MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – South America’s top soccer clubs on Monday created an alliance to defend their financial interests in the distribution of broadcast revenues by the region’s soccer confederation, CONMEBOL. Representatives of the 15 clubs from Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay met in Montevideo and demanded that CONMEBOL call an extraordinary executive committee […]
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Jorge Sampaoli will stay on as the coach of Chile’s national team despite recent speculation that he was considering stepping down, the recently elected head of the country’s football association ANFP said on Friday. ANFP President Arturo Salah, however, did not sound too convincing as to whether the Argentine coach, who led […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian football boss Marco Polo Del Nero, one of 16 soccer officials indicted by U.S. prosecutors last month, is to go on leave again from Friday for up to 150 days, his organization, CBF, said on Thursday. Del Nero returned to work on Wednesday after completing a 45-day leave of […]
LONDON (Reuters) – England manager Roy Hodgson has done more for the international relations of his Football Association (FA) employers than anyone else, chairman Greg Dyke said on Friday. Dyke saluted the much-travelled Hodgson’s 40-year managerial career, comparing him to leading English coaches of the past like Bobby Robson, Don Howe and Dave Sexton. “I […]
PARIS (Reuters) – Karim Benzema made a mistake when he became involved in a blackmail scandal that has jeopardised the France striker’s chances of playing in the Euro 2016 finals on home soil, coach Didier Deschamps said on Friday. Last month, the Real Madrid forward was put under formal investigation after being linked to an […]
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – Spain will begin their bid for an unprecedented third successive European Championship title against Czech Republic after the draw for the 2016 finals was made at the Palais des Congress on Saturday. World champions Germany are to meet Ukraine, Poland and Northern Ireland in Group C. Spain, who were […]
By Brian Homewood OSAKA (Reuters) – Former Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari was back to his old self on Saturday — upbeat, pulling faces and reprimanding anyone who dared ask if he was still suffering the after-effects of the infamous 7-1 World Cup defeat to Germany. The man known as ‘Big Phil’ has found a […]
