The Sport & Rights Alliance on Monday called for a comprehensive investigation into the recently uncovered allegations of systemic failures in Brazil’s premier football club that culminated in the deaths of 10 child athletes in a fire in 2019.

Executive director of the Sport & Rights Alliance, Andrea Florence, criticized this new development, stating;

Despite being sued for child protection failures years before the fire, the club was allegedly operating without basic fire permits and housing child athletes in highly flammable containers, with critical structural defects. As Brazil gears up to host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, this case serves as a stark reminder of the urgent need to strengthen safe sport measures in the country.

Rights groups condemned the latest October 21 rele

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