Brazilian Oscar, who has fallen out of favor at Chelsea, is about to make a move to Shanghai SIPG in a deal that would cost the Chinese club almost $64 million. Shanghai SIPG is coachedby Andre Villas-Boas, who tried to sign Oscar while in charge at Tottenham.
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What They're Saying: Chan Yuen-ting
“I am happy to meet Scolari. This is my great honor to play against his team. He has good experience and is very intelligent.” — Chan Yuen-ting, the 28-year-old female coach ofHong Kong club Eastern FC who will be pitted against legendary Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari when China’s Guangzhou Evergrande, which he coaches, faces […]
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Soccer Business: Olympic Channel cuts deal with FIFA
The Olympic Channel, which launched in August, has negotiated an agreement with FIFA to include access to news and content covering Olympic soccer events. FIFA joins a large group ofinternational sports federations and IOC-recognized federations that have signed agreements with the Olympic Channel, a digital platform that can be accessed at olympicchannel.com, and is working […]
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Chapecoense' Neto awakes from coma without memory of Crash
Neto, a surviving member of the Chapecoense plane crash, awoke from a coma with no memory of the accident. He asked who won the final of the Copa Sudamericana and why he was unable toplay, team doctor Edson Stakonski said. Neto was one of the six survivors of the crash in the hills of northwestern […]
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Chapecoense names Vagner Mancini as new head coach
Vagner Mancini, who has extensive experience coaching in Brazil, will take over as the head coach at Chapecoense in the aftermath of the airline crash that killed 71 people, including most ofits players, coaching staff and board. Chapecoense will play the Copa Libertadores for the first time in its history in 2017.
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Chapecoense plane crash: Bolivia arrests LaMia airline boss
Authorities in Bolivia have arrested Gustavo Vargas, the head of the airline involved in a crash last week that killed 71 people, including most of the Brazilian team Chapecoense. Theplane, operated by the tiny LaMia airline, was taking the team to Colombia when it ran out of fuel. A Bolivian official says she warned the […]
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Chapecoense is awarded Copa Sudamericana
Conmebol, South American soccer’s governing body, awarded the 2016 Copa Sudamericana to Brazil’s Chapecoense club on Monday after most of the team died in a plane crash in Colombia a week earlier. Colombia’s Atletico Nacional, which was scheduled to host Chapecoense in Wednesday’s first leg, asked for the trophy to be awarded to the Brazilian […]
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The Missed Save
The charter flight carrying Chapecoense to the Copa Sudamericana final ran out of fuel eight miles short of its destination in Medellin, Colombia, and crashed, killing 71 people, among themmost of the players on the Brazilian team. This is dedicated to them … By Jeff Manning December 2016 No defense against A shot from 30,000 feet […]
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What They're Saying: Chapecoense mourner Claudiane Penegalli
“It creates indignation because it was a human failure. It wasn’t a problem with nature, with the weather. This could have been prevented.” — Chapecoense mournerClaudiane Penegalli on the charter plane that ran out of fuel eight miles short of Medellin and crashed, killing 71 people, including most of Brazil’s Chapecoense team headed to the […]
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What They're Saying: Roberto Assis
“It is a very difficult time. Later on, if there is a contact, we can talk. I can only say that we are here and we want to help. [Ronaldinho] fits the profile, can be the right guy. Butthe moment is to help families and it would be [wrong] to create expectations for now. As […]