TOUCHING TRIBUTE: Brazilian Football Club Adopts Disbanded Ukrainian Team's Name

Picture shows  the layers of the Brazilin team that is now called FC Mariupol in their new uniforms, undated.  The club Associacao Atletica Batel  decided to change its name temporarily to honor a Ukrainian team FC Mariupol that was extinguished due to the war. 
 Note: Private photo.  (Newsflash) Picture shows the layers of the Brazilin team that is now called FC Mariupol in their new uniforms, undated. The club Associacao Atletica Batel decided to change its name temporarily to honor a Ukrainian team FC Mariupol that was extinguished due to the war. Note: Private photo. (Newsflash)
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26 April 2023
A Brazilian football club has changed its name to FC Mariupol to "keep alive" the team of the same name that ceased to exist as a result of the war in Ukraine. The club is based in Guarapuava in the Prudentopolis region, where the largest Ukrainian community in Latin America is located...