Brazilian Soccer Genius Garrincha Remembered
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PAU GRANDE, Brazil  - The grave is in a country  cemetery about an hour's drive from Rio de Janeiro, a simple  slab of grimy concrete squeezed between fancier tombs.
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Serginho, a 30-year-old defender with SÃ£o Caetano, collapsed and died of what appeared to be a heart attack during a Brazilian league match on Wednesday night.
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The football world mourns the death of legendary manager Brian Clough.
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MARACAIBO, Venezuela  - Almost exactly three months after shipping seven goals in a Champions League match, goalkeeper Doni is basking in the accolades after helping Brazil reach the Copa America final.
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Brazilian head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira played down sentiment about the world champion&#39;s 1-0 defeat by minnow Ecuador in the South American zone World Cup qualifier.
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Player Paulo de Oliveira, &quot;Serginho,&quot; of Brazilian First Division club Sao Caetano, Wednesdaynight died of a heart attack during the second half of a match against Sao Paulo
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By Andrei Khalip RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - The murder of a soccerplayer and kidnapping of the mother of another have shown thatnot even Brazil's pride and joy -- soccer -- is immune from theviolent crime that sweeps over cities.
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The 30-year-old player likely suffered cardiac arrest, doctor Marco Aurelio Cunha said. The official cause of death was not immediately released.
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Arturo Gatti, a two-time world champion, said he was retiring Saturday after being stopped in the seventh round by Alfonso GÃ³mez in a 147-pound bout.A stunned crowd of more than 9,000 in Atlantic City â where Gatti, 35, is almost as revered as the New Jersey icons Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi â looked on as GÃ³mez punished Gatti, his former idol. Gatti, who grew up in Canada and moved to Jersey City in 1991, has a career record of 40-9.
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Brazilian soccer is in mourning after Sao Caetano defender Serginho died following an apparent heart attack during Wednesday&#39;s match against Sao Paulo.
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LONDON: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who earned UEFA&#39;s champions coach award after winning the European Cup with Porto last season, had a sentimental reunion on Wednesday when he received his plaque from his former boss Sir Bobby Robson.
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Two Brazilians were honored by FIFA Monday when soccerâs governing body named Kaka and Marta as the menâs and womenâs players of the year.
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Brazilian championship matches were stopped for a minute&#39;s silence Wednesday in response to news that Sao Caetano defender Serginho died after collapsing on the field at Morumbi Stadium.
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Cuban musicians, family and friends remembered the island's most famous conga drummer, Tata Guines, as he was buried outside Havana on Tuesday after a six decade career that helped popularize Afro-Cuban rhythms worldwide.
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A biographer once noted that soccer is his greatest passion - one that drove him to become sports correspondent for Brazil's largest national newspaper during the 1998 World Cup.
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Sport: Jose Mourinho has outflanked his Premier League rivals by snapping up the talented Peru striker Claudio Pizarro, writes Marcus Christenson.
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Brian Clough, one of the game&#39;s managerial legends, died earlier today at the age of 69. The double European Cup winning manager had members of his family at his bedside.