In an exciting game, San José defeated Olimpia Kings 79-74 on the road in the 11th round of the National Basketball League, avenging a loss from the first round. The victory puts the team in contention for the lead, while the Kings remain at the top.
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Club de fútbol paraguayo cuya remera vestía la víctima Francisco Alcides Saucedo Quiñónez.
Coach Pablo Sánchez, known as Vitamina, will be without Richard Sánchez and may lose captain Richard Ortiz for the match against Vasco da Gama on Wednesday at Defensores del Chaco, in the fifth round of Group G of the Copa Sudamericana.
With Olimpia already champions, three clubs – Nacional, Cerro Porteño and Sportivo Ameliano – dispute second place in the final round of the 2026 Torneo Apertura this Sunday.
Palmeiras released the official medical report of Paraguayan forward Ramón Sosa, who suffered a left ankle sprain during a match against Cruzeiro. The ligament injury is of low severity, does not require surgery, and the estimated recovery time is approximately two weeks, which would make him fit in time for the 2026 World Cup.
A 28-year-old man was discovered dead inside a fully incinerated car in Cambyretá, Itapúa, with a bullet wound to the head. Authorities are investigating the case as a homicide.
Police and the Public Prosecutor's Office are investigating the appearance of a corpse on a dirt road in Colônia Paraná, district of Cambyretá, Itapúa. The victim, still unidentified, was wearing a Club Olimpia t-shirt and had an injury to the orbital region.
The penultimate round of the Paraguayan Torneo Apertura continues this Saturday with the only match between Guaraní and Ameliano. Meanwhile, Cerro Porteño and Nacional compete for the runner-up spot, and Olimpia, already champions, won agonizingly against Recoleta.
Cerro Porteño coach Ariel Holan criticized the team's performance after the loss to Sportivo Trinidense and asked for the Torneo Apertura to end quickly. The focus is now on the Copa Sudamericana.
Coach Ariel Holan expressed skepticism about the return of full-back Blas Riveros, injured since February, causing apprehension in the Paraguayan national team less than a month before the World Cup.
Cerro Porteño coach Ariel Holan stated that left-back Blas Riveros will hardly return to the pitch before the end of the Apertura 2026, contradicting the expectation generated by the player's social media posts and his inclusion in the Paraguayan national team's preliminary list for the World Cup.