ROME – Brazilian footballer Robson de Souza, more commonly known as Robinho, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for taking part in the gang rape of a woman in Milan in 2013. An […]
LIMA – Peru has declared a national holiday after the South American country became the final side to qualify for the World Cup 2018 in Russia with a 2-0 play-off victory over New Zealand in […]
BARCELONA – Lionel Messi celebrated his 600th start for Barcelona on Saturday in what his manager Ernesto Valverde hailed as “a monstrous” achievement. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner becomes only the third player to reach […]
LIMA – FIFA has provisionally suspended Peru captain Paolo Guerrero for 30 days after he failed an anti-doping test, the Peruvian Football Federation announced Saturday. Guerrero was tested after Peru’s World Cup qualifier against Argentina […]
LONDON – Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has beaten Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr. to win the Best FIFA Men’s Player award for the second year running. Ronaldo, who won the inaugural prize last year, […]
BRASILIA – Brazil star Neymar has been fined £900,000 for tax evasion by a court in his homeland after the PSG star used image-rights companies to reduce payments. The £200million PSG forward saw the sanction […]
MONTEVIDEO – Soccer passionate Uruguay is again with no matches this weekend in the local major leagues and could be for several weeks, because of a conflict between professional players demanding to remove the authorities […]
BUENOS AIRES – Latin America has placed eight professional soccer players in the list of 30 candidates for the 2017 Golden Ball. In addition to Argentine’s Lionel Messi playing for Spanish pro club Barcelona, appear […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has been suspended from international football because of what world governing body FIFA describes as undue third-party interference in the country’s football federation (PFF). FIFA said in a statement Wednesday that the […]
KOLKATA – Police in India have arrested seven persons from outside Salt Lake stadium for allegedly selling match tickets on black. The men were arrested from outside Gate no. 1 of the stadium on Sunday […]
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