Hernan Dario ‘Bolillo’ Gomez was appointed the new coach of the Colombian national team again after twelve years, when the country participated in the World Cup for the last time, when the tournament was staged in France in 1998. Gomez’s mission will now be to lead Colombia to the 2014 World Cup of Brazil. ‘Bolillo’ [...]
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, [...]
The future of exciting Peruvian striker Wilmer Aguirre could be in Argentina, after Guillermo Alarcon, the president of the club, affirmed that Buenos Aires heavyweights River Plate have expressed formal interest in purchasing the player next season. According to the local press, River have already made an offer for the player, but Alianza Lima are [...]
During the inauguration of his own futsal sporting complex in Bogota, Colombian striker Juan Pablo Angel of the New York Red Bulls declared that it would be a dream come true to return to Argentine giants River Plate in the future. Angel has been linked with a return to Los Millonarios and the fact that [...]
Thirteen-time Colombian champions America de Cali are experiencing a major economical crisis as the club can’t afford to provide their players with the demands associated with a professional football club. America’s squad members have not been paid their wages for five months, and find it difficult to attend regular training sessions because of this. For [...]
The newly designated Colombian Football Federation has affirmed that their priority is to help Colombia qualify for the 2014 World Cup that will be staged in Brazil. The first step for the assembly will be to decide in April which coach will carry them to the World Cup. There are plenty of candidates to get [...]
According to a leading medical official Paraguay and Club America striker Salvador Cabanas may never recall events when he was shot in the head at point blank range at a posh Mexico City bar in January. Cabanas is currently ongoing rehabilitation at a clinic in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Armando Ahued, head of Mexico City´s health [...]
Uruguay: Defending champions Nacional were held to an unexpected 1-1 draw by Tacuarembo at the Centenario stadium on Friday night. After conceding a first-minute strike former Valencia winger Mario Regueiro earned Nacional a point with thirty minutes remaining in the game. Uruguay´s most popular club, Penarol, claimed their second consecutive victory of the season, beating [...]
Nolberto Araujo, the Argentine defender of Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, confirmed that he is enjoying his vacations because he finally won´t return to his homeland to play for Boca Juniors. “I just left a reunion with the directors. The case is closed and it is a shame because I had the desire to go [...]
Deportivo Quito were proclaimed champions of Ecuador after beating Deportivo Cuenca 3-2 in the return leg of the grand final on Sunday. With two terrific strikes from Michael Arroyo and another from Daniel Mina, the side from the Ecuadorian capital won the title. Meanwhile, Edison Preciado and Ismael Villalba converted for Deportivo Cuenca. The first [...]