Football
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Latin American Football Gets Younger, but Its Old Problems Refuse to Retire
Latin American football’s generational makeover has arrived with teenage goals, late collapses and familiar frustrations. Across eight national teams, four…
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Argentine Messi’s Cup Doubles Its Field as River Plate Defends the Crown
Lionel Messi’s youth tournament returns to South Florida with 16 academies, twice its inaugural field. River Plate arrives as defending…
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Malvinas Soccer Fields Chileans, Faces British Troops, and Dreams Across the Atlantic
On the Malvinas Islands, a tiny amateur soccer team brings Chileans, Peruvians, Britons, and islanders together. Between military opponents, vanishing…
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Montevideo City Torque Crashes Sudamericana Semifinals with Cinderella Drama and Famous Relatives
Montevideo City Torque has reached its first continental semifinal after overturning Cienciano’s two-goal advantage. Uruguay’s surprise package carries a mechanical…
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Colombian Soccer Rolls Out the Red Carpet but Cannot Turn Back Time
James Rodríguez and Juan Cuadrado bring famous names and genuine trophies back to Colombian soccer. But their returns invite harder…
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Brazilian Clubs Set the Libertadores Table, but Their Neighbors Still Want Seats
Brazilian clubs enter the Copa Libertadores quarterfinal return games with three leads and one draw, threatening an unprecedented semifinal sweep.…
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Vozinha Keeps Things Clean as Chilean Leaders Colo Colo Draw a Blank
Vozinha’s second clean sheet reassured Colo Colo, not victory, as Chilean soccer’s leaders drew with Huachipato. For Cape Verde’s veteran…
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Argentine Soccer Says Goodbye as Messi Leaves the Eternal Stage
Lionel Messi’s international retirement closes Argentina’s longest football love story, a 21-year passage from teenage rejection to World Cup immortality,…
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Argentine Paredes Earned FIFA’s Ten-Match Reckoning After World Cup Fury
Leandro Paredes calls his ten-match suspension excessive, yet FIFA’s own code and the sequence after Argentina’s World Cup final defeat…
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Brazil’s Chapecoense Bets on Carvalho While Relegation Shadows Gather Again
Chapecoense has signed Spanish youth champion Miguel Carvalho while sitting last in Brazil’s top flight. For a club forever marked…
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