This video quickly goes from the worst non-offside call in history to the worst offside trap in history to the worst goalkeeping in history. In essence this video should have all its copies burn and rid from the earth so as to avoid being viewed by a young, impressionable footballer. There are three clips: in the [. Click to continue reading...

Fred on target for Fluminense against Palmeiras

With just four games remaining in the championship, holders São Paulo went top for the first time this season following their 1-1 draw away to Grêmio on Wednesday and Palmeiras' 1-0 defeat at Fluminense on Sunday.

Almost 67,000 turned up at the Maracanã hoping for a miracle as strugglers Fluminense took on Palmeiras.

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• Ok, she's not playing in the Brasileirao ... but Marta still led Santos to the first Female Copa Libertadores victory after a convincing 9-0 win over Universidad de Assunción yesterday. Need we say more?
• Flamengo stunned leaders Palmeiras with a neat 2-0 victory thanks to a double (again) from Dejan Petkovic.

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A Petkovic brace sinks the leaders

Two goals from Flamengo's Petkovic ended Palmeiras' unbeaten run in the Palestra Itália and cut their lead at the top of the table to just four points.

The Greens dominated for most of the first-half but an excellent dribble and finish by the veteran Petkovic put Fla ahead.

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A dejeted looking Souza and Marcos as Náutico thrash the leaders 3-0

Despite a shock 3-0 loss at strugglers Náutico, Palmeiras remain five points clear at the top of the Brasileiro with nine games to go. As usual when the Palestra Itália outfit slip up, none of their main rivals were able to take advantage as no one in the top five managed to win.

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O 36º jogo do Mundial Sub-20, no Port Said Stadium, na cidade de Port Said-EGY, na temperatura de 28º C.
Jogaram, as seleções da Austrália (14º no ranking da FIFA) e Brasil (1º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
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Fernandão celebrates against Corinthians

On Saturday, just two points separated the top three sides in the Brasileiro. But even though Palmeiras were not in action, they stayed top after Internacional lost away at Vitória and São Paulo were held away at strugglers Santo André. Now just three points separate the top five.

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• Botafogo's fans made a banner teasing Fluminense's injured striker, Fred in their 0-0 home draw yesterday. The striker has been suffering muscular problems in his thigh and hasn't played a single match since July 23rd. The banner read : "Hey Vilma, where's Fred?

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Neto Berola scores Vitória's second against Palmeiras

Palmeiras went down 3-2 away to Vitória but second-placed Internacional failed to take advantage by losing by the same score at home to Cruzeiro.

Goals from Uelliton, Neto Berola and debut boy, Derlei, earned Vitória three deserved points.

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Champions São Paulo pick up another win

With the season at the halfway stage, just four points separate the top four teams in the Brasileiro.

Palmeiras were held at home 1-1 by a plucky Botafogo. André Lima struck first for the away team. Danilo got the equalizer for the league leaders.

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Marcos Aurélio celebrates after striking against São Paulo

Nilmar's double strike for Inter away at Náutico put the Porto Alegre outfit back in pole position in Brazil's national championship. Earlier in the match, D'Alessandro capped a dismal week when he missed a penalty that could have put Inter in the lead.

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From Goal.com:
Internacional share top spot of the table after a comfortable 3-0 victory over Coritiba at the Beira-Rio stadium on Sunday. After a slow start Inter dominated their opponents and a superb second half hat-trick from Ecuadorian international Luis Bolaños gave them the three points. Click to continue reading...

The first leg of the 2009 Copa Do Brasil Final featured two teams going for a domestic double. The 2009 Paulista State Champion - Corinthians against the 2009 Gaucho State Champions - Internacional.
An electric crowd in São Paulo at the Estadio Pacaembu watched O Timão defeat Internacional 2-0 in the 1st leg of the Copa Final. Click to continue reading...

Atlético Mineiro go top

Celso Roth's revitalization of Atlético Mineiro continued on Sunday with a 3-0 victory over Náutico in Belo Horizonte. The win, plus Internacional's 0-0 draw at home to Vitória, was enough to lift Atlético into pole position on goal difference. Júnior, Diego Tardelli and Márcio Araújo did the damage.

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Sport bounce back to beat Flamengo

After five rounds of the Campeonato Brasileiro, Internacional finally failed to win after being held 1-1 away to Cruzeiro. Â

Magrão had given Inter the lead but Wellington Paulista equalized early in the second-half. Â

Cruzeiro's Kléber, who was linked with a move to Liverpool last week, was sent off for the third time in the season (twice in the Libertadores).

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Big daddy Ronaldo takes on two Vasco men

Corinthians 0-0 draw at home to Vasco, and Inter's 1-0 loss away at Coritiba was enough to put the two clubs into the finals of the Copa do Brasil.

Corinthians drew the first match in the Maracanã 1-1. This is the second season in a row that Corinthians have made the finals.

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Early exit for Nelsinho Baptista

Sport Recife became the first side in this season's Campeonato Brasileiro to part company with their coach. On Wednesday, Nelsinho Batista was shown the door after only three rounds in the league. Baptista led the northeast club to glory in the Copa do Brasil in 2008.

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Internacional's Taison gets the winner at Goiás

Porto Alegre side, Internacional, stayed top of the Brasileiro after picking up their third win of the season.

