Copa do Brasil 08: Palmeiras Humilated; Corinthians Moves On

By Bruno Romani | May 1st, 2008

I don’t know to what extent doing well in the state championships can be good for clubs. Palmeiras is the virtual champion in São Paulo and last night fought for a spot in the quarter-finals of Copa do Brasil. The green team has been getting a lot ...

Semi-Finals in São Paulo Are Ready. Corinthians is Out!

By Bruno Romani | April 6th, 2008

For another year, the Paulista Championship will have a small club in the finals, proving once again how difficult this tournament is. The semi-finals will be Guaratinguetá x Ponte Preta and Palmeiras x São Paulo. The last round of the group ...

Now There's Futsal Violence?

By Daryl | April 3rd, 2008

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFaeYU_jJMs[/youtube] It never even occurred to me that there could be violence at a futsal match, but the above video appears to prove otherwise. It's from Tuesday's São Paulo futsal championship match bet ...

Valdivia Cries and Makes Corinthians Cry

By Bruno Romani | March 3rd, 2008

The main match of the weekend was the derby between Palmeiras and Corinthians. Both sides fought for every inch of the field, keeping alive the tradition of the biggest Paulista rivalry. The first-half presented few chances with just one great save

Half of the Championship is Over in Rio

By Bruno Romani | February 25th, 2008

Maracanã with 80 thousand chanting fans. You know what that means. It was the match that was going to define the champion of the first-half of Rio’s state championship! Flamengo and Botafogo were in action. The two sides fought a lot. Wellington

News Roundup As We're Forced to Think of WC 2010

By Martha | January 15th, 2008

•Even though we're still months from the start of Euro 2008, it's evidently not too early to think about World Cup qualifying, as the schedule of qualifying fixtures was announced today (and how delightfully optimistic of C4 to illustrate their story wi

CORINTHIANS RELEGATED!

By Bruno Romani | December 2nd, 2007

It was thrilling. After 37 rounds, the Campeonato Brasileiro reached its last weekend of 2007. One round left. A day too short for so many emotions and accelerated hearts. The champion lifted the trophy a month ago. Emotions today were reserved for re

Locals: You Win. Corinthians smells relegation...

By Bruno Romani | October 23rd, 2007

For the first time since the Campeonato Brasileiro put an end to finals to copy European leagues all the locals won in the same round. It could not be worse for Corinthians. São Paulo 1 x 0 Cruzeiro: Last chance for Cruzeiro to show anything. São Pau

More Updates

By Inara | October 18th, 2007

Now that international break is over, the players will be returning tomorrow to resume Ligue 1 doldrums. Here's what's been happening with Les Gones... ~~~~~~~~ Lyon players had a very good international break. Last weekend, Karim Benzema, H

After 4 years, Corinthians Beats São Paulo

By Bruno Romani | October 8th, 2007

It was meant to be. The situations of both clubs are so different that everybody expected São Paulo to crush Corinthians. São Paulo leader. Corinthians fighting relegation. São Paulo collected titles in recent years. Corinthians has been facing a feder

Corinthians: The Worst Weekend Ever!

By Bruno Romani | October 1st, 2007

As São Paulo walks calmly towards the title after the 2-1 victory against Internacional in Porto Alegre and Cruzeiro’s 2-1 defeat at home against Figueirense, the headlines of the moment are all about Corinthians. The club fell to the 18th spot in the

Ex-President of Corinthians Says: "2005 Was Stolen"

By Bruno Romani | September 25th, 2007

Another chapter of the dirtiest period of Corinthians’ history. Alberto Dualib, ex-president of the club who quit last Friday, was caught by the Brazilian Federal Police on a phone conversation in which he clearly says that the 2005 Campeonato Brasileir

President of Corinthians Quits Over MSI Scandal

By Bruno Romani | September 23rd, 2007

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - A financial scandal engulfing Corinthians has claimed the jobs of the top Brazilian side's president and vice president. A Brazilian court in July accused Corinthians boss Alberto Dualib and other board members of pocketing

Round 23: Goals Galore

By Bruno Romani | September 3rd, 2007

By AJ from Cruzeiro's blog Saturday This Saturday three games were played: São Paulo x Paraná, América-RN x Juventude, Flamengo x Sport. São Paulo kicked off the weekend at home in the Morumbi. What came next nobody expected. São Paulo applied a

Cruzeiro 3 - 0 Corinthians: Cruzeiro makes it six straight

By AJ | August 27th, 2007

Corinthians played host to Cruzeiro on Saturday (apologies for the late report) and in front of 30,000 Corinthian fans Cruzeiro won 3-0. Cruzeiro 3 - 0 Corinthians: Alecsandro +10 How things change, in the beginning of the championship Cruzeiro had go

