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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Kerolin helps Brazil to Copa America semi-finals
Kerolin played the first half of Brazil's comfortable 4-1 victory over Paraguay in Quito on Tuesday to help her nation qualify for the final four of the 2025 Copa America. After a hat-trick last time out in an emphatic defeat of Brazil, it was a more subdued appearance for our 25-year-old in this one. Her side were already two goals to the good at the break, leading to our attacker being rested for the second period. It made it three wins from three in Group B for the eight-time winners, who will now play Colombia in their final group game on Friday before a semi-final tie next week. WATCH: WATCH: Jeglertz checks out the Joie Stadium Real Madrid's Yasmim made the difference in the first half, breaking the deadlock with a free-kick in the 27th minute before doubling the lead in near identical fashion as half-time approached. Paraguay's task got even harder early in the second half as captain Camila Arrieta was sent off for a foul on Marta. Amanda Gutierres and Duda Sampaio put the finishing touches on the game for Brazil, either side of a consolation strike from Claudia Martinez. After three matches in the competition, Brazil have scored 12 times and conceded just the once. They'll now seek to go on and defend the crown in a tournament they've dominated since its inception. As always, we'll have reports on and our official app from every international match this summer featuring City players, including the Copa America and European Championship.
Malay Mail
2 days ago
- Sport
- Malay Mail
Yasmim brace sends Brazil into Copa America semis with 4-1 win over Paraguay
QUITO, July 23 — Yasmim scored twice in the first half as defending champions Brazil reached the Women's Copa America semi-finals with a 4-1 victory over Group B rivals Paraguay in Quito yesterday. Yasmim opened the scoring in the 27th minute with a curling free kick that nestled inside the far post and she doubled Brazil's lead 12 minutes later with an almost identical effort, catching the Paraguayan keeper off guard once again. Brazil goalkeeper Lorena produced a superb save to deny a long-range strike from Claudia Martinez before Paraguay's Camila Arrieta was sent off after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on captain Marta. Brazil made their numerical advantage count with Amanda Gutierres making it 3-0 on the hour mark but a lapse in defence allowed Paraguay to pull one back in the 65th minute through the tournament's leading scorer Martinez, who notched her fifth goal of the competition. However, any hopes of a comeback were short-lived as Duda Sampaio restored Brazil's three-goal lead with a composed finish in the 75th minute. 'I'm very happy for the goals but above all for the result and for the victory,' Yasmim said at the Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda. 'We are very happy for the qualification to the semis. We have many aspects that we know we can improve. We have to keep working and giving our all for this shirt.' Brazil remain unbeaten in Group B and will face Colombia in their final group-stage fixture on Friday - a rematch of the previous edition's final. 'Colombia are a very strong team, we know it will be difficult,' Yasmim added. 'This match is like a derby, we have to prepare ourselves in the best way to face them.' — AFP
Reuters
2 days ago
- Sport
- Reuters
Brazil ease past Paraguay 4-1 to reach Women's Copa America semis
July 22 (Reuters) - Yasmim scored twice in the first half as defending champions Brazil reached the Women's Copa America semi-finals with a 4-1 victory over Group B rivals Paraguay in Quito on Tuesday. Yasmim opened the scoring in the 27th minute with a curling free kick that nestled inside the far post and she doubled Brazil's lead 12 minutes later with an almost identical effort, catching the Paraguayan keeper off guard once again. Brazil goalkeeper Lorena produced a superb save to deny a long-range strike from Claudia Martinez before Paraguay's Camila Arrieta was sent off after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on captain Marta. Brazil made their numerical advantage count with Amanda Gutierres making it 3–0 on the hour mark but a lapse in defence allowed Paraguay to pull one back in the 65th minute through the tournament's leading scorer Martinez, who notched her fifth goal of the competition. However, any hopes of a comeback were short-lived as Duda Sampaio restored Brazil's three-goal lead with a composed finish in the 75th minute. "I'm very happy for the goals but above all for the result and for the victory," Yasmim said at the Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda. "We are very happy for the qualification to the semis. We have many aspects that we know we can improve. We have to keep working and giving our all for this shirt." Brazil remain unbeaten in Group B and will face Colombia in their final group-stage fixture on Friday - a rematch of the previous edition's final. "Colombia are a very strong team, we know it will be difficult," Yasmim added. "This match is like a derby, we have to prepare ourselves in the best way to face them."
