Lionel Messi will miss Argentina’s upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Colombia due to injury, with Paulo Dybala being recalled to coach Lionel Scaloni’s squad on Monday. Messi has been sidelined for club side Inter Miami since sustaining an ankle injury during Argentina’s 1-0 victory over Colombia in the Copa America final. Roma … Read more
Former Nigeria head coach, Daniel Evumena, has died. EKO HOT BLOG reports that tragedy has hit Nigeria football again as former Falconets head coach Daniel Evumena has been confirmed dead. It was gathered that Evumena passed on in the early hours of Wednesday after battling with an undisclosed illness. EDITOR’S PICKS Panic As Gunmen Attack … Read more
Chilean officials have put a safety warning in place after a volcano sent an eruptive column 6,000m (almost 20,000ft) into the sky. Eko Hot Blog reports that Lascar volcano, which sits in the Andes, rumbled into action on Saturday, triggering minor earth tremors. EDITOR’S PICKS New Orleans: Man Kills Female Uber Driver Atlanta: Nurses Under … Read more
Chile elects 35-year-old Gabriel Boric as President EKO HOT BLOG reports that Gabriel Boric, a former student leader, has been elected Chile’s youngest-ever president, capping a remarkable rise for the Andean nation’s progressive left. The former law student who has pledged to bury Chile’s “neoliberal” economic model convincingly defeated far-right rival Jose Antonio Kast in … Read more
Close to half of Chile’s 50-member senate and four ministers have been placed in Quarantine after coming into contact with at least three colleagues infected with the novel coronavirus. Finance Minister Ignacio Briones and Chief of Staff Felipe Ward both wrote on Twitter that they had tested negative for the virus but were in quarantine … Read more
Peru stunned Chile and perhaps most of the footballing world in the early hours of today by advancing to the final of Copa America after pounding reigning champions, Chile 3-0. Peru, who have not won the Copa America since their last victory as far back as 1975, took the lead 20 minutes into the match … Read more