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Colombia-Cup dream turns to nightmare for Brazil's Chapecoense

By Andrew Downie

(This version of the story clarifies that the accident was a plane crash in fourth paragraph)

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - For a few glorious days, tiny Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense was the side of the moment, the latest in a string of sporting surprises in 2016.

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