France 24
4 days ago
- Politics
- France 24
Ecuador extradites notorious drug lord ‘Fito' to US weeks after recapture
The Ecuadoran government on Sunday extradited notorious drug trafficker Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito", to the United States, a month after he was recaptured following a 2024 escape from a maximum security penitentiary, the country's prison authority said. The flight transporting Macias landed in New York state on Sunday night, according to the Flightradar tracking site. The US Attorney's Office filed charges in April against Macias, the head of the "Los Choneros" gang, on suspicion of cocaine distribution, conspiracy and firearms violations, including weapons smuggling. A letter filed by the US Department of Justice on Sunday said Macias was due to appear in a federal court on Monday "for an arraignment on the Superseding Indictment in this case." The drug lord on Sunday was removed from custody at a maximum security prison in Ecuador 's southwest "for the purposes that correspond to the extradition process", Ecuador's prison authority SNAI said in a statement to reporters. Macias, a former taxi driver turned crime boss, agreed in a Quito court last week to be extradited to the United States to face the charges. He is the first Ecuadoran extradited by his country since a new measure was written into law last year, after a referendum in which President Daniel Noboa sought the approval of moves to boost his war on criminal gangs. 'Sooner the better' Ecuador, once a peaceful haven between the world's two top cocaine exporters Colombia and Peru, has seen violence erupt in recent years as enemy gangs with ties to Mexican and Colombian cartels vie for control. Soon after Macias escaped from prison in January 2024, Noboa declared Ecuador to be in a state of "internal armed conflict" and ordered the military and tanks into the streets to "neutralize" the gangs. The move has been criticised by human rights organisations. Macias's Los Choneros has ties to Mexico 's Sinaloa cartel, Colombia's Gulf Clan -- the world's largest cocaine exporter – and Balkan mafias, according to the Ecuadorian Organized Crime Observatory. The crime boss' escape from prison prompted widespread violence and a massive military and police recapture operation, including government "wanted" posters offering $1 million for information leading to his arrest. On June 25, Macias was found hiding in a bunker concealed under floor tiles in a luxury home in the fishing port of Manta, the centre of operations for Los Choneros. Noboa declared he would be extradited, "the sooner the better". "We will gladly send him and let him answer to the North American law," Noboa told CNN at the time. More than 70 percent of all cocaine produced in the world now passes through Ecuador's ports, according to government data. In 2024, the country seized a record 294 tons of drugs, mainly cocaine.
Reuters
4 days ago
- Politics
- Reuters
Ecuador gang leader 'Fito' to plead not guilty in US after extradition
QUITO, July 20 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, known as "Fito," is set to appear in U.S. federal court on Monday, where he will plead not guilty to international charges of drug and weapons trafficking, his lawyer said. Macias, the leader of the Los Choneros gang, was taken out of prison in Ecuador earlier on Sunday to be handed over to U.S. authorities. The U.S. and Ecuadorean governments have not confirmed his extradition. Flight data shows that a U.S. government plane departed from Guayaquil after 2 p.m. local time. "Mr. Macias and I will appear tomorrow before the Brooklyn federal court ... where he will plead not guilty," his lawyer, Alexei Schacht, told Reuters. "After, he will be held in a to-be-determined prison." Macias escaped last year from Ecuadorean prison, where he was serving a 34-year sentence for a slew of crimes. He was recaptured last month. The U.S. Department of Justice has stated that under Macias' direction, Los Choneros committed violent acts against law enforcement, politicians, lawyers, prosecutors and civilians. Ecuador's government says the gang exercises vast control over the nation's prisons, which are plagued by corruption and overcrowding. Ecuadoreans voted in favor of allowing the extradition of citizens in a referendum called by President Daniel Noboa, who has vowed to crack down on rising crime.
