Doha (AFP) – Alejandro Dominguez of Paraguay was re-elected Conmebol president for a third term during Friday's congress of the South American football body in Doha. Dominguez, who took over in 2016 after a vast corruption scandal and was re-elected for a second term in 2018, was the only candidate and received the backing of […]

Rounds three and four of the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers are here, and there are vital points at stake for the South American national teams as they continue their journey to try to qualify for the FIFA 2022 World Cup. Depending on which countries you support or the style of football you enjoy, there are […]

Santiago (AFP) – The head of South American football confederation CONMEBOL said Wednesday the body lost more than $140 million to graft under former managers indicted in a US corruption investigation. Between 2010 and 2014 "CONMEBOL was defrauded of more than $140 million," its president Alejandro Dominguez told AFP after unveiling the findings of an […]

Asuncion (AFP) – South American football confederation CONMEBOL said on Monday it is suing American sponsorship partners ISM for $18 million in the continuing fall-out from a world football corruption scandal. "CONMEBOL has opened a process with New York State to cancel its contract with International Soccer Marketing Inc. (ISM) for the exclusive management of […]

Lima (AFP) – South America's football chief called for a new era free of corruption Wednesday as the region's scandal-plagued governing body CONMEBOL passed a package of reforms designed to root out graft. Alejandro Dominguez told delegates at the CONMEBOL congress that the organization had the opportunity to turn the page on decades of sleaze […]

Lima (AFP) – The South American Football Confederation will meet Wednesday to adopt reforms it says will increase transparency after the FIFA corruption scandal, in which it played a starring role. CONMEBOL is due to approve a series of new statutes drafted after its past three presidents were all arrested in a US-led probe into […]

South American soccer confederation CONMEBOL looks to clean its image by choosing a new president Tuesday, as three of its former heads face US indictments in the FIFA corruption scandal. After being searched this month by investigators probing alleged bribes, CONMEBOL's headquarters in Paraguay now hosts football chiefs from 10 countries who will choose a […]