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Oct. 29 | The balloon burst earlier today as Valencia coach Quique Sánchez Flores was sacked. He was the fourth coach to leave their team. The was under the hot seat after an extremely slow start the past two seasons. The decision was made by the club administrative...
Oct. 29 | The talk all throughout the week on this side of the pond was how amazed the Brits and all of the other Euros would be at the biggest sport stateside. The NFL forgot to mention that they were bringing in the 0-7 Miami Dolphins to play role of sacrificial...
Sep. 20 | Doing my late night writing for the local paper I saw that Jose Mourinho was gone and I was in complete but not utter shock. For the boys at Stamford Bridge this could not have come at a worse time because they were struggling on the offensive end. After...
Aug. 14 | A season’s worth of doubts and displeasure should come to an end when Villarreal president Fernando Roig announces what is to be done with their disgruntled star Juan Román Riquelme.
The Argentine international has been at odds with the coaching...
Aug. 13 | Argentine striker Martín Cardetti at midweek said that he was ¨happy¨ to be at ¨a club that was so serious and committed to winning¨ like Deportivo Cali. He also talked on Colombian television about how ¨committed¨ he was to ¨winning the title¨...
Aug. 13 | Juan Román Riquelme´s days at Boca are officially over- for now. So several different clubs in Europe have either been rejected or show no interest in the Argentine playmaker.
Riquelme will be arriving on Tuesday to join Villarreal in order to ¨finalize...
Aug. 11 | Around midday today Judge Luis Rodríguez, in an effort to avoid further confrontation, decided to suspend the match between River Plate and Newell’s Old Boys to take place at El Monumental.
This is on the heels of the bloody week outside the pitch...
Aug. 10 | If the absence of Diego Galván was a huge blow for Estudiantes, to have their captain on the shelf foe and extended period of time would be devastating.
Juan Sebastián Verón was injured in the first ha;f of Wednesday nights Copa Sudamericana match...
Aug. 10 | Colo Colo (CHI) 3-1 Real Potosí (BOL)
Colo Colo adv. on 4-2 aggregate. Will play Audax Italiano in next phase
Universitario (PER) 0-1 Atlético Nacional (COL)
Return leg will be played on August 30th in Medellín.
Aug. 5 | Marcelo Bielsa walked away three years ago doing something that Bilardo and Menotti couldn’t do- win Olympic gold.
According to reports coming from Santiago, Marcelo Bielsa will be the next coach of Chile for the upcoming 2010 World Cup qualifiers. ...