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| Martin Palermo scored a
first-half hat-trick to take champions Boca Juniors into the
Libertadores Cup semi-finals on Wednesday while Fluminense
ousted Brazilian champions Sao Paulo with an injury-time goal.
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| Defending champions Boca
Juniors were held 2-2 at home by Atlas in their Libertadores
Cup quarter-final first leg on Wednesday while Adriano gave Sao
Paulo a 1-0 win over Fluminense.
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| Champions Sao Paulo made
a losing start to the Brazilian championship when they went
down 1-0 at home to Gremio on Saturday.
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| Brazilian champions
Sao Paulo qualified for the last 16 of South America's
Libertadores Cup with a 1-0 win over Atletico Nacional on
Wednesday.
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| Sao Paulo coach Muricy
Ramalho has rubbished suggestions that his own club was behind
an incident on Sunday, when their changing room filled with a
mysterious spray at halftime in a derby match at Palmeiras.
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| Brazil midfielder Carlos Alberto, loaned by Werder Bremen to Sao Paulo but who is no longer wanted by the Brazilian first division side, is to remain in his native country next season, the Bundesliga club said Monday. |
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| Brazilian champions
Sao Paulo were forced to flee their dressing-room at halftime
after it filled with an unidentified spray during their match
away to Palmeiras on Sunday.
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| Carlos Alberto Parreira is set to quit his job as coach of 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa, his wife was quoted as saying in Friday's Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper. |
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| Brazil coach Dunga is
considering recalling Adriano after the striker's hot start to
the year for Sao Paulo, where he is on loan from Inter Milan.
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| Striker Adriano scored
two goals, though one appeared to be with his hand, to set Sao
Paulo on their way to a 2-1 win over arch-rivals Palmeiras on
Sunday.
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