Former South American football boss Juan Angel Napout has been banned for life from the sport and fined one million Swiss francs ($1 million) by FIFA, more than one year after being given a nine-year jail sentence by a U.S. Court.

Napout was sentenced by a court in Brooklyn, New York, in August last year and also ordered him to pay more than $4.3 million in financial penalties for crimes stemming from the corruption scandal that engulfed global soccer body FIFA in 2015.

He had been found guilty by...

In the Copa America final on July 7, Everton gave Brazil the lead, and Paolo Guerrero equalised for Peru before the hosts sealed a 3-1 win. Just three days later, both were in action for their clubs in the quarterfinals of the Brazilian Cup.

Once domestic football starts up, international tournaments are quickly brushed into the past, but it would be a mistake to do that to the Copa America. This year's tournament does not represent the end of a process; rather, it kicks off a new competitive...

Gabriel Jesus finally put the ball in the back of the net in a major tournament. It will not count as a goal in the record books -- but it ensured that Brazil beat Paraguay in the penalty shootout to make it through to the final four of the Copa America after regulation time ended in a 0-0 draw Thursday in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Lightning came close to striking for the third time. Paraguay eliminated Brazil after a shootout in the quarterfinals of the 2011 and 2015 Copas. The second time, Derlis...