Remaining Chapecoense team join mourners for emotional vigil in club stadium

Remaining Chapecoense team join mourners for emotional vigil in club stadium

Players who didnt travel with Brazils Chapecoense team on their doomed flight to Colombia attended a memorial service last night at the club stadium in Chapeco, Brazil. The memorial took place on the day fans were due to celebrate the sides biggest match in its history. Instead there were prayers inside the stadium and emotional tributes to the 71 people who died in Mondays tragedy. Dec 1, 2016
Video shows Brazil football team Chapecoense boarding plane before deadly crash

Video shows Brazil football team Chapecoense boarding plane before deadly crash

A plane with 81 people on board, including members of the Brazilian first division football team Chapecoense, has crashed in the city of Medellin in Colombia. A video published on Facebook shows the Chapecoense players checking in before the flight at the international airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Chapecoense were due to play Medellin-based team Atletico Nacional in the final of the Copa Sudamericana on 30 November, but the match has now been suspended. Nov 29, 2016