When Brazilian goalkeeper Jakson Follmann took his first steps since surviving a plane crash that wiped out his football club, he called it a win — with his hardest ever season just starting.Follmann was the reserve goalie of Chapecoense, which went from the most feelgood team in football-mad Brazil to a national tragedy.This was a lowly club that had fought its way to the finals of the regional Copa Sudamericana regional tournament. Then on November 28, almost the whole team...
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Former Brazil international Paulo Cesar has admitted he sold his World Cup winners medal from 1970 to buy cocaine.“I wasn’t in control emotionally. I should never have negotiated and sold such a precious medal,” he told Globonews television station.“It’s a huge loss. I’ve never told anyone but now I’m ready to admit it.”The 65-year-old former midfielder added: “The most important thing for me was cocaine. The medal was less important.”Paulo Cesar made his name at Rio de Janeiro outfit Botafogo...
Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero said he had luck on his side when he blocked two Dutch penalties on Wednesday to...
Fuelled by decades of hurt, Lionel Messi’s Argentina and Arjen Robben’s Holland will carry competing motivations into Wednesday’s tantalising World...
Angel di Maria’s thigh injury has robbed Argentina of vital attacking thrust in midfield going into their World Cup showdown with the Netherlands in Sao Paulo on Wednesday. The skilful 26-year-old went into the tournament on the back of a stunning burst of late- season form for Real Madrid and scored the extra-time goal that saw Argentina edge Switzerland 1- 0 in the last 16. Here, AFP Sports assesses the candidates vying to replace him in coach Alejandro Sabella’s starting...
Argentina and the Netherlands prepare to meet again on South American soil in Wednesday’s second World Cup semi-final, 36 years...
Brazil football legend Pele is getting married Tuesday for the third time, tying the knot with his girlfriend of six...
Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella concedes Germany could have an important edge in Sunday’s World Cup final as battered Brazil prepare...
Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella believes a well-rested Germany will have the advantage against the weary South Americans in Sunday’s World...
Win or lose Wednesday’s semi-final against Argentina, Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal will leave the World Cup having firmly reinforced his reputation as a master tactician. Manchester United fans must be feeling on excellent terms with themselves at the prospect of seeing the distinctive 62- year-old’s presence filling the Old Trafford dugout in a few weeks time. But before he swoops his orange tie for red to direct his prodigious grey matter to reviving United’s fortunes, van Gaal has unfinished...
Former Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk is betting on Arjen Robben to outshine Lionel Messi as the Netherlands prepare to...
Four-time world footballer of the year Lionel Messi wished his Barcelona team-mate Neymar a quick recovery after the Brazil star...