Stepping back into the stadium after a big game, I often find strange and poignant moments. The radio report has been filed, the press conferences are over and, save a little bit of activity in the press box and from maintenance staff, the place is empty. The lights will soon be switched off and the stadium has the aspect of a tired giant preparing for sleep. The seething emotion it held inside itself just a short time ago has now dissipated.
Some of the world's top footballers remained eligible -- barely -- to compete in next year's World Cup after tense matches late Wednesday in Europe and South America.
I'm on the eve of a quick tourist trip to Paris, and I leave in a perplexed frame of mind. How can it be that a major European capital has only one big soccer team? And even Paris Saint-Germain, founded in 1970, is a recent arrival, with little tradition.
Police seized approximately 150 birds and arrested 19 people in a Connecticut home Sunday in an investigation of alleged finch and canary fighting, the Shelton Police Department said.
In June we asked you which city you would like to see featured on the My City_My Life show, and you wrote to us with lots of ideas. They ranged from European capitals such as London, to distinct cultural hubs of South America, like Mexico City.
The 50th edition of South America's Champions League, the Copa Libertadores, is set for a thrilling climax, with the return legs of both semifinals scheduled for this week. With Nacional of Uruguay taking on Argentina's Estudiantes de La Plata and an all-Brazilian affair of Grêmio up against Cruzeiro, fans will be treated to two matches embroidered with history and still wide open after the first-leg results. Between them, the four semifinalists have won the competition 10 times (Cruzeiro was the last, 12 years ago).
The massive amount of garbage in the ocean likely complicates the search for the remains of an Air France flight that went missing Monday near Brazil, oceanographers who spoke with CNN said.
Somewhere in South America right now a head-banger is getting very excited.
Is Argentine soccer a one-team show? As we near the conclusion of the group stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores, all but one of the five Argentine participants are in danger of missing out on a place in the knockout phase. Predictably, the only survivor is likely to be Argentina's most dominant club, Boca Juniors.
Scientists in Colombia have unearthed the remains of a true prehistoric monster believed to be the biggest snake ever to have lived on Earth.
Stepping back into the stadium after a big game, I often find strange and poignant moments. The radio report has been filed, the press conferences are over and, save a little bit of activity in the press box and from maintenance staff, the place is empty. The lights will soon be switched off and the stadium has the aspect of a tired giant preparing for sleep. The seething emotion it held inside itself just a short time ago has now dissipated.
Some of the world's top footballers remained eligible -- barely -- to compete in next year's World Cup after tense matches late Wednesday in Europe and South America.
I'm on the eve of a quick tourist trip to Paris, and I leave in a perplexed frame of mind. How can it be that a major European capital has only one big soccer team? And even Paris Saint-Germain, founded in 1970, is a recent arrival, with little tradition.
Police seized approximately 150 birds and arrested 19 people in a Connecticut home Sunday in an investigation of alleged finch and canary fighting, the Shelton Police Department said.
In June we asked you which city you would like to see featured on the My City_My Life show, and you wrote to us with lots of ideas. They ranged from European capitals such as London, to distinct cultural hubs of South America, like Mexico City.
The 50th edition of South America's Champions League, the Copa Libertadores, is set for a thrilling climax, with the return legs of both semifinals scheduled for this week. With Nacional of Uruguay taking on Argentina's Estudiantes de La Plata and an all-Brazilian affair of Grêmio up against Cruzeiro, fans will be treated to two matches embroidered with history and still wide open after the first-leg results. Between them, the four semifinalists have won the competition 10 times (Cruzeiro was the last, 12 years ago).
The massive amount of garbage in the ocean likely complicates the search for the remains of an Air France flight that went missing Monday near Brazil, oceanographers who spoke with CNN said.
Somewhere in South America right now a head-banger is getting very excited.
Is Argentine soccer a one-team show? As we near the conclusion of the group stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores, all but one of the five Argentine participants are in danger of missing out on a place in the knockout phase. Predictably, the only survivor is likely to be Argentina's most dominant club, Boca Juniors.
Scientists in Colombia have unearthed the remains of a true prehistoric monster believed to be the biggest snake ever to have lived on Earth.
The 50th version of South America's premier club competition is getting underway, and there's little doubt that it has been Argentina's show so far. Of the 49 versions of the Copa Libertadores, Uruguayan clubs have won eight (though none since 1988), Brazil has 13 and Argentina 21. Indeed, between '63 and '79, there was always an Argentine club in the final.
