Tag: soccer

• Wednesday, September 10th 2014 - 04:29 UTC

  Paraguay argues that soccer was first played by Guarani tribes, according to Jesuit reports

  

  The Guarani tribes that lived in South America in the 17th century used to play a sport similar to soccer when the Jesuits arrived to establish their missions, claims a video based on historical documents released by Paraguay’s Secretary for Culture. Entitled “The Guaranies invented soccer,” the video collects findings made by anthropologists who studied the Jesuits’ legacy in the country.

• Monday, July 25th 2011 - 06:05 UTC

  Uruguay celebrates well into early Monday its record winning 15th Copa America

  

  In Buenos Aires Monumental stadium the match was 2-0 with a few minutes left and Uruguay ready for a Sunday record crowning 15th Copa America when Diego Forlan scored for the second time.

• Saturday, July 16th 2011 - 17:16 UTC

  World’s oldest and fiercest derby in South American football history

  

  The Argentine province of Santa Fe will be the coliseum for South America’s oldest and fiercest derby when the locals meet Uruguay in the quarter finals of the Americas Cup. Both teams arrive with an unsatisfactory record in the current competition and are expected to make the most to ensure they reach the finals.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 04:25 UTC

  Blatter re-elected unopposed; proposes deep reforms for FIFA to fight corruption

  

  Sepp Blatter was re-elected on Wednesday unopposed for a fourth term as FIFA president, shrugging off the scandals that have hit world soccer's governing body to secure another four years in charge.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 11:03 UTC

  Uruguay “exported” 1.414 football players in the last decade

  

  Uruguay “exported” 1.414 football players during the last decade, (equivalent to 128 teams) to such different places as Argentina, Italy, Iraq, Russia or Romania according to a report from a local Montevideo newspaper.

• Wednesday, December 15th 2010 - 22:25 UTC

  Argentina, world’s largest exporter of top football players: 1.800 in 2009/10

  

  Argentina has surpassed neighbouring Brazil as the world's largest exporter of football players, a trend that may not be a good thing for the country's domestic game. Players had become assets to be sold off to repay club debts, one agent said, while the growing exodus of Argentina's best young players is leaving a void in the local game.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2010 - 06:10 UTC

  Cameron admits to having cheered for Germany in World Cup

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron made a soul-searing confession before the eyes of the world on Tuesday: he admitted having cheered for Germany after they vanquished England at the World Cup.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2010 - 05:18 UTC

  A country full of gratitude defies freezing weather to honour Uruguay’s soccer team

  

  Tens of thousands of Uruguayans took to the streets of Montevideo defying freezing weather and polar gusts to cheer and honour the ‘sky blue’ national team which came back from South Africa with a fourth place and striker Diego Forlan with the Golden Ball as the World’s Cup's best player.