Category archives for: South America

Peru champions beset by bad results and suspensions

Peru champions beset by bad results and suspensions

Being bottom of Peru’s first division is one of several problems besetting champions Universitario, including a four-match suspension for coach Juan Reynoso for insulting a referee.

Universitario have also been banned by the ADFP, which groups the 16 top-flight clubs, for favoring a different airline from the one which sponsors the championship and provides teams with air travel to matches.

Shooting victim Cabanas leaves hospital

Shooting victim Cabanas leaves hospital

Paraguay striker Salvador Cabanas, who was shot in the head in January, left hospital on Tuesday for a luxury rehabilitation center but doctors still cannot say whether he will return to playing soccer.

Shooting victim Cabanas set to leave intensive care

Shooting victim Cabanas set to leave intensive care

Paraguay striker Salvador Cabanas was set to leave intensive care on Wednesday three and a half weeks after being shot in the head in a Mexico City bar.

The 29-year-old forward of Mexican club America, who still has the bullet lodged in his brain, has been able to move more parts of his body, one of his doctors said.

Brazilian judge bans early kickoffs in intense heat

Brazilian judge bans early kickoffs in intense heat

The intense heat in southern Brazil this month has led a judge in the state of Rio Grande do Sul to issuing a ban on football matches when the temperature exceeds 35 degrees Celsius (95F).

Judge Rafael da Silva Marques ruled on Tuesday that matches scheduled to kick off between 1800 and 1930 (2000-2130 GMT) could only go ahead after the referee had checked the temperature on the pitch.

Cabanas has bullet in his head but World Cup on

Cabanas has bullet in his head but World Cup on

All Paraguay forward Salvador Cabanas can think of nine days after being shot in the head is returning to training and getting to the World Cup, the president of his Mexican club America said on Tuesday.

Top Brazil strikers head home eyeing World Cup

Top Brazil strikers head home eyeing World Cup

Ronaldo, Adriano, Fred and now Robinho, Brazil’s four strikers at the 2006 World Cup, have returned home looking to revive their careers and earn a place at this year’s finals in South Africa.

Ronaldo, still far from his best physical shape, is practically out of Brazil coach Dunga’s plans, whereas his former attack partner Adriano is set to secure a berth at the World Cup after recovering his form to help Flamengo win the 2009 Brazilian championship.

Salvador Cabanas regains consciousness after shooting

Salvador Cabanas regains consciousness after shooting

Paraguay striker Salvador Cabanas regained consciousness and spoke to his family for the first time since he was shot in a Mexico City bar last week, his doctors said on Saturday.

The prolific goal scorer was shot in the bathroom of the bar in the early hours of Monday and the bullet fired into his head remains lodged in his brain.

Paraguay’s Cabanas may have dared his attacker – reports

Paraguay’s Cabanas may have dared his attacker – reports

Paraguay striker Salvador Cabanas may have dared the man who shot him in the head at a late-night bar in Mexico to pull the trigger, Mexican media reported on Thursday.

Paraguay’s Cabanas still in critical condition

Paraguay’s Cabanas still in critical condition

Paraguay striker Salvador Cabanas, who was shot in the head earlier this week, remained in critical condition on Wednesday and doctors said brain swelling was making his treatment difficult.

The 29-year-old, a prolific goal-scorer who was expected to lead the Paraguay attack at the World Cup in June, was shot at a Mexico City bar just before dawn on Monday.

Paraguay’s Salvador Cabanas stable after bar shooting

Paraguay’s Salvador Cabanas stable after bar shooting

Paraguay striker Salvador Cabanas, who was shot in a bar in Mexico City, is stable but his health is still very delicate, his doctor said on Tuesday.