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Lionel Messi wants to end trophy drought with Argentina at the Copa America and backs his team when the pressure is on

Lionel Messi believes his Argentina side will continue to grow as a team at the Copa America after impressively making it out of the group stage unbeaten. A bac... read more

Colombia 0-0 Peru (4-2 pens): David Ospina shoot-out heroics help his side into Copa America semi-final after stalemate 

Christian Cueva looked terrified when he stepped up, so it wasn’t a surprise when he launched his penalty kick high over David Ospina’s goal. The MetLif... read more

Lionel Messi should keep doing things his way, not copy Diego Maradona, says Veron

Lionel Messi is his own man and should not be compared to Diego Maradona.  That is the view of Juan Sebastian Veron, the former Argentina international who had... read more

USA 2-1 Ecuador: Clint Dempsey shines after scoring and assisting to send hosts into Copa America semi-final 

Clint Dempsey drove the United States of America to the Copa America semi-final for the first time since 1995 as they saw off Ecuador in a thrilling clash in Se... read more

USA v Ecuador: Copa America 2016 preview

Jurgen Klinsmann has called on his USA players to prove themselves on the world stage as the USA face Ecuador in the first Copa America Centenario quarter-final... read more

Tite named as new Brazil head coach after president of Corinthians confirms his exit along with former Arsenal midfielder Edu

Tite named as new Brazil head coach after president of Corinthians confirms his exit along with former Arsenal midfielder Edu Dunga was sacked after a poor Copa... read more

Brazil take break in talks with Corinthians boss Tite

Brazil take break in talks with Corinthians boss Tite over replacing Dunga after Copa America disappointment Brazil knocked out of Copa America group stage for ... read more

Argentina 3-0 Bolivia: Erik Lamela helps set up quarter-final clash with Venezuela as Lionel Messi sparkles in second-half cameo

Copa America Centenario favourites Argentina flexed their muscles once again, crushing Bolivia to reach the quarter-finals as the only team with a 100 per cent ... read more

Chile 4-2 Panama: Alexis Sanchez shines as Chilean strikeforce finally fires to deliver Copa America Centenario last eight place   

Eduardo Vargas and Alexis Sanchez fired Chile through to the Copa America Centenario quarter-finals in a thrilling clash with Panama, despite Claudio Bravo̵... read more

Dunga sacked as Brazil manager after Copa America failure and group stage elimination

Dunga has been sacked from his position as Brazil manager after a disastrous Copa America Centenario. The Selecao were eliminated from the tournament in the gro... read more

Uruguay 3-0 Jamaica: Abel Hernandez strikes as Uruguay exit the Copa America 

Uruguay 3-0 Jamaica: Abel Hernandez strikes as Uruguay exit the Copa America  Uruguay were already eliminated prior to kick-off after two straight losses Abel ... read more

Lionel Messi to feature for Argentina against Bolivia as Panama look to progress in the Copa America despite Chile ‘advantage’

Lionel Messi is set to feature for Argentina against Bolivia in his country’s final Copa America Centenario group game, even though the Albiceleste have a... read more

Mexico 1-1 Venezuela: Jesus Corona hits stunning solo goal to ensure Mexico top group after Jose Velazquez’s overhead kick

Venezuela can’t say they weren’t warned. Just one minute before Jesus ‘Tecatito’ Corona jinked and jived his way past three defenders before firing Mexi... read more

Brazil have been left humiliated by Peru defeat… where do they go from here?

Brazil were sent crashing out of the Copa America Centenario on Sunday night, losing 1-0 to Peru in Foxborough, Massachusetts, thanks to Raul Ruidiaz’s pu... read more

Brazil dumped OUT of Copa America 2016 by Peru after handball goal

Raul Ruidiaz delivered the knock-out blow which sent Brazil crashing out of the Copa America. Quite literally—the Peru star punched the ball into the back of ... read more

Ecuador 4-0 Haiti: Antonio Valencia and Enner Valencia strike as side dominate to progress in the Copa America

Ecuador 4-0 Haiti: Antonio Valencia and Enner Valencia seal last-eight spot Premier League duo struck as Ecuador dominated the encounter Victory means Peru have... read more

Luis Suarez blames his Copa America outburst on frustration and insists he holds no grudge against Uruguay head coach Oscar Tabarez

Luis Suarez blames his remarkable Copa America outburst on frustration and insists he holds no grudge against Uruguay head coach Oscar Tabarez By Rory O’C... read more

Diego Maradona forced to clarify his comments about Argentina captain Lionel Messi

Diego Maradona forced to clarify his comments about Lionel Messi, after claiming the Argentina captain ‘has no personality’ and ‘lacks charact... read more

Lionel Messi poses for selfie with Javier Mascherano as Argentina jet off ahead of Bolivia match in the Copa America

Lionel Messi poses for selfie with Javier Mascherano as Argentina jet off ahead of Bolivia match in the Copa America Javier Mascherano uploaded the photo as Arg... read more

Colombia 2-3 Costa Rica: Johan Alberto Venegas’ stunning strike helps already eliminated side secure victory

Colombia 2-3 Costa Rica: Johan Alberto Venegas’ stunning strike helps already eliminated side secure victory Lack of pressure meant both sides served up e... read more

‘In my head, it’s decided’: Dunga refuses to give away his team ahead of Brazil’s crunch clash as his squad train for Peru

‘In my head, it’s decided,’ said Dunga, but he wasn’t giving anything away. The coach has key selection decisions to make ahead of Sunday night’s clas... read more

USA 1-0 Paraguay: Clint Dempsey secures passage to knockout round despite DeAndre Yedlin sending off

They had to sweat for it. Particularly after DeAndre Yedlin’s red card—he was idiotically booked twice in the space of a minute early in the second half... read more

Argentina winger Angel di Maria could miss rest of Copa America with thigh injury

Argentina winger Angel di Maria could miss rest of Copa America with thigh injury Angel di Maria suffered a thigh injury in Argentina’s 5-0 win over Panam... read more

Argentina 5-0 Panama: Lionel Messi secures victory with hat-trick on return from injury

At times it has felt like the Copa America Centenario was created specifically for Lionel Messi. From the marketing power he has to the way the stadiums Argenti... read more