Back to the Top News Newsfeed

Infantino: Chapecoense crash a very, very sad day for football

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has described the plane crash which claimed the lives of 76 people, including players and staff from Brazilian club Chapecoense, as a "very, very sad day for football".

Grande Torino, the Busby Babes, Zambia's heroes & now Chapecoense - Heaven has welcomed a new team of champions

The plane was carrying the team to the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final, in which they were due to face Atletico Nacional in Medellin, but came down on Monday night in Cerro Gordo in the Colombian municipality of La Union.