The Denver Post

Questions, criticism of Brazil soccer club where 10 players were killed.

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JANEIRO» Under mounting criticism, RIO DE Brazilian soccer club Flamengo defended its management of the training ground where a fire killed 10 of its academy players — all between 14 and 16 years old — at a dormitory that had been registered with the city as a parking lot.

Rio de Janeiro’s city hall said in a statement that Flamengo was fined 31 times because of infraction­s at the Ninho do Urubu training ground, which had to be temporaril­y closed in October 2017. The club did not pay 21 of those fines.

Three teenagers injured in the fire were still in the hospital, including one in serious condition.

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