RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Midfielder Jorge Carrascal scored late to give Flamengo a 1-0 win over Argentina’s Racing Club at home in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semifinal series.
Carrascal, a Colombian international, scored the game-winner in the 88th minute for the three-time Libertadores champions.
Flamengo is aiming for its first Copa Libertadores title since 2022 and also trying to give Brazil an eighth title in the past nine editions.
The second leg will be played next Wednesday in Buenos Aires.
The tournament final is scheduled for Nov. 29 in estadio Monumental in Lima, Peru.
Racing Club, playing in its first semifinals series since 1997, is trying to win its first Copa Libertadores since 1967.
In the other semifinal series, Ecuador's LDU will be aiming to knock out a Brazilian club for the third time in the knockout stages when it takes on Palmeiras on Thursday.
LDU beat Sao Paulo in the quarterfinals to reach the final four for the fourth time, and first since 2008.
The team based in Ecuador's capital downed defending champion Botafogo in the round of 16.
Palmeiras, a three-time Copa Libertadores winner, advanced to the semifinals over Argentina's River Plate.
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De Arrascaeta of Brazil's Flamengo, right, and Santiago Sosa of Argentina's Racing Club battle for the ball during a Copa Libertadores semifinal first leg soccer match in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Jorge Carrascal of Brazil's Flamengo, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's opening goal against Argentina's Racing Club during a Copa Libertadores semifinal first leg soccer match in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Guillermo Varela of Brazil's Flamengo, left, and Gabriel Rojas of Argentina's Racing Club battle for the ball during a Copa Libertadores semifinal first leg soccer match in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two people were killed after a Russian drone attacked a minibus in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials said Saturday, in the latest barrage of civilian areas, a hallmark of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.
Seven people were also wounded in the attack, regional head Oleksandr Prokudin said. Hours later Russia attacked another minibus in Kherson, wounding the driver, he said.
Meanwhile, along the northern border with Belarus, Ukraine recorded “rather unusual” activity on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram on Saturday. Without elaborating, he said activity was seen on the Belarusian side of the border and that Ukraine would act if matters escalated.
“We are closely documenting and keeping the situation under control. If necessary, we will react,” he said.
Belarus, a close ally of the Kremlin, has allowed Russia to use its territory as a staging ground to send troops into Ukraine and to host some of Moscow’s tactical nuclear weapons.
On Ukraine's Black Sea coast, a Russian strike damaged port infrastructure in the city of Odesa. No casualties were reported.
Ukrainian civilians have endured relentless air assaults since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbor more than four years ago. U.S.-brokered talks between Moscow and Kyiv over the past year have brought no respite, with Russia rejecting Ukraine’s offer of a ceasefire, and in recent weeks the Iran war has diverted international attention from Ukraine’s plight.
Meanwhile, on the roughly 1,250-kilometer (750-mile) front line, Russia claimed Saturday it had taken control of the village of Myropillia in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region.
It was not possible to independently verify the battlefield claims, and Ukraine did not immediately comment.
In Russia, local officials in the Krasnodar region said that a fire that broke out Friday following a Ukrainian strike on an oil terminal in the Black Sea city of Tuapse was put out on Saturday.
Ukrainian drones have hit the oil refinery and export terminal in Tuapse on four occasions in just over two weeks, sparking fires that prompted local evacuations and sent up massive plumes of smoke.
Ukraine has escalated its long-distance strikes against Russian oil facilities in an effort to slash Moscow’s oil exports, a key source of funding for its grinding invasion of Ukraine. But the economic impact is so far unclear, as the rise in oil prices from the Iran war, and a related easing of U.S. sanctions, have helped replenish the Kremlin’s coffers.
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FILE - In this image taken from video released by Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev's Telegram channel, smoke rises after a drone attack on the oil refinery and terminal in Tuapse, Russia, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev Telegram channel via AP, File)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out a fire a building following a Russian drone attack in Odesa region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out a fire a building following a Russian drone attack in Odesa region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
