SV Werder Bremen have signed 39-year-old Peru legend Claudio Pizzaro with immediate effect. The Bundesliga side announced the surprise deal on Sunday, which is bound to a performance-based contract. Pizzaro will retire from professional football after the 2018/19 season. Pizzaro, who holds the record of being the best foreign goal …
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The 2018 FIFA World Cup continued on Tuesday, June 26 afternoon with Peru scoring a historic 2-0 win over Australia at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi. Australia needing a win to potentially stay in contention for a knockout spot started off the better of the two sides but Peru …
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The 2018 FIFA World Cup continued on Thursday, June 21 with former champions France beating South Americans Peru thanks a Kylian Mbappe goal at the Ekaterinburg Arena. Peru once again started off with an attacking intent but the longer the first half lasted the more France got into the match. …
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The 2018 FIFA World Cup continued on Saturday, June 16 with South Americans Peru suffering an unlucky 0-1 loss to Denmark at the Mordovia Arena in Saransk. Peru were better of the blocks, but they were wasteful infront of goal, while Denmark needed time to settle down. But after a …
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne has partially upheld the appeal filed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the decision issued by the FIFA Appeal Committee (the FIFA AC) on December 20, 2017 (the FIFA AC Decision) in which a 6-month period of ineligibility was imposed …
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On Wednesday, December 20, 2017, the FIFA Appeal Committee decided to partially uphold the appeal lodged by the Peruvian international player Paolo Guerrero. The decision rendered by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on December 7 suspending the player for one year was therefore partially set aside and the initial period of …
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On Thursday, December 7, 2017, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee decided, after analysing all the specific circumstances of the case, to suspend the Peruvian international player Paolo Guerrero for one year. The player tested positive for cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine, a substance included in WADA’s 2017 Prohibited List under the class “S6. …
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FIFA today confirmed sanctions imposed on several football associations for the discriminatory and unsporting conduct of fans during recent 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. Following match reports and additional evidence generated by the Anti-Discrimination Monitoring System, FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings against associations including those of Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, …
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