African Cup of Nations (Group C), Gabon vs Tunisia (1pmET, Al-Jazeera Sports / Eurosport International):Tunisia and tournament co-host Gabon both won their first two group games and hence will advance to the final eight (while the other two teams in the group, Niger and disappointing Morocco, will go home).

It has been reported this morning that the German newspaper Bild has revealed that Arsenal have been making enquiries about the Paraguayan international striker Lucas Barrios, who is currently playing at the Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. The 27 year-old has excellent goalscoring stats in the last few years, having netted 49 goals in just 53 [.

It has been reported this morning that the German newspaper Bild has revealed that Arsenal have been making enquiries about the Paraguayan international striker Lucas Barrios, who is currently playing at the Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. The 27 year-old has excellent goalscoring stats in the last few years, having netted 49 goals in just 53 [.

Antolin Alcaraz spits at Richard Stearman- Photo Alcaraz spitting Stearman Wigan Wolves is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Antolin Alcaraz spits at Richard Stearman- Photo Alcaraz spitting Stearman Wigan Wolves is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Wigan Athletic's Paraguayan centre half Antolin Alcaraz has been charged by the FA for spitting at Wolverhampton Wanderers' Richard Stearman in the two sides' Premier League game on Sunday 6, November, 2011.

You'll never Walk Alone has always been my favourite football anthem, it reminds me of the wonderful Liverpool teams of the 60′s/70′s and Bill Shankly and the Kop and black and white TV and my first visit to Anfield. It is THE football anthem. Why am I writing about YNWA? Well, because it is Borussia Dortmund's anthem, and I have a feeling that with 80,000 Germans singing and cheering on their young and extremely talented side our boys in Red are going to be feeling very alone.

Benfica forward Oscar Cardozo is set to pen a deal keeping him the club until at least 2016.
The Paraguayan's current deal will keep him at the club until 2014, how an offer of a two-year extension is expected to warn off interest in the striker.
Liverpool had reportedly been interested in the 28-year-old, however the player's agent Pedro Aldave says he is currently negotiating the extension.

Tomorrow, Arsenal start their European adventure, the one we're all used to seeing, with a trip to Germany to take on Borussia Dortmund. Borussia, as we all know, won the Bundesliga last year, and were definitely the team to avoid in Pot 4 of the CL Draw. So naturally, we got them..

The thing about Dortmund is that they are, in many ways, the German Arsenal (circa 2009-2010)- a young, determined team with a central attacking midfielder as its' playmaker and fulcrum.

Real Betis have confirmed the signing of Paraguay striker Roque Santa Cruz on a one-year loan from Manchester City.

Thirty-year-old Santa Cruz joined City from Blackburn in 2009 but has struggled to tie down a first-team berth with the big-spending Premier League club and returned to Rovers on loan for the second half of last season.

Persiba Balikpapan have signed Japanese striker Kenji Adichihara from Bontang. Kenji spent two years with the team about six hours up the road from Balikpapan and netted 30 goals in his time there despite the team struggling most of that time.
He will renew his productive strike partnership with Paraguayan striker Aldo Baretto who made the same journey last year and has decided to stay with the Honey Bears for one more season.

Benfica won 2-0 over Trabzonspor on Wednesday in the first game of the third qualifying round of UEFA's Champions League.
Benfica's first goal was scored in the 71st minute. On a ball that the Trabzonspor defense had difficulties to deviate, Spaniard Nolito received the ball in the box and scored.

A thousand 'Copa load of that' headlines die a death Uruguay pulled off a 3-0 victory to lift the Copa America, confirm themselves as the undisputed -guay champions of the world and thwart model Larissa Riquelme's plans for an on-pitch strip. The Paraguayan had vowed to take her kit off in the stadium if her [.

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish wants Wigan's Colombian star Hugo Rodallega but will have to pay £9million to get him.
Dalglish is keen to bring in the powerful attacker to give Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez some top-class support as the Kop aim to get back on the glory trail this season
Rodallega has impressed Dalglish in the past couple of years, often dazzling against the Anfield side in games, and he thinks the South American would be a huge asset
Dalglish is looking to move out David Ngog and Milan Jovanovic as he improves the quality of his options and he knows Suarez and Carroll will pick up injuries because of their all-action styles
So Dalglish wants Rodallega to fill that gap and hopes Wigan will be sensible with the fee as the 25-year-old is going into the last season of his contract and can go for nothing next summer
Wigan supremo Dave Whelan values Rodallega in the £9m class, similar to winger Charles NZogbia who is also in the same contract position and boss Roberto Martinez is backing him.

By WAG Watcher

Hey, remember Larissa Riquelme? Y'know, the Paraguayan 'World Cup super fan' that just about everyone wanted to gashmoygady last summer right up until they realised just what a desperate, fame-craving harlot she was?

No? Allow us to refresh your memories.

What can I say, I'm a total content-tease. But the time has come to make good on my earlier promise and bare all. Or at least some. Thus, I reveal that my forthcoming book is titled "An Illustrated Guide to Soccer & Spanish." It is loosely based on my famous but now slightly antiquated Spanglish series from a few years back.

"Pressure? This is just a football match," says the great Paraguayan goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert. "When you do not know how to feed your children, that is pressure." And so when David De Gea, Manchester United's latest addition, puts on his new shirt for the very first time in a competitive game, he can use this rather-odd advice from a player many young keepers, maybe even himself, aspire to be like.

By Chris Wright

Diego Barreto of Cerro Porteno, tikabooson...

Don't really understand how that little cockatoo-haired shite Neymar has the nerve to claim the goal (I'm fairly sure that he indicates to the referee that the ball glanced of his Rufio-like fringe) and celebrate like he's just buried one from 35-yards that was all about Barreto's masterful handiwork.

FIFA cleared the re-election of Sepp Blatter as FIFA president today.

"No investigation against Blatter is warranted," according to Petrus Damaseb, the ethics committee deputy chairman.

A full inquiry into Mohammed Bin Hammam and Jack Warner having made bribes to the Caribbean Football Union officials in exchange for their votes in the presidential elections will be conducted later till which time both executive members are suspended.

Good news, everyone! The past sixteen years of hard work has been worth something after all. No, but really, Sir Alex Ferguson says that Manchester United are "finding it increasingly more exciting" every time they come across the pond, especially since MLS "is now developing into a very competitive league".

By Gordon Fleetwood writing from NYC

South American U20 Championships: Day 13

Juan Manuel Iturbe may not be a household name, but with his talent, you wouldn't bet against it happening in the future. The former Paraguayan youth international left his mark on the most anticipated game of the tournament.

BARCELONA, — Lionel Messi struck twice to take his league goals tally to 21 as champions Barcelona beat Hercules 3-0 to move seven points clear of Real Madrid on Saturday. Spanish international Pedro Rodriguez scored his 12th league goal of the season to open the scoring on 43 minutes before Ballon d'Or winner Messi struck [.