His distraught father was watching from the stands Tributes have flooded in for a 21-year-old Peruvian footballer who has died following a horror collision in a Peruvian Cup match. Helar Gonzales Altamirano was stretchered off the pitch to a waiting ambulance after being left unconscious following a collision with the rival team’s goalkeeper as they […]

1 year ago

Redmayne was the hero as Australia won the shoot out on penalties Goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne became an overnight hero for Australia as his heroics in the penalty shoot out secured the Socceroos’ place at the World Cup against Peru. Neither side could be separated after 120 minutes of football and with penalties lurking ever closer, […]

4 years ago

He had been banned for 12 months

8 years ago

Oh no, no, no, no, no

9 years ago

We’re not ones to put much stock in omens – we’ll happily walk under a ladder while smashing a mirror and petting a black cat that has crossed our path. But, if nothing else, Brazil’s exit from the Copa America on Sunday night is a timely reminder that injustice does not discriminate – it will strike down a five-time world […]

10 years ago

Joao Contreras’ club had initally declared that he had died after incident

12 years ago