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FIFA president Sepp Blatter will be asked to provide answers to 25 detailed questions from UEFA relating to his running of world soccer's ruling body when he faces a crunch Executive Committee meeting on Wednesday.

The players of defending Libertadores Cup champions Boca Juniors refused to travel from Argentina to Brazil on Monday for their semi-final second leg against Palmeiras in protest over unpaid bonuses.

Costa Rica will take the place of Canada in the Copa America after Canada pulled out because it did not have time to prepare for the hastily rearranged competition.

Security during the Copa America soccer tournament in Colombia will be stepped up after the Peruvian squad asked for life insurance to be taken out for them.

Soccer tournament the Copa America finally kicks off in Colombia on Wednesday after weeks of furious argument over when and where it should be played but, as the action starts, ordinary fans may be asking what the fuss was about.

Honduras has stated it will take part in Copa America, replacing Argentina after the South American side pulled out for security reasons of the tournament hosted by Colombia.

There will be no soccer in Argentina's B division this weekend because of the financial crisis.

The Pan-American Sports Network (PSN) is appealing against a recent ruling in Argentina which requires it to reinstate its signal on cable operator Multicanal and satellite platform DirecTV.

Sports rights marketing company Traffic has expressed dismay at poor ticket sales for the first two quarter-finals of the controversial Copa America.

Michel Zen-Ruffinen, general secretary of soccer’s governing body FIFA, emerged from a Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday confident that president Sepp Blatter could answer all the questions relating to the collapse of its marketing partner ISL.

Latin American pay-TV sports network PSN is to broadcast more than 100 matches from two of the region’s soccer tournaments – the Copa Mercosur and the Copa Merconorte.

Sepp Blatter, president of world soccer's ruling body FIFA, said on Wednesday he did not believe he would face a no confidence vote over the collapse of FIFA marketing partner ISMM/ISL.

Sepp Blatter, president of soccer’s ruling body FIFA, has escaped a motion of no confidence over the collapse of ISL/ISSM.

South American Football Confederation (CSF) president Nicolas Leoz, whose organisation staged the Copa America at only six days' notice, says his dream is for every country in the Americas to take part in the future.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed the Kazakhstan Football Association has resigned from the regional body.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter defended himself on Friday against claims he had underestimated the losses suffered by world soccer's ruling body from the collapse of its marketing partner ISMM/ISL.