South America
Rio to bid for Pan American games 2007
The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro wants to organise the 2007 Pan American Games.
FA Cup on schedule for popularity revival
The popularity of the FA Cup is expected to be revived after the Football Association announced plans to play all four FA Cup quarter-finals on the same day.
Brazil tv feud hots up as soccer beats off soap
Brazil's national soccer team, who have won the World Cup four times, appear set for an unprecedented win over one of their most difficult opponents: the eight o'clock soap opera.
New blow for brazilian soccer chiefs
Brazilian soccer's latest scandal has taken a new twist after a private meeting of the country's leading directors was secretly recorded and then broadcast by a radio station.