• AFP

    Rains, mudslides kill 29 in southern Brazil's 'worst disaster'

    Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday visited the country's south where floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains have killed 29 people, with the toll expected to rise.In a live broadcast, he updated the death toll from 13 earlier Thursday to 29, and the number of people missing from 21 to 60.

  • AFP

    CONCACAF Champions Cup final set for June 1

    Mexican side Pachuca will host Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew in a single-leg CONCACAF Champions Cup final on June 1, regional football chiefs confirmed on Thursday.Columbus booked a place in the final on Wednesday after securing a 3-1 away win over Mexican giants Monterrey, completing a 5-2 aggregate victory.

  • AFP

    Columbus stun Monterrey 3-1 to reach CONCACAF Champions Cup final

    Columbus Crew reached the final of the CONCACAF Champions Cup for the first time in the club's history on Wednesday after a superb 3-1 away win over Mexican giants Monterrey sealed a 5-2 aggregate victory.That put Columbus 2-1 up on the night, 4-2 on aggregate, meaning Monterrey would need to score three times.

  • The Independent

    Why playing Premier League games in the US is the last thing football needs

    Comment: As the Premier League’s American TV partner said it would ‘push’ for fixtures to be played in the US, the prospect of more global expansion is an insult to football fans and further proof of clubs detaching from their community roots