A Bolivian judge has ordered the detention of the head of the airline whose plane crashed in the Andes last week while authorities investigate him for possible charges of manslaughter and other crimes.

A businessman who was indicted by US authorities in connection to the Fifa corruption case has turned himself in to Italian police.

Japan have withdrawn from this summer’s Copa America after they were unable to secure the release of both domestic and foreign-based players for the competition, the Japan Football Association have announced.

LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez will be back in the Barclays Premier League front-line at the weekend armed with an array of riches.

Brazil and Venezuela have agreed to build a $2.5bn (€2bn) oil refinery, the highlight of a South American summit to boost trade and co-operation.