South American football confederation CONMEBOL agreed Monday to award the Copa Sudamericana to Brazilian club Chapecoense, whose team was wiped out in a plane crash while heading to the final. "CONMEBOL awards the title for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana championship to Chapecoense," including the $2.0 million in prize money, the confederation said in a statement. Nacional responded to the crash by calling for Chapecoense to be granted the Copa Sudamericana, the second highest club football title in South America. The confederation said it had heeded Nacional's request in deciding to hand the title to Chapecoense. A minute's silence for the team was scheduled to be held before every Champions League and Europa League game this week.

Source: Standard Digital December 05, 2016 18:50 UTC