Diego Maradona, the coach of the Argentine national team, announced his final 23-man squad to confront the 2010 World Cup in South Africa on Wednesday. Maradona cut seven players from his provisional list of 30 players, but one of these players wasn’t Colon de Santa Fe defender Ariel Garce, who made the squad despite having [...]
Chivas de Guadalajara advanced to the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores, despite suffering a 2-0 defeat against Libertad of Paraguay at the Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asuncion on Tuesday. The Mexican giants went through 3-2 on aggregate after their 3-0 win in the first leg of the tie at the Jalisco stadium last week. [...]
Luis Zubeldia will remain as the coach of Buenos Aires outfit Lanus after coming to an agreement with the club’s directors on Tuesday. Even if his team underperformed in the recently concluded Argentine Clausura championship, as well as being eliminated from the Copa Libertadores at the group stage and failed to qualify for the Copa [...]
Penarol won their first Uruguayan championship after seven years, despite being held to a 1-1 draw by arch-rivals Nacional in the second leg of the final at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo on Tuesday. Penarol’s 1-0 win over Nacional on Saturday gave them a superior 2-1 aggregate triumph in the two-legged finals series. A 68th-minute [...]
Italian Serie A runner-ups AS Roma have confirmed interest in Flamengo striker Adriano, a player who they have been tracking for some time now. Adriano has attracted the attention of several European clubs since returning to Flamengo from Inter Milan last year, but after having cured his alcohol addiction the player assures that he is [...]
The coach of Argentine champions Argentinos Juniors, Claudio Borghi, expressed his delight after his team won the local championship for the first time since 1985. Borghi admitted that when he arrived at Argentinos the objective was to help the side avoid relegation to the Argentine second division. “It is a campaign you dream about and [...]
Argentinos Juniors beat Huracan 2-1 on Sunday to clinch their first Argentine title in 25 years, a great achievement for the modest side from La Paternal as it was only their third national championship in their entire history. Argentinos’ goals were converted by Juan Mercier and Facundo Coria in each half. Argentinos — club where [...]
Three-time champions Sao Paulo have yet to win a game after two rounds of the Brazilian championship, this time falling to a 2-1 defeat against Botafogo at the Morumbi stadium. Sao Paulo confronted the match with a side mixed with starters and reserves, as coach Ricardo Gomes gave priority to his team’s Copa Libertadores quarter-finals [...]
A first-half strike from Alberto Medina was enough to give Mexico a 1-0 victory over Chile in a World Cup preparation match at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City on Sunday. While Mexico have now gone unbeaten in all eight games they have played this year, the loss was Chile’s first in their World Cup [...]
Penarol defeated Nacional 1-0 in the first of two finals to decide the Uruguayan national championship at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo on Saturday. Penarol edged Nacional with a first-half goal from Antonio Pacheco and are only a draw away from winning the title when the sides meet in the return leg on Tuesday. In [...]
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