Brazil will play Bolivia in a friendly with all proceeds from the match to be donated to the family of a 14-year-old fan who was killed by a firework during a recent Copa Libertadores game.
The match will take place on April 5 in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
The Brazilian team would pay their own costs and hand their share of the gate money to Kelvin Beltran’s family.
A 17-year-old Brazilian turned himself in to authorities and took responsibility for Beltran’s tragic death on February 20.
Cahill returns for WCup qualifier
Attacking midfielder Tim Cahill was recalled to the Australia squad for this month’s World Cup qualifier against Oman yesterday having missed his country’s previous friendly match.
Cahill, who plays for New York Red Bulls, won his 60th cap for the Socceroos in their 2-1 win over Iraq in a qualifier in Doha last October.
Australia are second in Group B of Asia qualifying, eight points behind Japan and equal on five points with Iraq and Oman.
The top two from the group qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.
Rooney should stay – Andy Cole
Former striker Andy Cole hopes Wayne Rooney does not use him as an example for why he should leave Manchester United fol-lowing the England striker’s omission from the starting line-up for last week’s Champions League defeat by Real Madrid.
“I can understand how Wayne might feel,” Cole, who left United for Blackburn following Ruud van Nistelrooy’s arrival in 2001, said.
“Looking back on what happened to me, if I hadn’t been so headstrong and stubborn I could have stayed at United.
“You make decisions for a reason and that was simply because I wanted to play. But it was the wrong thing to do.”
Warnock expecting ‘rollercoaster’
Leeds manager Neil Warnock has not given up on his side’s play-off chances after seeing them drop two more points in a 1-1 draw with relegation battlers Peterborough at Elland Road.
The point gained coupled with Brighton’s defeat at Barnsley, leaves Leeds five points adrift of sixth-placed Nottingham Forest with nine games remaining and Warnock said the run-in will be a “rollercoaster”.
“I think anything’s bridgeable in this league,” said Warnock.
“I’m pleased that at Leicester and Palace we showed we can go away and win games now.
“I won’t be diverted from the nine games that are left. It’s going to be a rollercoaster. We’’ll be criticised one week and praised the next.”
No Juventus return for Ibra – Elkann
Juventus chief John Elkann has rejected talk that the Serie A champions are keen to re-sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Rumours about Ibrahimovic’s possible return to Turin have increased in recent weeks as reports claim that the Swede is unsettled at Paris Saint-Germain.
Bianconeri director Pavel Nedved yesterday suggested that Ibrahimovic might interest the club but Elkann said: “The Swedish striker is part of Juven-tus history.
“However, this team doesn’t need superstars. The real strength of this Juventus is the team unit.”
Ibrahimovic left Juventus for rivals Inter in the summer of 2006.
Fiorentina join hunt for Clasie
Fiorentina are tracking Feyenoord starlet Jordy Clasie who is also a reported target for English clubs Tottenham and Arsenal.
The talented 21-year-old Dutch midfielder has caught the attention of top European clubs with his fine performances for Feyenoord.
According to TMW, Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Montella wants to add Clasie to his already storng midfield next season.
However, Fiorentina face competition from Premier League sides Tottenham and Arsenal for the player who is valued at around £5.7m.
Fans tried digging into Schalke arena
A group of Galatasaray sup-porters were caught trying to dig their way into Schalke’s Veltins-Arena on Monday night in a bid to see their team training in preparation for Tuesday’s Champions League encounter at the same venue.
Stewards discovered them trying to create a passage under a perimeter fence using only their bare hands, but with the ground frozen, they did not get very far.
“It’s true, after their final training session, our Turkish friends were caught trying to dig a way into the stadium through the frozen ground,” said Schalke’s director of sport Horst Heldt said.
“The stewards prevented them from doing so.”