The big story: Tragedy strikes football once again
Not for the first time in history, a plane crash left the football world impoverished. Some of the notable cases in the past have been been Munich disaster carrying the Manchester United side in 1958. In the recent past, all the members of the Zambian national team were killed in 1993 after an Air Force plane plunged into the Atlantic Ocean in Gabon.
Here, 71 people, including members and staff of the Brazilian club Chapocoense Real, died when they were on their way to Colombia to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, South America’s secondary club competition to play Medellin club Atletico National. There were only six survivors.
The football world was plunged into mourning following the tragedy. Brazil declared three days of mourning for the victims of the plane crash while football teams observed a minute while the South American football federation cancelled all scheduled matches. Major football teams also observed a minute’s silence to pay tribute to the victims.
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- Liverpool entered the last four of the League Cup after two late goals from Diovik Origi and Ben Woodburn ended Leeds United’s resistance. Seventeen-year-old Woodburn created history when he beat Michael Owen’s long-standing record to become the younger scorer in Liverpool’s history.
- Atletico de Kolkata became the only side to qualify for the semi-finals in each of the Indian Super League editions so far after they drew 1-1 against Kerala Blasters at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium.
- Manchester United face West Ham United at Old Trafford in what will be a repeat of the weekend’s fixture as the Red Devils try to enter the semi-finals of the League Cup. United manager Jose Mourinho has been banned from the touchline for this fixture.
- Brazil’s top flight teams have joined hands to help Chapocoense and have offered to loan out players in wake of the Colombia air crash,.
