Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football club, from the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, founded on January 2, 1921. Cruzeiro currently campaigns in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. They finished in 3rd place last season and currently lie in 6th position in the league as the current Brazilian soccer season winds down. Click to continue reading...

On the day that retired ex River Plate, Argentinos Juniors, Villarreal, Cruzeiro and Argentina full back Juan Pablo Sorín was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Belo Horizonte (the city he's lived in three times during his spells at Cruzeiro), FIFA confirmed that another former Argentina player is held in rather less high esteem. Click to continue reading...

His fifteen year career took in ten titles: four Argentine leagues, one Copa Brasil, one French Cup, one Copa Libertadores, one Supercopa Sudamericana, one Panamerican Games title, and one Youth World Cup. He was part of the most successful River Plate team of all time, and played for ten clubs in six different countries. Click to continue reading...

Another season is drawing to a close in Europe, and the time arrives for the first reprise in Hasta El Gol Siempre's brief existence. Ladies and gentlemen, the second annual Hasta El Gol Siempre Award for Best Argentine Footballer in a Foreign League is upon us! Voting for the 2008 award opens as soon as [. Click to continue reading...

...The end of my trip round Spain, at least. And, just possibly, for Juan Román Riquelme's freezing-out of Villarreal's first team. But definitely not for Juan Pablo Sorín's career, according to the man himself, and neither for both River's and Boca's challenges for international honours. Click to continue reading...