After 30 years, Brazil's Supreme Court has finally decided the winner of the 1987 league title.
It's little-known club Sport Recife, which by a 3-1 vote by a five-member panel was declared the winner over Rio de Janeiro's Flamengo.
One member of the panel abstained in Tuesday's vote.
The long-running dispute began when Flamengo won the title in a league created by the clubs involved.
However, Brazil's football confederation decided to organise a separate competition, which was won by Sport.
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The confederation then tried to get Flamengo to play Sport in a final, an offer that Flamengo rejected.
Had the panel failed to decide, the case would have gone to the full 11-member Supreme Court.
Flamengo, the most popular team in Brazil, has always claimed the title and is unlikely to be swayed by the high-court ruling.
