Brazilian football team Chapecoense landed in Venezuela on Monday ahead of their first international fixture since a plane crash wiped out their team. The side had to rebuild virtually from scratch after the crash killed 19 of their players and staff in November, turning a fairytale rise into a nightmare. The disaster destroyed a team … Read more
Chapecoense have won their first international match since 19 players and staff were killed in November’s plane crash that saw 71 people die. The visitors beat Zulia 2-1 in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo in their first ever Copa Libertadores tie, South America’s main regional tournament. The win puts them top of Group 7. Chapecoense … Read more
Remember the plane crash in Colombia that killed 71 people last month, including almost all of Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team? Colombia’s aviation authorities asserted on Monday that errors by the pilot, airline and Bolivian regulators are to blame for the disaster. Operated by LaMia, a Bolivia-based charter outfit, the plane crashed near Medellin, on a … Read more
Barcelona forward Neymar has accepted an invitation to play in a charity match for families affected by the Chapecoense plane crash, Brazilian media reported on Monday. Former Argentina international midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron and Spain World Cup winner Joan Capdevila will also feature in Wednesday’s fixture at the Maracana stadium. In addition to remembering victims … Read more
Errors by the pilot, airline and Bolivian regulators are to blame for a plane crash in Colombia that killed 71 people last month, including most of Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team, Colombia aviation authorities said on Monday. The plane, operated by Bolivia-based charter company LaMia, crashed on a wooded hillside near Medellin because the pilot failed … Read more
All funds raised from the match will go to the Brazilian outfit, who tragically lost players, backroom staff and directors during a plane crash last month The proposed friendly between Brazil and Colombia in order to raise money for Chapecoense will take place in Rio de Janeiro on January 25, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) … Read more
First team squad were involved in a plane accident on their way to a first ever continental final The Brazilian football team which lost most of its squad in a plane crash in Colombia last month will return to action for the first time at the end of January, club officials have confirmed to CNN. … Read more
Tributes have been paid to the Chapecoense players who died in a plane crash in Colombia on the final day of the Brazilian football season. The LaMia plane ran out of fuel and crashed near Medellin, killing 71 people, including most of the team. In stadiums across Brazil, fans from all the top division clubs … Read more
Brazilian club Chapecoense have been awarded the Copa Sudamericana by South American football confederation Conmebol after most of their team died in a plane crash en route to the final. Seventy-one people, including 19 players and staff, were killed in last Monday’s crash on the way to Colombia for the first leg. Colombian opponents Atletico … Read more
Brazilian club Chapecoense have been awarded the Copa Sudamericana by South American football confederation Conmebol after most of their team died in a plane crash en route to the final. Seventy-one people, including 19 players and staff, were killed in last Monday’s crash on the way to Colombia for the first leg. Colombian opponents Atletico … Read more
play videoThe Chapecoense team recorded a video having fun before the plane took off. A chartered plane with a Brazilian first division football team, crashed near Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament. 75 people on-board the ill-fated flight died while 6 survived. The aircraft, which had departed from Santa … Read more