Corinthians' Coach Fired After Loss to Cruzeiro

By Bruno Romani | August 26th, 2007

Carpegiani: Last Goodbye Cruzeiro massacred Corinthians at the Pacaembu. Not only the blue team confirmed its good moment with the sixth straight victory, but also it got Paulo César Carpegiani, Corinthians’ coach, fired. Alecssandro, a favori

More Boredom: Copa Sulamericana in its Early Stages

By Bruno Romani | August 23rd, 2007

More action for Copa Sulamericana (yes, the name is in portuguese. Don't preach me on how to say it...) this Wednesday. But I didn't spend much time on it. I just know that: - Whenever Corinthians hears that it is playing an international competiti

Money & Transfers

By AJ | August 8th, 2007

Money & transfers, like peanut butter & jelly, it seems like these two were made for each other. So without further undo let's talk about money & transfers, shall we? Overview Well, to start, let's get one thing clear, don't burst into la

Transfer Bullshit News

By Inara | August 6th, 2007

Despite the fact that Ligue 1 has already started, absurd rumors still continue to circulate around the Gerland. Most of them are unworthy to be considered valid (that's you, El-Hadji Diouf), so here is a collection of more palatable transfer gossip.

Corinthians Boots MSI

By Bruno Romani | July 25th, 2007

The partnership between Corinthians and MSI is over. The club’s council voted last night for the end of the agreement, besides scheduling a new meeting in which it will be discussed the impeachment of President Alberto Dualib. After voting for the e

Flamengo and Corinthians say Hello to Relegation

By Bruno Romani | July 23rd, 2007

The Campeonato Brasileiro gets more equilibrated after each round. Botafogo didn’t win again, and now at least 11 clubs fight for the top 3 spots. The club from Rio had 3-3 draw in the match against Sport in Recife. Carlinhos Bala scored 2 goals for the

Two Non-EU Spots Available

By Inara | July 14th, 2007

According to a recent interview by Aulas, Juninho will be getting his French passport while Cris will be getting a Portuguese one (did this take anyone by surprise? I had no idea Cris had Portuguese ancestry). This means that Lyon will have two non-EU*

Corinthians fixing matches?

By Bruno Romani | July 13th, 2007

All the dirt business of MSI gets exposed everyday. Corinthians is broken, has no money, and is inheriting a huge debt for Nilmar. But this is just the beginning. In the investigation conducted by a Brazilian federal court, phone calls suggest that MSI

The Law Rules in Lyon's Favor

By Inara | July 12th, 2007

The end to the Nilmar saga has arrived. At least until Corinthians find yet another way to delay payment. In a press release, Lyon announced that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (the highest possible authority in athletics) ruled in their favor. Th

Javi lovefest (video time!)

By Brian | July 6th, 2007

To celebrate Javier Mascherano's first international goal, I've decided to post a bunch of videos of him doing his thing. First, the goal. I love how nonchalant he goes about it, as if he scores all the time. His first match for Liverpool (against

Another Scandal...

By Inara | July 4th, 2007

At least this time Sylvain Wiltord isn't involved. I think. You know how I keep on bringing up the Nilmar mess with Corinthians? Well, Bruno at The Brazil Offside has just posted on how "Nilmar and MSI Misled Lyon." Instead of rehashing what h

How Nilmar and MSI Misled Lyon

By Bruno Romani | July 3rd, 2007

Juca Kfouri, one of the most credible Brazilian journalists, revealed on his blog the plan Kia Joorabchian and the shady MSI had to mislead Lyon into passing the player to Corinthians without getting the due amount of money. The dirty move was done with

Eduardo Ratinho to Lyon?

By Inara | April 28th, 2007

This was going to be a post dedicated to the Lyon WAGs, but I'll do that later. Tasty rumors are circulating around the Stade de Gerland of a very possible transfer, much more likely than the 500 other names associated with Lyon in the past few weeks.

Corinthians and its Half(full)Ass Season

By Bruno Romani | April 27th, 2007

Corinthians played at the Pacaembu last night the second leg of the round of 16 for the Copa do Brasil against Naútico, and manage to get eliminated. With goals by Vagner Rosa and Acosta the timbú eliminated Corinthians in the first game of new coach Pa

Leão leaves Corinthians

By Bruno Romani | April 3rd, 2007

Emerson Leão is no longer Corinthian’s coach. He announced today he is leaving the club after reaching an agreement with Corinthians’ officials. The coach, considered one of the top coaches in Brazil since he revealed Diego and Robinho to

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