Chapecoense win first game since plane crash

Chapecoense have won their first match since most of their team were killed in a plane crash last year.

The Brazilian side beat Inter de Lages 2-1 in the Primeira Liga they won last season with goals from Niltinho and Wellington Paulista at the Arena Conda stadium.

Seventy-one people, including 19 players and staff, died as the team travelled to Colombia for the final of the Copa Sudamericana on a flight on November 29. The club have since signed 22 new players and appointed a new manager.

It was their second competitive game since the tragedy following a 0-0 draw with Joinville in the league last week.

Chapecoense were awarded the Copa Sudamericana trophy following the disaster, a move backed by Colombian club Atletico Nacional, who were scheduled to face them in the final.

Defenders Neto and Alan Ruschel and goalkeeper Jackson Follmann, who had his leg amputated, were among the six survivors of the crash.

They received the trophy and medals alongside families of the victims before Chapecoense's first game since the crash in a friendly against Palmeiras.

Brazil and Colombia played a friendly earlier this month to raise funds for the victims of the air disaster.