The FIFA World Cup 2010 welcomes Chile to South Africa after they qualified in an impressive second place. This will be the first time they have qualified for the finals since 1998 (they were banned from qualifying for 1990 and 1994 after their 'keeper feigned injury during a qualification match against Brazil). Click to continue reading...

In early 2001, watching a game at North Sydney Oval with a friend, I noticed a familiar figure sitting a few seats across from me. Approaching him rather sheepishly, I excused myself and blurted that he was the finest Australian football commentator I'd heard, and that he always made football a pleasure to watch (or words to that effect). Click to continue reading...

Volvemos a la sección entrevistas, (por donde ya pasaron Eduardo Cantaro, Daniel Arcucci, Walter Vargas, Luciano Dolber, Pablo Aro Geraldes, Hernán Castillo, Pablo Tesoriere, Martín Rubino y Miguel Angel Ferreira), para hablar con Marcelo Baffa sobre los jugadores extranjeros que tenemos en el país (50), unos 1550 menos de los argentinos que andan por el mundo. Click to continue reading...

The great Chilean striker Marcelo Salas said his final goodbye to football this week, and appropriately enough he signed off with a hat-trick in his Chile XI vs Friends of Salas testimonial, in front of 50,000 in Santiago (above). Salas officially retired when the 2008 Chilean season ended back in November, but this gave his career [. Click to continue reading...

Rodrigo Melendez adlı abimiz, Marcelo Salas'ın beyin soğancığına doğru bir müdahalede bulunmuş. Kaç maç ceza almış merak içindeyim? Click to continue reading...

A full force Swiss squad featuring Alexander Frei and Tranquillo Barnetta will be in Vienna tomorrow evening to welcome the La Roja of Chile to their UEFA 5-star rated Ernst Happel Stadium. The Chileans will feature former Juventus player and all-time top goalscorer, Marcelo Salas, who hasn't played for his country for over two years. From the looks of their roster, it looks like he's going to need to score a couple of more if they are to have a shot at making this a decent match because the rest of the squad has a combined total of 21 career international goals, 14 less than Salas. Click to continue reading...