Brazil footballers remembered one year after plane crash

Two army helicopters scattered flower petals over a town square Tuesday as part of sad tributes to the upstart Brazilian football team Chapecoense, most of whose players died in a plane crash exactly a year ago.

La Union, the town closest to the site of the accident on a mountainside near Medellin, Colombia, hosted a commemorative ceremony.

Wow! After plane tragedy, Brazil’s Chapecoense win trophy

Brazil’s Chapecoense football club, which was almost wiped out in an air crash last November, have won their first silverware since the tragedy.

They won the Santa Catarina state championship Sunday.

Some 20,000 supporters packed the home stadium in Chapeco to watch their team win the title for the second year in a row — except this time with a new lineup, AFP reports.

Awww.. Brazil's Chapecoense win Copa Libertadores debut after tragedy

Chapecoense, the Brazilian football team which lost most of their squad in an air crash in November, have won their first international match since the accident.

The visitors beat Zulia 2-1 in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo in their first ever tie in the Copa Libertadores, South America's main regional tournament.

The win puts them top of Group 7.

So teary me! Chapecoense return to pitch for emotional first match against Palmeiras

Chapecoense returned to the pitch on Saturday night for an emotional friendly against Palmeiras which saw them lift the Copa Sudamericana trophy before kick-off.

The match at their home stadium, Arena Conda, was the first they have played since the plane crash that killed 71 people, including 19 of their players, on November 28.

Brazil's Chapecoense to sign 20 new players for next season after losing almost the full squad to crash

Brazilian side Chapecoense will sign up to 20 new players for next season and reserve shirt numbers for the players who survived a plane crash.

Nineteen players and coaching staff were killed in November when their plane crashed on the way to the final of the Copa Sudamericana.