Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez will be out of action for four weeks after damaging ligaments in his right ankle while away on international duty with Chile, the La Liga leaders said on Thursday. The 23-year-old suffered the injury and had to be substituted during Chile's 3-1 friendly defeat to Serbia in Switzerland on Wednesday. Sanchez, who has only scored once in 15 appearances for Barca...Full Story »

Eduardo Vargas had his first training session with Napoli on Friday, a day after his arrival from Chile to Italy, the website of the Naples club reported. Napoli reportedly are to pay Chilean club Universidad de Chile 11.6 million euros (14.8 million dollars) after a loan period expiring at the end of the season. The 22-year-old international is unlikely to debut in the Serie A Sunday, when ...Full Story »

Chile international forward Eduardo Vargas is set to undergo a medical with Serie A side Napoli ahead of a January transfer, the club said on Thursday. The 22-year-old will join in the New Year after completing the domestic campaign with current club Universidad de Chile. “We are closing the deal with Vargas,” Napoli sporting director Ricardo Bigon said on the club website (www.ssc...Full Story »

Uruguayan star striker Luis Suarez scored four times to give the Copa America holders a 4-0 victory over Chile and maintain their place on top of the LatAm 2014 World Cup qualifying standings. The 24-year-old Liverpool marksman made up for the absence of injured talisman Diego Forlan to ensure the Uruguayans stayed top and extended their lead to three points over two-time World Cup winners Arge...Full Story »

Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque has warned against complacency ahead of his side's clash with the unfancied Liechtenstein on Tuesday, where three points would seal their place at Euro 2012. "I have warned the players that, while Liechtenstein are undoubtedly an inferior side to us, every team we play these days is so motivated," he said in an eve-of-game press conference in this provincial cit...Full Story »

World champions Spain set the wrong kind of example on Fifa's Fair Play day when they got themselves into a brawl at the end of their 3-2 friendly win over Chile on Friday. Both coaches shrugged aside the incident but football's governing body are hardly likely to be pleased at its timing. "It was nothing," said Spain coach Vicente del Bosque. "We've seen an excellent game of football and th...Full Story »

World Cup champion Spain will play Chile in an international friendly in Geneva on Sept. 2. Spain will use the international date as further preparation for the resumption of European Championship qualifying four days later when it plays Liechtenstein in Logrono, Spain. Spain has won its first five games to lead Group I by six points over the Czech Republic. Spain beat Chile in South Africa la...Full Story »

France and Chile drew 1-1 in an entertaining friendly encounter here on Wednesday, with Loic Remy's first-half strike for the hosts cancelled out by substitute Nicolas Cordova late on. Cordova produced a measured first-time finish from the edge of the box after being set up by fellow sub the Barcelona-bound Alexis Sanchez to hand the South American nation, quarter-finalists at last month's Copa...Full Story »

Barcelona signed Chile forward Alexis Sanchez from Udinese for ?26 million ($37 million) on Thursday, becoming the European champion’s first major signing during the offseason transfer market. The three-time defending Spanish champion said on its website that the 22-year-old Sanchez has agreed to a five-year contract. He becomes the first Chilean player to join Barcelona. Terms of the mov...Full Story »

SANTA FE, Argentina (AP)—Colombia and Chile look like the main challengers to co-favorites Brazil and Argentina as the Copa America enters the quarterfinals. Colombia, which has not played in the World Cup since 1998, has shown off a so-called “Golden Generation” of new players led by striker Radamel Falcao. The Porto forward scored twice in group play, leading Colombia to fir...Full Story »