Orlando (AFP) – Costa Rica forward Bryan Ruiz says his team will be forced to slow down their game due to the sizzling temperature for Saturday’s Copa America Centenario Group A opener against Paraguay. Costa Rica, World Cup quarter-finalists in Brazil two years ago, took to the field at Orlando's Citrus Bowl for their final […]

San José (United States) (AFP) – Lionel Messi touched down in California on Friday as Argentina prepared for the possibility that the injured Barcelona superstar may not be fit for next week's Copa America Centenario showdown with Chile. Messi arrived in the early hours from Barcelona, where on Thursday he had appeared in court to […]

Zurich (AFP) – Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and two of his deputies awarded themselves more than $80 million in often suspicious payments over the past five years, FIFA said Friday, after Swiss investigators raided the headquarters of football's governing body. On a day that FIFA also had to deny media reports that new president […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal are trying to lure England striker Jamie Vardy away from Premier League champions Leicester City in a move worth around £20 million ($29m, 25.5m euros) Britain's Guardian newspaper reported Friday. Vardy scored 24 league goals as Leicester, 5,000/1 rank outsiders, were crowned champions of England last season, finishing 10 points in front […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Spanish champions Barcelona said Friday they have been fined 150,000 euros ($170,000) by UEFA after separatist flags were flown in the Camp Nou during Champions League games last season. In a statement the Spanish champions said that they would do everything to overturn a punishment which they described as "totally unjust and...opposed […]

Genk (Belgium) (AFP) – Belgium's defensive woes ahead of Euro 2016 continued on Friday as coach Marc Wilmots announced that centre-back Thomas Vermaelen will miss Sunday's friendly against Norway with a muscle strain. Wilmots said that the Barcelona player was forced to leave training on Friday in Genk early and becomes the latest defender on […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona centre-back Marc Bartra will join Borussia Dortmund after the German club agreed to pay his release clause, the Spanish champions announced on Friday. "FC Barcelona announce that German club Borussia Dortmund have informed them of their desire to activate the buy out clause for the player Marc Bartra, according to which […]

We've compiled the most comprehensive Copa América 2016 Schedule. Hopefully, it'll to give you as many options as possible to watch the 100th anniversary of the Copa America Centenario. Every single game will be shown live on US television and streaming. Plus all of the games will be available in English-language and Spanish-language. We've navigated […]

Lyon (AFP) – Bruno Genesio has been rewarded for an excellent second half to last season with a new three-year deal as coach of Lyon, the French club said on Friday. "We are satisfied with the relationship we have with him and with the results obtained," Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas told a press conference, saying […]

If you want to find out the schedule of Venezuela Copa America games on TV, scroll down for all of the details. For soccer fans that live in the United States, every single game will be shown live on television as well as streaming. The matches will be available in English-language and Spanish-language. Venezuela games […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Spanish prosecutors called Friday for Lionel Messi to be absolved on the final day of his tax fraud trial, but the lawyer representing fiscal authorities disagreed, comparing him to a "crime boss." The Argentina and Barcelona star and his father Jorge Horacio Messi have been accused of using companies in Belize and […]

Metz (France) (AFP) – France defender Patrice Evra has dismissed as "lies that have no basis" claims that racism influenced the decision to sideline Karim Benzema from the national squad for Euro 2016. "We are a country that loves controversies, it's magnificent. We like to talk about absolutely anything but we need to focus on […]

Zurich (AFP) – Sitting on the top of a mountain of football cash, Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner unilaterally awarded themselves bonuses and contracts worth millions of dollars. Details of a FIFA investigation revealed on Friday that the trio, who formed the pinnacle of the FIFA power pyramid, plotted "to enrich themselves" and […]

If you want to find out the schedule of Uruguay Copa America games on TV, scroll down for all of the details. For soccer fans that live in the United States, every single game will be shown live on television as well as streaming. The matches will be available in English-language and Spanish-language. Uruguay games […]

If you want to find out the schedule of Peru Copa America games on TV, scroll down for all of the details. For soccer fans that live in the United States, every single game will be shown live on television as well as streaming. The matches will be available in English-language and Spanish-language. Peru games […]