South American Futbol - Libertadores, Sudamericana, World Cup 2010

Spanish club Sevilla have confirmed interest in Boca Juniors’ Chilean international Gary Medel, with his Argentine side and former club Universidad Catolica — who both own part of his rights — setting his transfer price at $8 million. Medel has proved his worth both with his club and country, and is expected to start for [...]

Cruzeiro are only a step away from the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals after defeating Nacional of Uruguay 3-1 at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte on Thursday night. The Brazilians dominated much of the match, taking a three-goal lead into the break after a superb hat-trick from attacker Thiago Ribeiro. The Belo Horizonte giants pushed to [...]

Directors of Uruguayan champions Penarol are looking at the possibility of constructing a new 40,000 capacity stadium. During a reunion with Saceem, the company which will likely build the stadium, there was talk that the stadium will be located in Canelones, in the place of the old International Airport of Carrasco. However, it is unknown [...]

Juan Sebastian Veron, the experienced playmaker of both Estudiantes de La Plata and the Argentine national team, admitted that at the moment Diego Maradona’s side generate “more negatives than positives,” but despite this Argentina are still looking ahead to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa with a great deal of optimism. “I have already [...]

Brazilian international Adriano converted a second-half penalty kick to give Flamengo a 1-0 victory over Corinthians in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores round of 16 match-up at Maracana stadium on Wednesday night. Despite the rainy conditions a crowd of 73,000 attended the blockbuster between Brazil’s two most popular clubs. The match was played [...]

Five-time world champions Brazil have reclaimed top spot from Spain in the FIFA world rankings, returning to No.1 position and ending the five-month reign of the defending European champions. Portugal, the Netherlands and world champions Italy also find themselves in the top five. Argentina, two-time winners of the World Cup, rose two positions into seventh, [...]

South American heavyweights Boca Juniors have confirmed a friendly match against the Los Angeles Galaxy on May 23. Boca have won 23 Argentine championships and six Copa Libertadores titles, but this season they find themselves in 15th position of the 20-team Argentine first division, due to what has been a frustrating campaign. It was confirmed [...]

Mexican giants Chivas de Guadalajara ensured themselves of a big advantage in their Copa Libertadores round of 16 match-up against Argentine side Velez Sarsfield, who it thumped 3-0 on Tuesday night, with two goals from striker Omar Bravo and another from defender Hector Reynoso. The contest was staged at the Jalisco stadium in Mexico. With [...]

Uruguayan coach Sergio Markarian affirmed that Peruvian football “has grown” in recent times and because of this he opened the possibility of accepting to become the coach of Peru’s national team looking ahead to the 2011 Copa America and the 2014 South American World Cup qualifiers. In declarations published today by Lima newspaper El Comercio, [...]

Chilean striker Humberto Suazo injured his left shoulder when playing for Real Zaragoza in the Spanish league on Saturday, but while many discarded his participation at the World Cup, tests confirmed that Suazo will only remain on the sidelines for up to two weeks. Suazo had to leave the field 19 minutes into Zaragoza’s La [...]