The victims of one of the worst disasters in South American sporting history will be honoured at a mass wake inside the football stadium of the Brazilian club at the centre of the tragedy. Seventy-one people were killed on Monday night when a plane carrying Chapecoense, a team from Brazil’s first division, crashed shortly before it was scheduled to land in Medellín, Colombia. Colombia plane crash: Brazil mourns victims from Chapecoense team flight Read moreClub officials on Tuesday were planning a high-profile tribute to the victims at the Condá Arena stadium in Chapecó, the small Brazilian city in Santa Catarina state where Chapecoense is based. Brazilian and Colombian newspapers carried reports suggesting the plane might have run out of fuel in the final stages of its flight. Tragedy strikes Chapecoense, serial overachievers dubbed a ‘Brazilian Leicester’ Read moreAs speculation over the causes of the accident continued, South American sport voiced its grief.

Source: The Guardian November 30, 2016 04:31 UTC