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Messi stepped up to sweep in the spot-kick and Argentina were level. (Photo: AFP)

COPA AMERICA 2019: Messi's goal helps Argentina salvage 1-1 draw against Paraguay

Messi swept in a 57th-minute spot-kick to cancel out a first-half opener from Paraguay's Richard Sanchez.

20 Jun 2019 10:30 AM

Philippe Coutinho thought he had fired Brazil into the quarter-finals in the 87th minute when he bundled home a finish from Everton Soares' driving run down the left wing at Salvador's Arena Fonte Nova on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

COPA AMERICA 2019: VAR denies Brazil as Venezuela battle to draw

The goal appeared to have been disallowed due to a touch by Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino.

19 Jun 2019 11:54 AM

Maradona, one of the greatest players to grace the game up until he was banned from playing due to failing a doping test in 1994, did not have very kind words. (Photo: AFP)

2019 Copa America: Maradona slams Messi, Argentina after terrible Copa America start

Argentina face Paraguay next on June 19 and later face guests Qatar on June 23.

19 Jun 2019 11:24 AM

Matias Vecino started every game at last year's World Cup in Russia and coach Oscar Tabarez deems him as one of his team's key players. (Photo:AFP)

COPA AMERICA 2019: Matias Vecino sustains thigh injury, will miss rest tournament

Uruguay leads Group C with three points and Ecuador has zero.

18 Jun 2019 10:01 AM

Alexis Sanchez found the net with a header in the 82nd, and Vargas closed the scoring about a minute later with a long lob shot over goalkeeper Keisuke Osako as he charged from his net. (Photo:AFP)

COPA AMERICA 2019: Chile thrashes Japan 4-0 to top the group

Chile are trying to become the first nation to win three straight Copa titles since Argentina in the late 1940s.

18 Jun 2019 9:43 AM

Messi also quit the national team after losing the 2016 Copa America final to Chile, a fourth successive defeat in a major final for Argentina (Photo: AP)

Messi's desire to end trophy heartache impresses Argentina

Messi took time out after their limp 2018 World Cup campaign ended with defeat by eventual champions France.

15 Jun 2019 2:55 PM

In the first half, both teams were not able to score a goal and ended with a clean sheet. (Photo: AFP)

Brazil smash Bolivia 3-1 in first Copa America game

Brazil managed to clinch the victory even as it played without Neymar, who was ruled out of the tournament after an ankle injury,

15 Jun 2019 1:49 PM

Neymar is embroiled in a rape scandal in which he has been accused of forcing himself on a model. (Photo: Bleacher Report/Twitter)

Neymar rape accusations overshadow Copa America kick-off

Coach Tite insists that Brazil are still in fine fettle ahead of the tournament, which they haven't won since 2007.

13 Jun 2019 10:21 AM

Brazil have included only 14 of the squad that went to the World Cup in Russia a year ago. (Photo: AP)

Neymar's absence could be blessing in disguise for Copa hosts Brazil

With the Paris St-Germain forward gone, there will be less of a circus atmosphere around the squad and focus will be firmly on the pitch.

11 Jun 2019 2:31 PM

Aguero played his part in memorable triumphs for his country at youth level, twice winning the under-20 World Cup as well as claiming an Olympic gold medal alongside Messi at the 2008 Beijing Games. (Photo:AFP)

Sergio Aguero returns to side as Lionel Messi's bid to claim national cup boosts

Aguero has started only 14 games in major tournaments since making his World Cup debut in 2010.

11 Jun 2019 10:54 AM

It's 26 years since Argentina last won the Copa America, despite contesting four of the last five finals. (Photo:AFP)

Lionel Messi keen to end his hunt for national trophy

Messi has one of the most impressive trophy hauls in football history but there is a glaring void when it comes to national team accolades.

11 Jun 2019 10:04 AM

Roberto Firmino made it six of the best for the Samba stars. (Photo: AP)

Brazil routs Honduras 7-0 in Copa tuneup

The five time world champions are unbeaten in nine games since reaching the World Cup quarter-finals in Russia last summer.

10 Jun 2019 1:08 PM

Neymar injured his ankle in a friendly match against Qatar on Wednesday held as a warmup for the Copa America soccer tournament.(Photo: AFP/Instagram)

Neymar testifies for two hours in a wheelchair after injuring ankle

Neymar is expected to speak to authorities in the next few days about the rape allegation.

07 Jun 2019 10:59 AM

The striker left Brazil's 2-0 victory in the friendly match in tears after twisting his ankle during a hard tackle in the first minutes of the match. (Photo: AFP)

Neymar out of Copa America due to injury

Brazil's soccer confederation said in a statement early Thursday that Neymar had a ligament rupture in his ankle.

06 Jun 2019 12:35 PM

Neymar had denied the accusations against him (Photo: AP)

'Neymar may skip the Copa America': Francisco Noveletto

Neymar now faces a cyber crime investigation against him by the local police.

05 Jun 2019 5:42 PM

In Brazil this year, Messi, Sergio Aguero and Angel Di Maria will be the only players remaining from the group that lost to Germany. (Photo: AP)

Messi gets another shot at a major title with Argentina

Argentina will play its opening match against Colombia in Salvador.

05 Jun 2019 5:07 PM

Neymar stated the accusation to be a case of extortion (Photo: Bleacher Report/Twitter)

“I prefer a cyber crime to a rape offence”, says Neymar’s father

Coach Tite added that “Technically Neymar is indispensable, but not irreplaceable.”

04 Jun 2019 11:01 AM

Brazil is preparing for the Copa America, a tournament played by South America’s 10 national teams plus Japan and Qatar which kicks off on June 14. (Photo :AP)

‘I believe in Neymar’s innocence’: Fernandinho

"We the players and the backroom staff are going to support him so that it doesn’t have any effect on the field”, said Fernandinho.

03 Jun 2019 1:02 PM

The accusation was the latest blow for the Brazilian, who last month was stripped of the captaincy of the national team (Photo: Bleacher Report/Twitter)

Brazil soccer star Neymar denies alleged rape in Paris

In May, Neymar was banned for three matches by French football authorities for hitting a fan after PSG’s French Cup final loss to Rennes

02 Jun 2019 3:16 PM

The police document says the woman will go through medical exams as part of an investigation. (Photo: AFP)

Brazilian football star Neymar accused of rape

The woman says she and the Brazil star met in France after exchanging Instagram messages.

02 Jun 2019 8:53 AM

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