Tag: Copa Libertadores
Back in the stands in Brazil: stadium hosts 7,000 fans
RIO DE JANEIRO — About 7,000 Flamengo fans attended their team’s 4-1 win against Argentina’s Defensa y Justicia in the second leg of their...
Boca Juniors players stuck in Brazil after stadium brawl
RIO DE JANEIRO — Players of Argentina’s Boca Juniors spent the night in a bus outside a police station in the Brazilian city of...
EURO 2020: Euro 2020 will usurp Copa America in Brazil
SAO PAULO — When it comes time for Brazilians to choose who to watch on the soccer field this month — Neymar or Kylian...
Tevez leaves Boca Juniors to rest; no talk of retirement
BUENOS AIRES — Veteran striker and captain Carlos Tevez announced Friday he is leaving Boca Juniors, triggering a clause in his contract that allows...
All soccer suspended in Argentina because of virus cases
BUENOS AIRES — All soccer in Argentina was suspended for nine days Friday ahead of a strict shutdown decree for much of the country...
A keepsake: River Plate overcomes COVID-19 obstacles for win
With an injured midfielder improvising as a goalkeeper, and without any reserves because of a COVID-19 outbreak in the squad, River Plate somehow managed...
20 footballers from River Plate test positive for COVID-19
BUENOS AIRES — Five more footballers at River Plate have tested positive for COVID-19, lifting the powerful Argentine club’s total to 20 cases within...
River Plate without goalkeepers for Copa Libertadores match
BUENOS AIRES — South American soccer body CONMEBOL rejected River Plate's request to include two replacement goalkeepers in its squad for a Copa Libertadores...
Copa Libertadores match is played amid tear gas in Colombia
Players breathed in tear gas during a Copa Libertadores group stage match in Colombia where they were unwittingly caught up in protests against the...
Montevideo to host final of Copa Libertadores, Sudamericana
SAO PAULO — The Centenário stadium in Uruguay's capital Montevideo will host the finals of the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana tournaments in...