The world’s number one team Brazil will not be under-estimating Australia as they bid to rebound from their Superclasico loss to Argentina, officials said Sunday. The five-time World Cup champions are eager to bounce back from their 1-0 loss to their great South American rivals in Tuesday’s friendly against the Confederations Cup-bound Socceroos in Melbourne. … Read more
Neymar and several other top Brazilian players have been left out of the national squad for friendlies next month against Argentina and Australia, coach Tite said on Friday, giving them a long summer break for the first time since 2010. The Barcelona striker has played a major tournament every summer since the World Cup in … Read more
The Selecao reached Russia 2018 with four games to spare after a 13-match unbeaten run Brazil became the first country to qualify for the 2018 World Cup on Wednesday, as the Selecao’s win and Uruguay’s loss cinched a berth in Russia. Tite’s side joins host Russia as the only two teams with a spot in … Read more
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
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
A Brazilian footballer who survived the air crash that killed most of his team in Colombia last month changed seats at the last minute after a team mate encouraged him to sit beside him, he said on Saturday. Chapecoense full back Alan Ruschel was sitting near the back of the plane when club director Cadu … 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
The club that suffered the biggest tragedy in modern soccer has seen an outpouring of solidarity. On Monday, Chapecoense was named champion of the South American Cup, the South American Football Confederation announced. The team lost most of its players in the LaMia Flight 2933 crash on their way to play the final match against … 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
She thought she was going to be married on Friday. Instead, on Sunday, she cremated the love of her life. Dener Assuncao Braz was one of the 19 Chapecoense players killed in the Colombian plane crash last week. Amanda Machado had been with Dener for seven years and she’s at a loss to explain the … Read more
Through thick and thin, the small Brazilian town of Chapeco has stood by its football team. And on Saturday, even in the most extraordinary of circumstances, the supporters were there for their heroes again. They had waved them off a week ago for what was going to be the biggest game in the history of … Read more
A Brazilian football player who survived a plane crash in Colombia on Monday is recovering and may be able to resume his career, his father says. Helio Hermito Zampier Neto, a 31-year-old defender for Chapecoense, was in a stable condition, doctors said, after surgery on a lung, a knee, a wrist and his head. Five … Read more
A minute’s silence will be held before every football match this weekend in memory of the Chapecoense players and staff who died on Monday. Football’s world governing body Fifa also requested that all players wear black armbands in remembrance. Nineteen players and coaching staff were among the 71 who died when the Brazilian’s team plane … 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
The football world has rallied around a Brazilian club which lost most of its players in a plane crash in Colombia. Only six of the 77 people on the plane, carrying members of the Chapecoense team, survived Monday’s crash. The team were flying to what was billed as the biggest match in their history – … Read more
Since the early hours of the morning, people have been coming to Chapecoense’s stadium. The football world has rallied around a Brazilian club which lost most of its players in a plane crash in Colombia. Only six of the 77 people on board the charter plane, carrying members of the Chapecoense team, survived the crash. … Read more
A plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia. Colombia’s civil aviation body says only six people survived the crash, blamed on an electrical fault. The chartered aircraft, flying from Brazil via Bolivia, was carrying members of the Chapecoense team. The … Read more