Variations of two deadly superbugs that had previously only been discovered in the United States have surfaced in South America.
Now that the World Cup is a tournament for 32 teams, more countries can qualify, but fewer can play host. South America makes this situation very clear. The continent staged the inaugural World Cup in 1930 and, up until 1978, hosted four of the first 11 -- all in the days when a maximum of 16 teams took part.
After 210 minutes of nail-biting action, Sport Clube Internacional lifted the Copa Sudamericana for the first time on Wednesday, an achievement that cements its status as one of the leading clubs in South American soccer history.
Scientists have identified new rifts on an Antarctic ice shelf that could lead to it breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula, the European Space Agency said.
Until now the major focus of investors during the financial crisis has been on the big economies of the U.S., Europe and Asia. However the contagion has now spread to emerging economies in Eastern Europe and South America, where concerns about growth built on cheap credit have ravaged currency and stock values.
The carcasses of hundreds of abandoned planes scattered across the arid lands of southwest United States are a stark sign of how much the global airline industry is hurting.
Now that the adrenaline rush of the transfer window has passed, attention turns to international soccer and the road to South Africa 2010. South America's marathon World Cup qualification campaign is well underway -- this coming weekend marks the seventh of the 18 rounds played -- and there's plenty at stake in all five of the matches on the calendar.
An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists had never found before in South America
South America's Copa Libertadores comes to a conclusion that would be difficult to imagine in Europe's Champions League: a clash between two clubs who have reached the final for the first time.
Global newspaper circulation is rising, buoyed by demand in Asia and South America -- belying predictions of the demise of print journalism, officials said Monday
FIFA's ruling on soccer at high altitudes threatens to throw the South American game into turmoil.
If the excessive lifestyles of the rich have been partly to blame for destroying the environment, then it seems equitable that they use their money to preserve it. But the degree to which they are actually helping does largely depend on what they do with their money. And some 'beneficiaries' of that aid are yet to be convinced.
For years, I've persuaded my family that it's my very important job that causes me to put off booking trips. But the real problem is twofold: I'm often convinced that if I plan too far ahead, something better will come along; and I'm as addicted as an online gambler to last-minute offers.
There are more than 160 ships in the fleets of the 24 major cruise lines and more than 7,500 itineraries, from Alaska to Zanzibar. So how do you decide which one most suits your style? Follow these 10 steps to ensure smooth sailing:
If you've noticed that Major League Soccer headlines have taken on a Spanish feel lately, it's no accident. But by the time the 2007 season ended, the league's greatest victory was the success of its Latin American players.
A research team in Texas used a common antiretroviral drug to halt the transmission of HIV in lab mice engineered to behave like humans
This is, perhaps, the most bizarre part of the year on the world soccer calendar. Most of the big Euro leagues are still just stirring from their winter breaks, while the big English clubs have been -- almost literally -- balls to the wall with no break in holiday action and back-to-back cup-competition play to start the year.
It wasn't just Europe's Champions League and UEFA Cup which had their schedules sorted out last week. The draw also took place for the Copa Libertadores, South America's Champions League equivalent, which kicks off in late January.
Hugo Chavez's arms build-up in Venezuela is goading the Brazilians into upgrading their own military. Is this good for the region?
If FIFA's Club World Cup has a point -- and many would still argue it doesn't -- it is surely to showcase the talents of those clubs and players usually ignored in a sport in which the spotlight is firmly shone on the superstars of Europe and South America.
There are various topics I would like to discuss this week, and I am going to start with the recent shooting of a Lazio fan by a police officer in Italy.
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When you think of World Cup qualifying, what usually comes to mind are the predictable matchups between the world's major powers and teams that don't even deserve to be on the same field. (Italy vs. the Faroe Islands, anyone?)
This week's business news from the Middle East: Borse Dubai responds to LSE's merger with Italian stock exchange; Kuwait hospitality group buys UK bakery chain; Doha property company signs deal for exclusive French hotel; first direct flight from Middle East to South America.
Viewpoint: A constitutional referendum and plans to dissolve Congress are the latest reminder that Latin America's legislatures have often discredited the region's democracies
Noble Group was founded in Hong Kong in 1987 by CEO Richard Elman. This year marks the company's 20th Anniversary.
