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Allianz in talks to buy naming rights for Brazil football stadium

April 17, 2013 22:45
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Allianz SE <ALVG.DE>, Europe's biggest insurer, is in talks to buy the naming rights to a football stadium under construction in Brazil's largest city Sao Paulo, in what may become the first major football sponsorship deal in the country hosting the World Cup next year.

Sao Paulo stadium may not be ready for World Cup

March 28, 2013 14:15
By Brian Winter, Guillermo Parra-Bernal and Tatiana Ramil SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Builders are threatening to halt construction on Sao Paulo's new World Cup stadium within weeks because of a dispute over financing, a move that could throw next year's global football tournament into disarray and embarrass the government.

Brazilian fans held in Bolivia in danger: senator

March 28, 2013 11:00
A lawmaker said he feared for the lives of 12 Brazilian fans being held in Bolivia over the accidental death of a youth during a Libertadores Cup match last month. The fans support Corinthians, a Sao Paulo team. A 14-year-old Bolivian was killed by a flare fired by a Brazilian fan during Corinthians' away game against San Jose in the Bolivian town of Oruro. After the incident Bolivian police detained 12 Corinthians fans.

Soccer-Relief for Corinthians as home fan ban reduced

March 7, 2013 21:00
By Andrew Downie SAO PAULO, March 7 (Reuters) - Corinthians supporters will be allowed back into the stands to watch their team play home Copa Libertadores matches after officials reduced a 60-day ban imposed after a Bolivian boy was killed by a firework. Conmebol, the South American Football Confederation, said the ban on fans for last week's game against Colombian side Millonarios was sufficient as long as there was no further trouble.

Soccer-Velez fans banned after trouble at Libertadores Cup match

March 6, 2013 07:46
March 6 (Reuters) - Velez Sarsfield's fans have been banned from away matches up to the Libertadores Cup semi-finals after causing trouble at Penarol in a clash of former champions last week, the Argentine club said. Velez, winners in 1994, must also host the Uruguayan five-times champions at El Fortin in Buenos Aires behind closed doors when they clash again in Group Four next Tuesday.

Corinthians fans protest outside Bolivia consulate

March 2, 2013 18:30
Scores of Corinthians fans staged a protest outside the Bolivian consulate here Saturday to demand the release of 12 colleagues held in Bolivia over the accidental death of a youth during a Libertadores Cup match. The estimated 60 supporters of the Sao Paulo club also held a minute of silence in memory of Kevin Espada, the 14-year-old Bolivian killed by a flare fired by a Brazilian fan during Corinthians' away game against San Jose in the Bolivian town of Oruro last month.

Corinthians fan turns himself in over Bolivia flare death

February 25, 2013 17:16
A Corinthians teenage fan who confessed to causing the flare death of a 14-year-old during the Sao Paulo side's Libertadores Cup game in Bolivia last week surrendered to authorities in suburban Sao Paulo Monday. The 17-year-old, accompanied by his lawyer, appeared before a juvenile court in Guarulhos, where he testified for more than two hours about what he has described as an accident.

Soccer-Sao Paulo and Tigre fined over Sudamericana final trouble

February 23, 2013 12:30
ASUNCION, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Sao Paulo and Tigre have been fined $100,000 each for their part in a troubled Copa Sudamericana final in December and the Brazilian team were handed a one-match home ban in South American club competitions. The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) also confirmed Sao Paulo as title winners in their announcement of the sanctions on their website (www.conmebol.com) on Saturday.

Soccer-Corinthians to play behind closed doors after fan's death - media

February 22, 2013 00:15
By Andrew Downie Feb 22 (Reuters) - Reigning Libertadores Cup champions Corinthians have been ordered to play their upcoming home matches in the tournament behind closed doors, after their fans were accused of killing a young Bolivian supporter with a thrown firework, Brazilian media reported late on Thursday night. Bolivian police have opened an investigation after the 14-year-old was killed during San Jose's match against the Brazilian side on Wednesday.

UPDATE 3-Soccer-Bolivian police investigate boy's death by flare

February 21, 2013 16:01
(Adds background) Feb 21 (Reuters) - Bolivian police opened an investigation on Thursday into the death of a 14-year-old boy from a flare allegedly launched by Corinthians fans during a South American Libertadores Cup match in Oruro. They arrested at least 12 fans of title holders Corinthians of Brazil after Wednesday night's match against home side San Jose and will be interrogating them to try to identify who set off the flare that hit the boy in the eye, killing him almost instantly.
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