By David Gold
September 15 – Uruguayan forward Sebastián Abreu has served the one-match suspension handed to him by a Brazilian sports tribunal after provoking Flamengo supporters during a Brazilian league game.
By David Gold
September 13 – Legendary Brazilian forward Romário, now a Congressman in Brazil’s Parliament, has accused the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and national team coach Mano Menezes of using international matches to promote players for their own benefit.
By David Gold
September 12 – Argentina’s national team has been attacked while travelling in Lima prior to a FIFA World Cup qualifier with Peru.
By David Gold
September 10 – Brazilian outfit São Paulo have signed a new shirt sponsorship agreement with Semp Toshiba, in a R$23 million (£7.1 million/$11 million/€8.6 million) a year deal running through until the end of 2014.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 28 – The Federal Administration of Public Income (AFIP), Argentina’s national tax agency, has suspended almost 150 football agents as part of a detailed investigation into alleged tax evasion involving player transfers to overseas clubs.
By David Gold
August 28 – A minute’s silence was observed at every Brazilian league match at the weekend after Félix, the country’s World Cup-winning goalkeeper in 1970, passed away aged 74.
By David Gold
August 26 – Santander has agreed a three-year deal to become the title sponsor of the Recopa Sudamericana, which pits the winner of South America’s two major continental club competitions against each other.
By David Gold
August 26 – Boca Juniors’ La Bombonera stadium (pictured) in Argentina will be closed for at least one league match as a punishment for the violent behaviour of fans after this week’s Copa Sudamericana clash with Buenos Aires rivals Independiente.
By David Gold
August 22 – A day after their defeat to fierce local rivals Racing Club, Argentine side Independiente’s offices were attacked in two separate incidents.
By David Gold
August 17 – Pitch International has agreed an exclusive deal with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) to organise and promote the national team’s friendly games for the next decade.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 3 – Organisers of the 2016 Rio Olympics have controversially decided to keep João Havelange’s name on their main stadium (pictured) despite the former FIFA President being tarnished by the ISL bribery scandal.
By David Gold at Club France in London
August 3 – French Guiana has unveiled a project it hopes will encourage leading athletes and nations to base themselves in the region prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in neighbouring Brazil.
By David Gold
July 13 – Ronaldinho’s troubled 2012 took a further turn for the worse this week as Coca-Cola dropped him after he drank a can of Pepsi during a press conference.
By David Gold
July 6 – Clarence Seedorf has become the highest paid foreigner in Brazilian football after signing for Rio de Janeiro outfit Botafogo.
By David Gold
June 6 – The much talked about aerosol spray used to draw lines on a football pitch when giving a free-kick is being used during the current round of South American qualifiers for the Brazil 2014 World Cup, the continental confederation (CONMEBOL) has confirmed.