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FIFA Lifts Messi's Four-Match Ban for Insulting a Referee
Messi would have missed three other qualifiers, and would have only returned for their final qualifier against Ecuador in October.
Messi Says Mean Thing to Ref, Is Banned for Four Games
FIFA handed Messi a four-match suspension for his comments to an assistant ref during Argentina's World Cup qualifier against Chile last week.
In a 48-Team World Cup, Something Has To Be Done About Qualifiers
The World Cup will be fun no matter what. But, with an expanded World Cup field, the qualifiers may not.
Brazilian Football Team Chapecoense Involved in Deadly Plane Crash Outside Medellin
Chapecoense were travelling to Medellin for the final of the Copa Sudamericana, before their plane came down outside the Colombian city with up to 76 passengers killed.
South American Soccer Is Ignoring Its Women
This summer, the Chilean women's national team learned that it was removed from the official FIFA rankings and declared "inactive." They are the sixth South American women's team, out of ten, to fall out of the rankings.
UPDATE: Things That No Longer Exist: CONMEBOL Judicial Immunity
South America's soccer confederation, CONMEBOL, enjoys judicial immunity thanks to a 1997 law intended to aid tourism. Sure.
Racism Threatens to Overshadow the Copa America
South America's continental tournament is about to kick off. But many are worried that racism could mar a great footballing spectacle.