Match-fixing inquiry ordered for Colombian game
Colombia's first division opened an investigation into possible match-fixing on Monday, two days after a scandal over promotion caused indignation.
Colombia's first division opened an investigation into possible match-fixing on Monday, two days after a scandal over promotion caused indignation.
When the game enters the 90th minute and league titles are on the line, strange things can happen in football.
Colombia international Juan Cuadrado has slammed the circumstances surrounding Union Magdalena's promotion to the first division in his homeland.
Montevideo will host the finals of the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana tournaments in November.
Colombian top-flight club Aguilas Doradas started Sunday's home league game against Boyaca Chico with only seven players due to COVID-19.
The body of Colombian U20 and U17 player Leidy Asprilla was recovered on Wednesday on a highway in the southwest of Colombia, police have confirmed.
The Copa Libertadores final will continue to be played with home and away legs in the stadiums of the finalists in 2017, CONMEBOL said.
It may only be the Copa Sudamericana, but the fact that four Colombian clubs are in quarterfinals shows they are a sleeping giant, writes Tim Vickery.
Colombia winger Marlos Moreno has joined Manchester City from Atletico Nacional.
Celebrations in Colombia after Atletico Nacional won the Copa Libertadores final on Wednesday ended in violence, with three fans killed.
"Marlos is going to Manchester and Manchester will not let him play," Colombia's Olympic team coach Carlos Restrepo told a news conference.
During the tie between Once Caldas and Deportes Tolima, one defender went thundering into a two-footed, airborne lunge on ... absolutely nobody.
"James' knee shows trauma, but it is nothing major and he was taken off the pitch as a preventive measure," the team doctor said.
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on a popular Colombian soccer team for alleged ties to a drug cartel.