic incident that he was going to be a father. Image shows Tiago da Rocha Vieira Alves and his wife Graziele. According a report from CNN.com, a trending online video which…

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  • As FIFA president Gianni Infantino rightly said: “It’s a very, very sad moment for football.”. The Brazilian football club Chapecoense was preparing for their biggest game in history when an aircraft conveying them from Brazil to Colombia, via Bolivia, crashed near the city of MedellĂ­n in Colombia. Chapecoense was scheduled to play in the Copa…

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  • A plane with Chapecoense Brazilian professional football players reportedly crashed in Columbia at around 10:15 p. m. local time in Cerro Gordo after disappearing in the Columbian airspace, the Jose Maria Cordova International Airport in Rionegro said in a statement, adding that there may be survivors. Brazil’s Chapecoense players pose for pictures during their 2016…

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