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Soccer-Sport furious over late Flamengo equaliser

SAO PAULO, May 17 (Reuters) - Flamengo came back from 2-0 down to grab a point against Sport at the Maracana stadium on Sunday but their injury-time equaliser sparked accusations of poor sportsmanship.

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The equalising goal, scored by Everton in the sixth minute of injury time, came after Flamengo had refused to return the ball to Sport, who had kicked it out of play when one of their players went down with what looked like cramp.