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Suarez out for two weeks
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Barcelona striker Luis Suarez will be out of action for two weeks as he undergoes stem cell treatment on his right knee, the Spanish champions said Monday.
The Uruguayan forward had been suffering pain and was not included in Barcelona's squad for the trip to face PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Suarez joins Sergi Roberto on the sidelines, with the midfielder out for three weeks with a hamstring injury sustained against Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
Rafinha Alcantara was ruled out for the rest of the season with a cruciate ligament injury to his left knee, also sustained in Saturday's 1-1 draw at the Wanda Metropolitano. Brazilian midfielder Arthur was also omitted from the squad with a thigh strain, but Ivan Rakitic and Philippe Coutinho return after injury.
Scolari's Palmeiras win Brazilian title
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Palmeiras, coached by former Brazil and Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, won the Brazilian title for the tenth time on Sunday after beating Vasco de Gama 1-0.
The away victory, thanks to Deyverson's 72nd-minute goal, gave the Sao Paulo-based club 77 points, five more than closest rivals Flamengo.
It is the club's second title in three years and meant Scolari, who returned home from a stint in China at Guangzhou Evergrande to take over in July, won his first trophy in Brazil since his national side suffered the humiliation of a 7-1 defeat to Germany in the semi-finals of the World Cup on home soil.
Copa Libertadores final postponed again
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The rescheduled second leg of the Copa Libertadores soccer final between River Plate and Boca Juniors was postponed again on Sunday hours before it was due to start, after Boca complained the match could not be played under fair conditions.
The decisive leg had been set to be played on Saturday but was suspended until Sunday after Boca players were injured when their bus was attacked by River fans outside their Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires.
"We don't want there to be any excuses that conditions were not equal for both teams," Alejandro Dominguez, the president of the South American soccer confederation CONMEBOL, said on TV. "We want both teams to have time to recover."
"A sad day for South American soccer," he later tweeted.
CONMEBOL said officials would meet with the heads of both clubs on Tuesday to discuss a date for rescheduling.
Croatia's revenge over France
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Croatia dethroned holders France to win the Davis Cup for the second time as Marin Cilic beat Lucas Pouille in straight sets to seal the victory.
Cilic won 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, 6-3 to secure the title for Croatia for the first time since 2005.
Pouille took Cilic to a tie-break in the first set on the indoor clay in Lille but could not mount a challenge in the next two, losing in two hours, 19 minutes.
It meant Croatia won all three singles matches in straight sets with the scheduled fifth match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Borna Coric a dead rubber. France won a single match, in the doubles.
"It's just a dream weekend, we all dreamed of playing this well all weekend," said Cilic. "We did not even concede a service (in singles)."
It was the last final in the traditional format before a radical but controversial reorganisation of the venerable competition.
"Yes, that makes it special," said Cilic.
The victory gives Croatia some revenge for their football team's defeat by France in the World Cup final in July.
"We can't wait to be in Zagreb, like the footballers when they came back from the World Cup," said Zeljko Krajan, the Croatia captain.
The beaten Pouille made no excuses: "They were better than us and all we can do is congratulate them," he said.
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