Robinho starts 9-year jail term in Brazil
March 22 – Former Brazilian international Robinho has been arrested to serve his nine-year prison sentence for rape.
March 22 – Former Brazilian international Robinho has been arrested to serve his nine-year prison sentence for rape.
March 21 – Mexico cruised past Panama 3-0 in the second semi-final of the Concacaf Nations League at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. They will now meet the US in the final in what promises to be a battle of the giants on Sunday night.
March 21 – It took a deflected header off a Jamaican defender in the last play of regulation time to level the scores and keep the US in the hunt for their third consecutive Concacaf Nations League title.
March 22 – Having thrown away their quarter final lead against Jamaica and then losing on penalties, Canada missed out on the CNL final four and now have a single match play-in against Trinidad and Tobago for qualification to the Copa America 2024.
March 21 – Former Manchester City and Real Madrid striker Robinho must serve a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil as a result of a 2017 rape conviction in Italy, Brazilian judges have ruled.
March 21 – On Saturday (March 23) Costa Rica will be battling to retain their elite Concacaf status as they compete for one of the two remaining slots at the Copa America 2024 against Honduras at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.
March 21 – The Women’s Super League is promoting its Women’s Football Weekend (March 23-24) through a series of visual takeovers of famous English landmarks.
March 21 – The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has rejected the request from Botev Plovdiv to appoint foreign referees for their upcoming Bulgarian Cup semi-final matches against CSKA Sofia, to be played over two legs.
CSKA and Botev Plovdiv met in a league game last weekend, which Sofia won 4:0. After the match, Botev Plovdiv were critical of the refereeing.
A Botev statement said: “PFK Botev acknowledges its own mistakes that led to the unpleasant 4:0 loss,
March 21 – The USA go into the Nations League 2024 final four semi-finals at the AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas, tonight with the youngest squad of the four teams competing.
This is only the third edition of the Concacaf Nations League and the final four matches mark the end of that season. Seven nations will have competed in the final four by the end of the current round of matches. Here are the all-time records of the nations in the 2023-24 competition. Stats cover all games played in the CNL.
March 21 – The USA continue their push for a third consecutive Concacaf Nations League title tonight at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
March 21 – The Mexico vs Panama semi-final at the AT&T Stadium tonight in Arlington, Texas, is third time in closing rounds of Concacaf competitions that these two have met in the past 10 months.
USA midfielder Weston McKennie heads the list of all-time CNL scorers, followed by his teammate Christian Pulisic who taller the same number of goals as Jamaica’s leading scorer Shamar Nicholson.
Weston McKennie not only tops the list of goalscorer for the US, but he has also made the most appearances in the Nations League. His 12 appearances for his country do not match the 17 game commitment Damion Lowe (pictured) has shown for Jamaica.
Sint Martin’s Gerwin Lake tops the list of all-time CNL goalscorers with 17. Canada’s Jonathon David, with 10 goals, is the only player from a League A nation to make the top 10.