Argentina

Security during the Copa America soccer tournament in Colombia will be stepped up after the Peruvian squad asked for life insurance to be taken out for them.
Business

Soccer tournament the Copa America finally kicks off in Colombia on Wednesday after weeks of furious argument over when and where it should be played but, as the action starts, ordinary fans may be asking what the fuss was about.
Business

Honduras has stated it will take part in Copa America, replacing Argentina after the South American side pulled out for security reasons of the tournament hosted by Colombia.

There will be no soccer in Argentina's B division this weekend because of the financial crisis.
Business

The Pan-American Sports Network (PSN) is appealing against a recent ruling in Argentina which requires it to reinstate its signal on cable operator Multicanal and satellite platform DirecTV.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sports rights marketing company Traffic has expressed dismay at poor ticket sales for the first two quarter-finals of the controversial Copa America.
Business

Michel Zen-Ruffinen, general secretary of soccer’s governing body FIFA, emerged from a Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday confident that president Sepp Blatter could answer all the questions relating to the collapse of its marketing partner ISL.
Events

Latin American pay-TV sports network PSN is to broadcast more than 100 matches from two of the region’s soccer tournaments – the Copa Mercosur and the Copa Merconorte.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sepp Blatter, president of world soccer's ruling body FIFA, said on Wednesday he did not believe he would face a no confidence vote over the collapse of FIFA marketing partner ISMM/ISL.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sepp Blatter, president of soccer’s ruling body FIFA, has escaped a motion of no confidence over the collapse of ISL/ISSM.
Business

South American Football Confederation (CSF) president Nicolas Leoz, whose organisation staged the Copa America at only six days' notice, says his dream is for every country in the Americas to take part in the future.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed the Kazakhstan Football Association has resigned from the regional body.
Business

FIFA president Sepp Blatter defended himself on Friday against claims he had underestimated the losses suffered by world soccer's ruling body from the collapse of its marketing partner ISMM/ISL.
Media

Argentine soccer players are planning to go on strike for the second time this year over unpaid wages and bonuses.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sepp Blatter, president of world soccer’s ruling body FIFA, has once again accused UEFA general secretary Gerhard Aigner of lobbying against him over his handling of the collapse of marketing partner ISMM/ISL.
Events

Fox Sports World Espanol, the Spanish-language US sports network, will broadcast coverage of this season’s Major League Soccer which runs throughout the summer.
Business

Television distributor Venevision International has been chosen by satellite broadcaster DirecTV to sub-license the rights to the 2002 soccer World Cup in a number of Latin American nations.
Sponsorship & Marketing

UEFA chief Lennart Johansson launched an astonishing attack on FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Tuesday in the continuing fallout from the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner ISMM/ISL.