South American Round-Up

Chile reached the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after downing Colombia in Medellin. Uruguay are just a win away from qualification after dramatically edging Ecuador. Meanwhile, Venezuela missed out on all chances of qualifying after losing to Paraguay.

Time To Chilebrate!

Chile coach Marcelo Bielsa has reacted to his side’s 4-2 win over Colombia which clinched their place at the World Cup finals in South Africa next year, and offered a note of thanks to every member of the team who made the achievement possible.

Venezuela Have Hope

The Valencia striker, Nicolas Fedor, better known as Miku proved the hero as Venezuela kept their feint hopes of World Cup qualification alive with a hard fought 3-1 win over Peru...

Uruguay Still Alive

Two goals in the final fifteen minutes gave Uruguay a deserved 3-1 win in Montevideo and put a serious dent in Colombia'qualifying hopes. The celeste have now leapfrogged Colombia into sixth place in the qualifying group and have given themselves real hope for the World Cup.

Forlan Returns For Uruguay

Uruguay will be bolstered for their World Cup qualification tie against Colombia on Wednesday by the return of Diego Forlan, who has served a one-match ban. The Atletico Madrid striker will captain the side in the absence of Diego Lugano...

I Want Argies To Qualify

After playing his part in Brazil's 3-1 win against Argentina at the weekend, Kaka has left los Albicelestes close to World Cup elimination. However, the Real Madrid midfielder insists that he would love to see Diego Maradona's team at the South Africa tournament...

Tevez Out, Aguero In

After the devastating defeat to Brazil on the weekend, Argentina coach Diego Maradona is ringing the changes for the crucial match against Paraguay on Wednesday. Rolando Schiavi, 36, will replace Sebastian Dominguez at centre back, while Sergio Aguero will replace Carlos Tevez in attack.