Flamengo are a firm lock to qualify for the 2010 Copa Libertadores after moving into third place of the Brasileiro after beating direct rivals Atletico Mineiro 3-1 in Belo Horizonte on Sunday. 65,ooo fans turned out at the Mineirao stadium, but it was visitors Flamengo who went ahead when Serbian midfielder Dejan Petkovic scored directly [...]
Banfield remain at the top of the Argentine Apertura championship after edging San Lorenzo 1-0 at the Nuevo Gasometro stadium on Sunday. The only goal of the match was scored by exciting Uruguayan striker Sebastian Fernandez in the second half. It was a very even contest with both sides creating their fare share of goal [...]
Uruguayan champions Nacional climbed to the top of the Apertura championship after thrashing Rampla Juniors 3-0 at the Parque Central stadium on Saturday. Los Tricolores proved too strong for their opponents and won the match courtesy of two goals from Sebastian Coates and another from Oscar Javier Morales. Nacional started the game strongly, but had [...]
With just a handful of matches still to play in the Brazilian first division this season, defending champions Sao Paulo are on course to win what would be a record fourth successive championship. The Tricolor Paulista have come out of nowhere to lead the Brazilian championship, suggesting that they could be crowned champions yet again. [...]
Vasco da Gama are back in the elite of Brazilian football after beating Juventude 2-1 in front of 81,000 fans at Maracana stadium on Saturday. It was a tense encounter but Vasco prevailed with goals from Adriano and Carlos Alberto in each half. Irineu had drawn the match level for the visitors after the break. [...]
This week decided the semifinalists of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana. The four matches were very highly disputed, with River Plate (Uruguay), Fluminense (Brazil), Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) and Liga de Quito (Ecuador) making the final four. Surprisingly not a single Argentine side is still in the running, with Velez Sarsfield and San Lorenzo having been eliminated. [...]
If his incredible two-goal display against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday was any indication, Atlético Madrid superstar Sergio Agüero could be on the path to recovery after a frustrating beginning to the 2009-10 season. “Kun” entered the field in the second half and made an instant impact, firing Atlético ahead with a [...]
Former Argentine international, Juan Roman Riquelme, is likely to leave Boca Juniors for a move to Corinthians of Brazil next year, reported Argentine newspaper Ole on Friday. Corinthians won´t pull out of negotiations with Boca Juniors for the playmaker, and it seems that the possibilities of a future transfer have increased. Luis Paulo Rosemberg, the [...]
Fluminense beat Universidad de Chile 1-0 in Santiago and sneaked into the semi-finals of the Copa Sudamericana, where they will meet Cerro Porteno of Paraguay, who on Wednesday ousted Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilians absorbed heavy pressure from the Chileans in the final minutes and snatched an unlikely win. Liga de Quito of [...]
Adidas presented the shirt that Argentina will wear during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The style of the shirt is a mixture between the one´s used by Los Albicelestes for the ´78 and ´86 World Cups. Argentina´s World Cup shirt was unveiled on Thursday. Adidas presented the shirt that Diego Maradona´s side will [...]
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