Inter had an eye on the Copa do Brasil first leg semi-final meeting with Coritiba on Wednesday, but Taison's 22nd goal of the year was enough to see off Goiás in Goiana.

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Cordeiro, Morais and Sandro celebrate Inter's first vs Palmeiras

Internacional maintained their 100% record with a 2-0 win over a disappointing Palmeiras. With a second leg match vs Flamengo in the Copa do Brasil coming up, Inter rested most of their key players but were still too much for Palmeiras.

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Originally uploaded by Sërch Muchos han entrado aquí buscando el Calendario de Octavos de final de la Copa Libertadores y mas vale tarde que nunca, al parecer la CONMEBOL tendrá que tragarse su arrogancia y los equipos mexicanos jugaran en el hermoso suelo de la república mexicana. Click to continue reading...

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By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

The Copa Libertadores Round of 16 phase got underway on Tuesday with an all-Brazilian affair that jumpstarted the home and away legs in all matches for the next two weeks. With the swine flu scare still hovering, both Mexican teams involved in this round could possibly host their ties here in the U.

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By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

The Copa Libertadores Round of 16 phase got underway on Tuesday with an all-Brazilian affair that jumpstarted the home and away legs in all matches for the next two weeks. With the swine flu scare still hovering, both Mexican teams involved in this round could possibly host their ties here in the U.

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You know the deal in the Champions League -- Manchester United vs. whoever actually manages to score a goal tomorrow in the Barca-Chelsea semi.
Elsewhere in the world, we have:
Copa Libertadores
Round of 16, first leg (home teams first)
Tonight
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It's not only prediction season in Europe – it's prediction season in South America, as well. I love knockout rounds!!! This week marks the first of the knockout rounds in the Copa Libertadores and that means the team here at WCR has been locked in a dark room since last Thursday staring into crystal balls, reading tarot cards, and smoking some Native American wacky tobacco to come up with the winners of the next round. Click to continue reading...

Neymar and Ronaldo: just two of the big stars in this year's Brasileiro

The dust has barely settled on the major state championships, but already it's time to focus on Brazil's national league – the Campeonato Brasileiro.

The 2008 competition was one of the closest for years but this season could be even tighter.

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Its the final week of Libertadores action, the bracket for the knockout stage is set. Teams fought hard to get closer to becoming the champion of the 50th Copa Libertadores. On Tuesday, the top two teams in Groups 7 and 8 were finalized. In Group 7, the only drama was who would finish 2nd as Gremio had already won the group.

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The fixtures involving the last 16 teams in the Libertadores will have an all-Brazil confrontation with Palmeiras and Sport Recife locking horns once again.

The two met in the group stage with the São Paulo side coming out on top winning 2-0 win in Recife and drawing 1-1 in the Palestra Itália.

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By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

The Copa Libertadores group stages ended last night with little surprise as Boca Juniors and Cuenca completed their schedules and advanced as the last two teams to complete the Round of 16 matchups, which will involve all of Brazil's five representatives, leaving little doubt on how strong of a league that country boasts.

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By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

The Copa Libertadores group stages ended last night with little surprise as Boca Juniors and Cuenca completed their schedules and advanced as the last two teams to complete the Round of 16 matchups, which will involve all of Brazil's five representatives, leaving little doubt on how strong of a league that country boasts.

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By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

Copa Libertadores wrapped up another pulsating week of action and saw the elimination of defending champions Liga de Quito of Ecuador and Argentine giants River Plate while Ecuador's Cuenca obtained a historic win against Boca Juniors and Brazil's Sport Recife advanced to the Round of 16 in their very first Libertadores campaign.

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By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

Copa Libertadores wrapped up another pulsating week of action and saw the elimination of defending champions Liga de Quito of Ecuador and Argentine giants River Plate while Ecuador's Cuenca obtained a historic win against Boca Juniors and Brazil's Sport Recife advanced to the Round of 16 in their very first Libertadores campaign.

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By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

With group stages of the Copa Libertadores finally set to conclude next week, seven teams are officially out while four have tickets to the Round of 16. That leaves 21 teams to battle-royal it out for the remaining 12 posts available.

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50 Years of Passion is what the 50th Anniversary Copa Libertadores is all about. The tournament is 2 weeks away from finalizing the seedings for the knockout stage. There is still a lot of maneuvering as teams look to finish in the top 2 slots in their groups.

Group 6 is setting up for some massive drama on the final day after Venezuelan side FC Caracas pulled an important 3 points at home versus Chilean side Everton.

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50 Years of Passion is what the 50th Anniversary Copa Libertadores is all about. The tournament is 2 weeks away from finalizing the seedings for the knockout stage. There is still a lot of maneuvering as teams look to finish in the top 2 slots in their groups.

Group 6 is setting up for some massive drama on the final day after Venezuelan side FC Caracas pulled an important 3 points at home versus Chilean side Everton.

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A sólo tres días del Superclásico contra Universidad de Chile, el argentino Marcelo Barticciotto presentó su renuncia como entrenador del Colo Colo, según reveló un directivo del equipo albo.
Gustavo Hasbún, miembro de Blanco y Negro, entidad que administra al popular equipo chileno, declaró en un programa de televisión que el argentino había tomado la decisión de renunciar, a pesar del apoyo que se le había estado dando. Click to continue reading...