Football: Flamengo reaches second sport with 3-0 win in Brazil's Serie A

Two first-half headers and a scrappy third goal early in the second period gave Flamengo a deserved 3-0 win over neighbours Fluminense in Brazil's Serie A on Saturday.

The result extended Flamengo's unbeaten league run to six matches and lifted them into second place in the table, one point behind Palmeiras who play fifth-placed Gremio on Sunday.

Flamengo took the lead after 10 minutes when Uribe headed home a cross from the right.

Leo Duarte doubled the lead with a deft header from a free kick seconds before the break and Uribe made it three when he squeezed the ball inside the post after failing to properly control a pass into the box.

The loss left Fluminense in the eighth spot with 37 points from 29 games.