21.   On Friday, Colombian soccer federation president Alvaro Fina had insisted he had the backing of six nations.

22.   Prosecutors ordered preventive detention Tuesday for Colombian national soccer team player Jairo Castillo after concluding he was driving a pickup truck that crashed and killed two female passengers.

23.   Striker Jairo Castillo, a member of the Colombian national soccer team, was injured in a car accident in which another person was killed Sunday.

24.   Striker Jairo Castillo, a member of the Colombian national soccer team, was injured in a car accident in which two others were killed Sunday.

25.   Striker Jairo Castillo, a member of the Colombian national soccer team, was injured in a car accident in which another person was killed early Sunday morning.

26.   The Colombian soccer federation has denied that and said FIFA told officials that it was not involved.

27.   The dedication was another sign of the ties between Colombian soccer and drug traffickers, who for years laundered their huge profits by bankrolling local teams.

28.   The National Liberation Army freed Colombian soccer star Andres Estrada on Sunday, two days after kidnapping him in violation of its own holiday truce.

29.   The tournament was nearly canceled due to security breaches, including the kidnapping of a Colombian soccer official.