Olimpia hold Fluminense in Libertadores quarters

* Colombian side beat Peru's Garcilaso 3-1 * Fluminense and Olimpia draw 0-0 in Rio rain (Adds Fluminense-Olimpia result, quotes) By Rex Gowar BUENOS AIRES, May 22 (Reuters) - Colombia's Independiente Santa Fe took a big step towards their first ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Fluminense striker Michael faces a two-year ban after testing positive to cocaine use, the club confirmed on Tuesday. The 20-year-old gave a positive sample after his team's 2-0 victory over Resende in the ...

Brazilian football champions Fluminense have asked their players and fans to end a campaign which has seem them dress up as Taliban fighters. Star striker Fred is among the players who joined in the craze by The campaign was launched after Rio-based ...

It may have begun as a harmless joke, but Brazilian club Fluminense have had to issue an official request to get supporters to refrain from dressing like the Taliban. By Declan Whooley In fact not only have the supporters resorted to dressing akin ...

QUITO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian club Emelec next Thursday will face Brazil's Fluminense in the Copa Libertadores round of 16 first leg, to be played in Ecuador's southwestern city of Guayaquil. "We have to fight to death, as we did in the first ...

Brazil striker Fred is set to return from injury for Fluminense's Copa Libertadores round of 16 second leg against Emelec Thursday.The 29-year-old has not played since straining his right calf during his team's 2-0 victory over Resende in the Campeonato ...

by Michael Place Fluminense midfielder Deco faces a two-year football ban after results of a B sample confirmed the presence of a banned diuretic. The 35-year-old has contracted his own legal team to argue the positive test was the result of taking ...

Brazilian champions Fluminense lost 2-1 at Ecuador's Emelec after conceding an own goal and a penalty. Jadson gave Sao Paulo an early lead at the Morumbi with Ronaldinho equalising just before half-time. Diego Tardelli scored the winner in the 60th ...