ginal advisory COmmittee chair Paul Briggs said there was no debate as to the intent.While speculation and

SOCCERLA UNION, Colombia -- Colombian authorities searched for answers into the crash of a chartered airliner that slammed into the Andes mountains while transporting a Brazilian soccer team whose Cinderella story had won it a spot in the finals of one of South Americas most prestigious regional tournaments. All but six of the 77 people on board were killed.The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane declared an emergency and lost radar contact just before 10 p.m. Monday (0300 GMT Tuesday), according to Colombias aviation agency. It said the planes black boxes had been recovered and were being analyzed.The aircraft, which departed from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, was carrying the Chapecoense soccer team from southern Brazil for Wednesdays first leg of the two-game Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional of Medellin. Twenty-one Brazilian journalists were also on board the flight.Colombian officials initially said the plane suffered an electrical failure but there was also heavy rainfall at the time of the crash. Authorities also said they were not ruling out the possibility, relayed to rescuers by a surviving flight attendant, that the plane ran out of fuel minutes before its scheduled landing at Jose Maria Cordova airport outside Medellin.LONDON -- British police investigating sexual abuse in soccer have received calls from 250 people, the government announced, as FIFA said the high-profile scandal could lead to offenses by youth development coaches being exposed worldwide.In a day of developments, Chelsea also opened an investigation into an employee from the 1970s who is now dead, while the English Football Association acknowledged it was braced for compensation claims.Former professionals have been speaking publicly for the first time over the last two weeks about the ordeals they went through as youngsters. Some of the victims previously gave evidence to convict offenders without being named but new allegations are also being reported.Police Scotland joined seven forces in England by confirming it was looking into abuse claims.FIFA does not believe Britain is the only country where the game has been exploited by pedophiles, and world soccers governing body is ready to offer psychological support to victims.COLLEGE FOOTBALLUNDATED -- Oregon has fired coach Mark Helfrich after a disappointing 4-8 season, and just two years after getting the Ducks within a victory of the programs first national championship.Helfrich was head coach of the Ducks for four seasons, leading the team to the first College Football Playoff championship game after the 2014 season. But Oregon faltered this year with a five-game losing streak, and finished at the bottom of the Pac-12 North with just two conference wins.After taking over when Chip Kelly left in 2013, Helfrich went 37-16. He had an $11.6 million buyout on his contract with the Ducks.Helfrich met with athletic director Rob Mullens on Tuesday night and was told was being dismissed. Helfrich issued a statement saying he was honored to have served at Oregon.UNDATED -- Ohio State held firm at second in the College Football Playoff rankings, putting the Buckeyes in position to become the first team to be selected to the final four without winning its conference.Alabama was No. 1 in the second-to-last rankings, followed by Ohio State, Clemson and Washington. The Crimson Tide, Tigers and Huskies all play conference championship games this weekend and presumably would be in good shape to make the playoff if they win. The final rankings and playoff pairings will be released Sunday.Michigan dropped to five after losing to Ohio State. Wisconsin was sixth and Penn State was seventh. 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United chose the defender in the second round of the 2013 MLS re-entry draft.A man claiming to be the father of the banana-throwing Port Adelaide member in the middle of an AFL racism storm denies his daughter had racist intent.On Saturday night, the fan threw a banana at towards indigenous Adelaide star Eddie Betts, an act condemned by the AFL as clearly an unambiguous racist act.On Sunday, Port Adelaide completed an investigation into the matter which concluded it was racially motivated.But a man calling into Adelaide radio station FiveAA on Monday morning said his daughter had been unfairly targeted.Unless my daughter was on drugs overnight, no way in the world, Don said.The thing that irritates me the most is that were playing the racist card here. It was more an act of frustration than a racist act where shes thrown a banana.Youre playing the racist game. Im not condoning what shes done.This is called media rubbish. Why do you people sensationalise things?AFL aboriginal advisory COmmittee chair Paul Briggs said there was no debate as to the intent.While speculation and debate will occur around the motivation of suuch behaviour, it is clearly an unambiguous racist act, something most fair-minded Australians would find appalling and unacceptable, he said.ddddddddddddIncoming AFL inclusion and social policy manager Tanya Hosch said: On behalf of the AFL, I want to say that we know racism exists in our game, as it does still in the broader Australian society.Hosch did not want to comment on the individual case but drew a parallel between the Adelaide Oval incident and historic banana-throwing condemned as racist.The throwing of a banana and its association with slurs on indigenous Australians and other cultural groups, which has sadly occurred in sports around the world, is deeply racist and offensive, and should be rejected by every part of our game, including clubs, players, fans and supporters.The AFL will work with the club as they finalise their investigations and provide support on any further action required, Hosch said. 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