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The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has appointed professional services firm Ernst & Young to drive through a comprehensive reform process of the continental governing body.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has said a meeting will be held next week over the future of the Copa America Centenario, adding it is committed to going ahead with next year’s special edition of the national team tournament.

South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) president Juan Angel Napout has cast doubt over whether the United States will retain hosting rights to the planned Copa America Centenario tournament next year.

South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) treasurer Carlos Chavez has been fired from his role as president of the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) after being hit with corruption charges.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has announced a comprehensive set of reforms intended to tackle the corruption problems that have plagued the organisation.

South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) treasurer and Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) president Carlos Chavez has been jailed amid corruption allegations, while this year’s edition of the Superclassic of the Americas clash between Argentina and Brazil has been postponed in the wake of the ongoing investigation into corruption in world football.

South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) president Juan Angel Napout has supported the decision of the Paraguayan government to remove immunity from the governing body’s headquarters in the country, adding that the organisation is committed to reform in the wake of the corruption scandal enveloping world football.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has admitted it is facing difficulties in paying prize money to teams competing at the ongoing Copa America after the national team tournament’s rights holder had its accounts frozen in the midst of the US investigation into corruption in the world game.

Football’s European governing body Uefa has led the calls for the scheduled election for the presidency of Fifa tomorrow (Friday) to be postponed amidst the crisis enveloping the sport’s global governing body.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has removed Boca Juniors from the 2015 Copa Libertadores and issued further stiff sanctions against the Argentine Primera Division club following the suspension of its Round of 16 tie against bitter rivals River Plate last week.

Online home-rental marketplace Airbnb has secured its latest partnership with a major sports event by agreeing a deal with organisers of the Copa America national team football tournament, which takes place in Chile later this year.

Juan Angel Napout has been re-elected as president of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), with Jeffrey Webb also set to retain power at the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf).

Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) president Jeffrey Webb has called on Fifa to open up the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup as the region seeks the return of the showpiece tournament for the first time since 1994.

Competition organisers have revealed 24 metropolitan areas in the United States are interested in hosting matches at the 2016 Centennial Copa America national team football competition.

Paraguayan Football Association (APF) president Juan Angel Napout has been appointed as the new president of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol).

The United States was today confirmed as the host nation for a 2016 Copa America, with the special edition of the national team tournament set to mark the centenary of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol).

The AUF, football’s governing body in Uruguay, has insisted that its national team’s participation in the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil is not under threat despite the national association being suspended by Conmebol, the sport’s governing body in Latin America.

The president of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has dismissed suggestions Uruguay could be expelled from the forthcoming 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil following the mass resignation of the country’s national football association board.