Tag: Libertadores Cup

• Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 07:56 UTC

  Copa Libertadores final moved to Lima from Santiago because of the social unrest in Chile

  

  The Copa Libertadores final between Flamengo and River Plate has been moved to Lima in Peru from Santiago due to the continuing unrest in the Chilean capital, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) announced.

• Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Controversy over Bolsonaro's possible attendance in Chile of the Libertadores Copa final

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, an admirer of Latin America's military dictatorships, courted controversy on Friday when he said he might go to next month's Copa Libertadores final in the Chilean stadium once used as a detention centre.

• Friday, November 30th 2018 - 02:02 UTC

  Second leg of Libertadores Cup decider set for Dec. 9 in Madrid

  

  The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol)'s disciplinary board Thursday turned down Boca Juniors' request and thus cleared the way for the second leg of the Libertadores Cup final to be played at Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu on December 9, it was announced.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 08:16 UTC

  Canadian journalist covering G-20 Summit tastes BA crime and justice

  

  Days after the Libertadores Cup fiasco that proved the city's security authorities inability to escort just one bus, Canadian journalist John Kirton was robbed off his belongings Tuesday in downtown Buenos Aires, as he was finalising details for his coverage of the G-20 Summit.

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

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

  

  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 - 10:02 UTC

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

  

  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 - 21:39 UTC

  Dollar climbs in Argentina as Macri worries about football violence

  

  Buenos Aires was still shaking around noon Monday from the weekend's Libertadores Cup fiasco. President Mauricio Macri was publicly addressing the issue for the first time at a press conference escorted by Security Minister Patricia Bullrich and Justice Minister Germán Garavano. And with the spotlight there, the US dollar crept back up against the Argentine peso after a two-month nadir, closing at AR$ 39.9 per 1 US dollar at the end of the business day.

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

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

  

  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

  

  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.

• Sunday, November 25th 2018 - 14:29 UTC

  Argentine football hooligans bring shame to their country days before G-20 Summit

  

  River Plate hooligans attacked the bus carrying the Boca Juniors players to the Monumental stadium Saturday afternoon for the second leg of the Libertadores Cup final, causing injuries to some of them, which resulted in the suspension of the game and its eventual rescheduling for Sunday at 5 pm local time.