Entertainment

• Saturday, May 29th 2021 - 09:22 UTC

  Swiss bank discloses details of laundering deals involving South America's football officials

  

  A Swiss bank Friday admitted before a Federal Court in New York it had laundered around 25 million US dollars for the late Argentine Football Association President and FIFA Vice President Julio Humberto Grondona and his family, it was reported.

• Saturday, May 29th 2021 - 04:13 UTC

  FIFA bribes scandal: Swiss bank agrees with US Justice Department to pay US$ 79,7 million

  

  Swiss bank Julius Bär has agreed to pay US$79.7 million in a settlement with the US Department of Justice after being implicated in a sprawling corruption probe surrounding FIFA, world football’s governing body.

• Tuesday, May 25th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Chile's “mobility pass” has an impact on stock exchange and possibly on hosting Copa America

  

  The Government of Chile is working on the development of a so-called “mobility pass” which would grant people already vaccinated against covid-19 greater levels of freedom and mobility within their communes and allow travel between regions for those who are in quarantine, it was announced.

• Monday, May 24th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Conmebol delegation to visit Argentina regarding new Copa America venues

  

  Following its decision to reschedule the 15 Copa America matches which were due to be played in Colombia, the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) will be inspecting two Argentine stadiums Monday to choose the new venues.

• Saturday, May 22nd 2021 - 00:01 UTC

  FAT is beautiful; the powerful F-word has reached the covers of Playboy, Vogue and Sports Illustrated

  

  Being overweight once meant you were shunned, laughed at, and discriminated against. Now a group of large and increasingly vocal and powerful women are leading the campaign to reclaim the F-word as a positive.

• Friday, May 21st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  No Copa America for Colombia – where then?

  

  The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) Thursday decided to reschedule the Copa America matches which were going to be played in Colombia starting next month but has yet to confirm the new venues.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 21:57 UTC

  Colombians march against hosting Copa America amid social unrest

  

  Dozens of Colombian fans gathered Tuesday in front of the headquarters of the Colombian Football Federation to demand that the Copa America is not held in the conflict-ridden country, where over 40 deaths have been recorded over the last three weeks.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 21:27 UTC

  Argentina can take on Copa America by itself if protocols are observed, says Fernández

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday insisted his country is capable of hosting singlehandedly the Copa America football competition despite 35,543 new cases of Covid-19 and 745 deaths in one day for a record total of 71,771 casualties since the beginning of the pandemic.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Japanese doctors push for suspension of Tokyo 2020 Games

  

  Japanese doctors Tuesday called for the suspension of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games because the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country could get much worse.

• Thursday, May 6th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Does Colombian President Duque grasp the seriousness of the situation?

  

  In a country where 24 people have died in clashes with police and some 800 have been injured, Colombian President Iván Duque woke up Wednesday and gave a radio interview during which he addressed this year's Copa America football competition, which his country is to co-host with Argentina, and guaranteed everything will go on as planned.