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  • Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 10:09 UTC

    Maybe it's time for a Gremio/Palmeiras Copa Libertadores final

    The Boca bus under attack by hooligans

    There is growing consensus among South America's football association governing body Conmebol and sport supporters that the postponed Copa Libertadores final second leg between two of Argentina's most popular teams should be definitiverly cancelled and let the semifinalists dispute the trophy reversing shame.

  • Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 17:12 UTC

    Conmebol rules River-Boca must play Dec. 8 or 9 outside Argentina

    Conmebol issued a statement from it Asunción HQs saying the match is to be played outside Argentina

    The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) Tuesday ruled that the second leg of the Libertadores Cup final between River Plate and Boca Juniors will be played somewhere outside Argentina on December 8 or 9, it was announced in a statement from its headquarters in Asunción.

  • Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 10:02 UTC

    Buenos Aires Security Minister takes the fall for Saturday's incidents

    Martín Ocampo was Security Minister of the City of Buenos Aires until Monday, but he remains compadre with Boca president Daniel Angelici

    Buenos Aires City Security Minister Martín Ocampo Monday resigned his post, thus taking the blame for Saturday's sloppy operation which failed to prevent the bus carrying the Boca Juniors players to River Plate's Monumental stadium from being attacked by hooligans of the home team.

  • Monday, November 26th 2018 - 08:55 UTC

    South America's suspended super derby match date to be announced on Tuesday

    A meeting of CONMEBOL officials will be held in Asunción, Paraguay, on Tuesday morning to decide what happens next, Alejandro Dominguez said

    The Copa Libertadores Superclásico (super derby) final between Argentina's biggest clubs, Boca Juniors and River Plate, has been suspended, CONMEBOL has announced. The regional governing body said on Sunday that the second leg of the already postponed final will be rescheduled, after violent scenes on Saturday ended with Boca's team bus being attacked by River fans.

  • Sunday, November 25th 2018 - 19:27 UTC

    New attempt to play River-Boca final ends in yet another postponement

    Buenos Aires Mayor Rodríguez Larreta linked the incidents to his government's anti barrabrava maffias fight.

    The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Sunday finally acquiesced to a petition filed by Boca Juniors, whose players were unfit to compete, and agreed to postpone the second leg of the Libertadores Cup final against River Plate.

  • Saturday, November 24th 2018 - 14:37 UTC

    The only real “Summit” in Buenos Aires is hours away

    One half of Argentines will have won the battle of all battles, the derby of all derbies and the other will bite the dust of defeat.

    Fake bomb threats, loose World War II grenades, actual explosions that kill nobody and leave one perpetrator seriously injured at a cemetery, the mayor's entourage becoming 35 percent wealthier on average since in office, airline strikes, and the looming G20 Summit with the most prominent world leaders all in one place, an air traffic ban in addition to land circulation restrictions are just a part of the landscape to the people of Buenos Aires who are becoming more and more used to living in a war-like zone since the beginning of the century.

  • Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 08:38 UTC

    Uruguay, Maracana and the Brazilian national team jersey, “verde e amarela”

    The jersey can trace its origins to 1950, when Uruguay beat Brazil in the World Cup, which was hosted by Brazil

    Aldyr Garcia Schlee, a professor who designed the Brazilian soccer team’s signature jersey, now instantly recognizable around the world, died last week at a hospital in Pelotas, Brazil. He was 83.Mr. Schlee was a professor for 30 years at the Federal University of Pelotas and an award-winning journalist and author, but he was best known for the jersey he designed.

  • Friday, November 16th 2018 - 08:12 UTC

    Uruguay will host World Vine and Wine congress as of next Monday

    Representatives from some 47 countries are expected at the OIV event, to be held at the Atlantic resort of Punta del Este

    Uruguay will be hosting the 41st World Vine and Wine congress, of the International Organization of Vine and Wine, OIV, which begins next Monday until Friday in the Atlantic seaside resort of Punta del Este. Representatives from some 47 countries are expected at the event, which is described by Uruguay officials as a most significant for the domestic vine and wine industry since it will have world repercussion.

  • Wednesday, November 14th 2018 - 12:24 UTC

    Bolero legend Gatica passes away at age 90

    Lucho Gatica was for some people “a South American Frank Sinatra”

    Chilean-born bolero legend Lucho Gatica, died Tuesday in Mexico City at the age of 90 of undisclosed causes, his family confirmed. “Good trip, I love you ...” wrote his son, Mexican actor Luis Gatica, on social media.

  • Wednesday, November 14th 2018 - 07:24 UTC

    Visiting FA Representative XI beats Falklands team and a British Forces XI side

    Lots of the community went to watch and with great excitement from the younger fans: at the end of each match the kids run into the pitch in search of autographs (Pic PN)

    An England Football Association Representative XI played a Falkland Islands team and a British Forces XI over the weekend. The match against the Falklands' team on Saturday saw the FA side win 3-1 with the team captained by Mitchell Parker. Both matches were played at the Stanley Community School field.