CHAPECOENSE have been awarded the Copa Sudamericana trophy in emotional scenes. The Brazilian side were flying out to take on Atletico Nacional in the first leg of the final when the plane they were on crashed in Colombia on November 28. A total of 71 people were killed, including most of the playing squad and staff. […]
BRAZIL will play a friendly match against Colombia to raise funds for the stricken Chapecoense football club. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has announced a benefit game between Brazil and Colombia on January 25, the same day Chapecoense play their first game since the air crash that prompted the friendly. “It is a game organised for […]
A CHAPECOENSE player who survived the plane crash that wiped out his team changed seats on the doomed flight at the last minute. Alan Ruschel, who thanked God for saving him when the plane carrying the side crashed in Colombia, was sitting near the back when he was told to move. The full-back was with journalists at […]
TWO Chapecoense players who survived the devastating plane crash that wiped out most of the team and its support staff have thanked God and everyone who helped them. Left-back Alan Ruschel and defender Helio Neto were both released from the Colombian hospital where they have been recovering since the crash over two weeks ago. Upon […]
THIS is the tear-jerking moment a journalist who almost died in the tragic Colombia plane crash is reunited with his family. Brazilian journalist Rafael Henzel was one of only six people who survived the horror collision in which 71 people, many of them footballers from the Brazilian team Chapecoense, lost their lives. And this week […]