Refurbishment work on Rio de Janeiro’s giant Maracana stadium for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil began on Tuesday six months behind schedule.
Police in northeastern Brazil are searching for a referee after a player was stabbed to death during an amateur soccer match in Barreira in Ceara state.
The start of the 2010/11 season was postponed for at least a week after referees refused to officiate at the weekend over pay differences with the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF).
Former Brazil goalkeeper and coach Emerson Leao has been given a 30-day provisional ban for his part in an on-pitch brawl following a domestic championship match involving his Goias team last week.
Goias players and their coach Emerson Leao were involved in a brawl with radio reporters after their team drew 2-2 away to Vitoria in a Brazilian championship match.
Paraguay soccer player Jose Pedroso received a 27-game ban for attempting to choke a referee during a Chilean second-division match.
A Paraguayan soccer player grabbed a referee around the throat and tried to choke him during a game in Chile’s second division.
Argentina’s goalkeepers weighed in against different forms of technology on Monday with one saying aids would rob soccer of its essence while another reckoned the World Cup ball may be causing Lionel Messi’s goal drought.
Argentina’s Carlos Tevez was offside for the first goal in Sunday’s 3-1 win over Mexico while England’s Frank Lampard had a shot which crossed the line but was not given, reopening the debate about whether technology should be introduced.
Paraguay’s Cerro Porteno face serious sanctions after acts of violence by their fans at a Copa Sudamericana match, the South American Football Confederation (CSF) said on Thursday.
Fans threw a hail of objects at visiting Brazilian side Fluminense and Argentine referee Hector Baldassi after Cerro’s 1-0 home defeat in the first leg of their semi-final on Wednesday night and a policeman was hit on the head.
A referee chosen to officiate at next year’s World Cup has been suspended for the rest of the Brazilian League season for repeated mistakes. The suspension of Carlos Eugenio Simon was announced Monday by the Brazilian soccer confederation. The confederation cited a “repetition of mistakes.”