Four Palmas football players and club president killed in Brazil plane crash

• Plane crashed soon after take-off in northern state of Tocantins
• Players were flying to game separately after positive Covid tests

Four players and the president from the Brazilian football club Palmas died in a plane crash on Sunday. The group were travelling separately from the rest of the team after testing positive for coronavirus, the club have said.

The private plane carrying the group plunged to the ground at the end of the runway shortly after take-off at an airport in the northern state of Tocantins. The unnamed pilot also died in the accident, with the cause of the crash not immediately clear.