A sign with the logo of Chapecoense football team is seen next to a store in tribute to players of the team in Chapeco, Brazil, Tuesday. ReutersBogota: Colombian club Atletico Nacional called on football authorities Tuesday to hand the Copa Sudamericana title to their opponents, Brazilian side Chapecoense, as a tribute to the team's players killed in a plane crash.
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Nacional asked regional football confederation CONMEBOL "that the Copa Sudamericana title be handed to Chapecoense Football Association as an honorary trophy for its great loss," the club said in a statement.
(With agency inputs)
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