soccer

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel mourns Pelé’s death

Published on: December 30, 2022
15:02

Havana, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Friday mourned the death of legendary Brazilian soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimiento (Pelé), who died of colon cancer at the age of 82.

Pele is fighting for life in his possible last game

Published on: December 28, 2022
15:35

Brasilia, Dec 28 (Prensa Latina) As if it were the final minutes of his last game, Brazilian sports legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pelé) is currently dribbling the attacks of death to save his life in a hospital in Sao Paulo.

Scaloni, Messi effect and Argentina’s illusion in Qatar 2022

Published on: December 17, 2022
10:31

Doha, Dec 17 (Prensa Latina) More relaxed and smiling, Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni on Saturday told the press about Lionel Messi´s relevance, collective illusion of winning the cup as well as the invaluable support by Argentine fans in Qatar 2022.

Chile keeps on arguable issues on UC fans violence

Published on: October 1, 2022
12:17

Santiago de Chile, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Deciding to postpone Chilean Cup 2022 quarter-final match, called off due to some Universidad Católica (UC) fans´ violence during the match, is presently generating deep concerns for this sports discipline´s future.

Uruguay and Cuba sign collaboration agreement in soccer

Published on: December 13, 2021
17:18

Montevideo, Dec 13 (Latin press) Nuevo Futbol de Uruguay (NFU) and the Cuban Football Association (AFC) on Monday signed here and in Havana a collaboration protocol on the development of young players in Cuba.

Forgery of health declarations of Argentinian soccer players

Published on: September 6, 2021
11:18

Brasilia, (Prensa Latina) A document of the National Health Surveillance Agency of Brazil (ANVISA) shows that a member of the Argentinian delegation forged the soccer players' health declarations, G1 news portal revealed.

Uruguay’s soccer team fined for breaches against Covid-19

Published on: August 21, 2021
11:06

Montevideo, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) The Montevideo City Hall fined on Saturday the Peñarol soccer team for not complying with sanitary protocols against Covid-19 during a match held here for the South American Cup.

US keeps Cuban soccer players from playing in CONCACAF Gold Cup

Published on: July 4, 2021
08:13

Managua, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and Cuba's Soccer Association blamed the US blockade for keeping the national team from playing in the United States.

Diego Maradona’s doctor under investigation

Published on: June 28, 2021
17:07

Buenos Aires, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Diego Maradona's neurosurgeon and personal friend, Leopoldo Luque, testified on Monday before the Sain Insidro Attorney General's Office in the case that is investigating alleged malpractice that led to the death of the former Argentinean soccer player.

The Spanish League and its demons

Published on: June 18, 2021
10:24

Madrid, (Prensa Latina) The last date of the Spanish Soccer League had a certain morbidity, but in the end the team that led the tournament for the longest time, Atletico de Madrid, prevailed. There was also a little bit of a tidbit about Zinedine Zidane and his permanence at Real Madrid, as well as Ronald Koeman and Barcelona.

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