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Two Weeks After Racism Claims, Palmeiras and Peñarol Brawled After Copa Libertadores Match

Luis Paez-Pumar — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 21:32:28 +0000

By the looks of it, no one will be happier to see the end of the Palmeiras-Peñarol matches in this year’s Copa Libertadores than CONMEBOL. Two weeks after Felipe Melo accused Peñarol player Gaston Rodriguez of racism, the two teams brawled following Palmeiras’ 3-2 victory in Uruguay, with Melo once again in the center of

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“Yes, I Am a Black Man and Proudly So”: Felipe Melo Fires Back at Uruguayan That Called Him a “Macaco”

Luis Paez-Pumar — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 15:01:56 +0000

2017 looks to be the year where the soccer establishment forgot about saying no to racism. Following the racially-charged Everton Luiz incident in Serbia, his countryman and former Seleção star Felipe Melo felt the sting of racism during a Copa Libertadores match on Wednesday. The current Palmeiras midfielder claims that he was racially abused by Peñarol

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CONMEBOL Teams Throw Shade at FIFA By Creating League Dedicated to Anti-Corruption

Jessica Lopez — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:54:04 +0000

Earlier this week, an historic meeting took place at the Radisson Hotel in Montevideo, Uruguay. Fifteen of the most influential Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) club presidents came together to create the Liga Sudamericana de Clubes, an organization demanding change – a move away from confederation corruption towards transparency and fair shares of income from

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