In 1994, when the FIFA World Cup was last staged in America, the event began with Diana Ross missing a penalty and ended with Italy's Roberto Baggio, another with a memorable hairstyle, doing the same. It was a sad [read more]
In August, the focus of the leading South American clubs will be on the later stages of the Copa Libertadores (CL) and Copa Sudamericana (CS) and whether the top Brazilian sides can continue their dominance, particularly of the premier [read more]
Will Arsenal win their first UEFA Champions League title? And which Brazilian will be celebrating Arsenal's Gabriel or PSG's Marquinhos? This year’s final of the UCL, to be staged at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, features the holders, [read more]
After three rounds of the group stage of the 2026 edition of the Copa Libertadores it is evident some of the groups are already being dominated by the favourites (except one), while others are far tighter. The holders, [read more]
The first-ever women’s FIFA Champions Cup ended in victory for Arsenal at their Emirates home in North London. 25,000 fans endured the persistent rain to see the European champions finally overcome the champions of South America in a contest that stretched into [read more]
In defeating fellow Serie A side Palmeiras, by a single goal, the Rio giants moved on to four Copa Libertadores triumphs to top the list of Brazilian winners. Despite that the Rubro-Negra are still two titles behind Argentina’s [read more]
Flamengo and Palmeiras will contest the 2025 Copa Libertadores final and the right to become the leading Brazilian winner of the most prestigious South American club competition. Whichever Serie A team is victorious will mean they have lifted [read more]
The contest for seventh place in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying table, and hence entry into the confederation play-offs, was between Venezuela and Oscar Villegas’ Bolivia That was after Uruguay, Colombia, and Paraguay predictably secured the last three [read more]
The major South American club competitions have reached the quarter-final stages and the last eight in the Copa Libertadores will not include the holders Botafogo, after they lost to LDU Quito. Fogo had gone to Ecuador with a [read more]
Chelsea 3 Paris Saint-Germain 0 FIFA Club World Cup final. Going into the Club World Cup final, and indeed at the outset of the competition, not too many pundits, or fans, were predicting that Chelsea would win [read more]