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U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings looks more like a college recruiter this week, traveling through South America with American university leaders to woo international students spooked by lengthy visa delays linked to post-9/11 security.
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While eight teams march on to the quarterfinals of the Copa Am�rica, the other four go home to recriminations and postmortems. Not qualifying for the second round in a tournament that only eliminates one-third of the teams is clearly a failure.
The tortoise famously beat the hare, but now conservationists are turning to racing turtles in a bid to raise awareness and learn more about the plight of one of the planet's oldest species.
I don't know about you, I'm a little MLS-ed out. And I say that only as the overwhelmed editor of the SI.com soccer section; the fan side of me is still Major League Stoked. I honestly have never been this excited about our own American league.
Forget the UEFA Champions League. If you want a competition that boasts the future of world soccer, look no further than South America's Copa Libertadores.
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Sick of crummy exchange rates in Europe? To get the most value out of your next vacation, head to South America.
They don't make a sound. They just appear as a burst of pink. But in this flat world of tan grasses and steel-gray water, a wave of roseate spoonbills against a bright blue sky sets off visual alarms as arresting as lightning flashes.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Even the casual soccer fan in the U.S. knows South America is loco about fútbol. It's one of those facts everyone knows to be true, even if they've never actually seen the proof for themselves. Kind of like how we all know Elizabeth Taylor used to be really, really cute. But unless we've actually gone out of our way to rent Cleopatra or Giant, we just accept it.
Colombia has broken ranks with the rest of South America by announcing that they have sent FIFA official notice of their intention to bid to host the 2014 World Cup.
Sunday saw the opening match take place in the third FIFA Club World Cup in Japan -- a tournament featuring the champions from all six continental confederations.
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When people consider taking an MBA or similar qualification, their thoughts overwhelmingly turn to the United States, Europe, Asia, even South America.
Just when backdating options seemed like the state-of-the-art method for executives to line their pockets, along comes a crafty yet legal tactic that involves stashing stock grants in the furthest ...
We all crave inner peace but the path -- cruelly -- is never easy. As Homer Simpson so succinctly put it: "This inner peace stuff is tough on the ol' coconut."
We all crave inner peace but the path -- cruelly -- is never easy. As Homer Simpson so succinctly put it: "This inner peace stuff is a tough on the ol' coconut."
Planning a trip with multiple flights can eat up your time, money and patience. That's why flight passes seem so attractive: You buy several flights at the same time for a set price that's often cheaper than booking piecemeal.
Rio de Janeiro will bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games, the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) have confirmed.
South America's most sophisticated city sure knows how to kick up its heels. But you better pace yourself: primetime is way north of midnight.
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Britain has confirmed that the bird flu virus that killed a parrot in quarantine was the same deadly strain that has devastated poultry stocks and killed more than 60 people in Asia.
Another region in European Russia, Tambov, located 400 kilometers (250 miles) southeast of Moscow, has confirmed an outbreak of deadly bird flu virus, a senior regional animal health official said.
Russia's Photon M-2 laboratory has safely returned to Earth with its crew of lizards, scorpions, snails and other animals.
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators have again taken to the streets of La Paz, calling for immediate elections one day after Bolivian President Carlos Mesa offered to resign.
CNN.com asked users to share their thoughts about the political, spiritual, economic and other global issues the next pope will face. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited:
Planning summer travel should be a leisurely experience, a time to think about leaving real life behind and to ponder which bathing suit to wear. Sadly, that won't be possible this year. More Ameri...
Planning summer travel should be a leisurely experience, a time to think about leaving real life behind and to ponder which bathing suit to wear.
If you think you are ready for a trip, you may want to think again.
A bid of $650,000 won the right to name a new species of monkey in an auction that ended Thursday held by Charity Folks, an online charity auction house.
There's no need to put your gear in storage now that the ski season has started to melt away.
Coach Juergen Klinsmann has doubts about Germany's trip to South America in December 2005 fearing his stars may suffer from burn out before the 2006 World Cup finals.
Sky watchers on half the planet are gearing up to watch Earth's shadow consume a blood-red moon Wednesday night in the last total lunar eclipse until 2007.
Japan will host a revamped World Club Championship in 2005, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has announced in Malaysia.
A total eclipse of the moon will occur on Tuesday, May 4, which is the third such event in less than a year's time.
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Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination picked up an endorsement Sunday from former Sen. George McGovern, the Democratic nominee in 1972.
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