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Rio Court Rejects Flamengo Bid, Confirms Sport as 1987 Champion and São Paulo’s Claim to Taça das Bolinhas

The judge said higher-court rulings had already settled the case, calling the new filing an abuse of right.

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  • Judge Arthur Eduardo Magalhães Ferreira of the 1st Civil Court of Barra da Tijuca dismissed Flamengo’s suit on Tuesday, keeping Sport as the sole 1987 Brazilian champion.
  • The ruling cites a Supreme Federal Court decision treated as final since May 2024, leaving no room for a fresh reinterpretation.
  • São Paulo remains recognized as the holder of the Taça das Bolinhas as the first club to meet the 1975 criteria for the trophy.
  • The court ordered Flamengo to pay case costs and R$20,000 in attorneys’ fees to each defendant, the CBF and São Paulo, and criticized the filing as an abuse of the right to sue.
  • Flamengo can appeal to the Rio state court (TJ-RJ), though reporting notes the odds of reversal are remote given prior definitive judgments.