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Peruvian national team went up four positions, but it's is still the last one in South America, according to the last ranking of soccer national teams in November, expressed by FIFA.

Peru is located at position 70 with 467 points, while Bolivia, 9th in South America is at position 57 with 573 points.

The top three are now Spain (1622 points), Brazil (1592) and Netherlands (1279).

The other seven teams from ConMeBol in the FIFA ranking are Argentina (8th; 1875 points), Chile (17th; 926), Uruguay (19th, 901), Paraguay (30th; 916), Ecuador (35th; 750), Colombia (40th; 736) and Venezuela (50th; 546).

Last Wednesday Peru defeated 2-1 to Honduras in a friendly game played in Miami.

This was the last game in Jose Del Solar era as the Peruvian national team coach.

Honduras is one of the three teams representing CONCACAF at the finals in Soth Africa 2010.

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Peruvians won the final 3-2 to Venezuela in women's volleyball, while in men's volleyball, Peru defeated Ecuador 3-0.

Peruvian national women's volleyball team defeated 3-2 to Venezuela in the final at the Bolivarian Games at Sucre (Bolivia), and got the gold medal.

Peru won the game 15-25, 25-17, 25-13, 20-25 and 15-11 in two-hour's time at a crowded Jorge Revilla Aldana colesium in the city of Sucre, Bolivia.

Patricia Soto, member of the national team said to RPP radio that she feels proud of the prize, and that all the players are working hard looking forward the world tournament Japan 2010.

"I'm proud of my team. We did our best, with all the strength that represents our country," she added.

Earlier in the day, the Peruvian male team obtained the silver medal after defeating fellow rival Ecuador 3-0.

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The Peruvian volleyball team added his second straight victory in the Bolivarian Games that are taking place in Sucre, after beating its Bolivian counterpart 3-0, and is now heading to the first place.

The Peruvians showed their technical superiority and won with partials 25-15, 25-14 and 25-16.

It is worth noting that Peruvian superiority was so evident that it it even had the chance of playing with the alternative players team, as well.

The team conducted by Kim Cheol-Young is preparing to face Venezuela, a much more experienced team, on Thursday. The Peruvians had already beat Ecuador in their previous match.

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Peruvian wrestler Abel Herrera added another gold medal for Peru today, during the Bolivarian Games 2009, in the category 60 kg.

the 2009 Bolivarian Games after winning the 60 kilos category, beating Mauricio Atamaint (Ecuador), Carlos Flores (Bolivia), Garca (Colombia), and Cesar Roberty (Venezuela).

Meanwhile, Andy Cubas (66 kg), David Cubas (74 kg), Paul Ambrose (84 kg) and Felix Isisola achieved the bronze medal at the coliseum Edgar Cojinto.

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With the participation of Club Regatas Lima, Yacht Club Ancón and Club Esmeralda Santa María for the first time, the Windsurf Festival Ancon 2009 was staged in Ancon, a seaside resort.

The event began with a soft wind, good enough for beginners to compete safely and with enthusiasm. From very early in the morning Hermosa Beach began to welcome the participants, friends and relatives for a tournament which priority was the comradarie.

Experienced windsurfers like Andrew Gibbon, Diego Esculies ,and Fran Hemmerde gave free windsurf lessons to the public.

Alessio Botteri from Club Regatas Lima won the Novice Open category, followed by Ismael Muelle (Yacht Club Ancón) and Michelle de Trazegnies (Club Regatas Lima).

In Novice Open Mini category, Ismael Muelle was first this time, defeating Vicenzo Benham (Santa Maria) and Santiago Aguirre (Yatch Club Ancon).

Windsurf Festival Ancon 2009 was organized by The Wind Adventure, Yatch Club Ancon and Peruvian Association of Windsurf, and was sponsored by Redbull, Cosas Magazine and Club Regatas Lima.

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Second place was for Alonso Collantes and the third for Stefano Peschiera; in other words, Peru filled the podium for the first time in the history of Bolivarian Games.

In the category Laser Radial, Paloma Schmidt had to deal with the Ecuadorian Arianna Villena, who used her home court advantage and obtained the first place, leaving Schmidt with the silver medal.

Peruvian Stephanie Zimmermann obtained the third place.

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Fiorentina's fans already have a hero: the Peruvian Juan Vargas, who now has a day of its own in the calendar; from now on, November 13th will be known as "Day of Juan Vargas."

“It's very difficult to find someone like him, due to his strength, speed, accuracy and force,” says the Italian website firenzeviola.it, which also calls him “Superman” or “Bionic Man.”

While the Peruvian midfielder is making Fiorentina fans fall in love with him, he also says he feels comfortable there and that he does not consider moving to Real Madrid, as some reports suggested.

The Peruvian player is living the best moment of his career, although there are many who believe he will continue to grow.

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Horna announced in tears his retirement from tennis.

Luis announced he will retire from professional tennis after the "Challenger of Lima," begining this coming weekend.

"I've decided to leave professional tennis after the Challenger of Lima," were the first words Horna said at a press conference he called to announce his future at professional tennis and the Davis Cup.

"Lucho" was away from the courts during several months this season due to a seriesof injuries. Recently he had suggested the possibility of continuing to play for a few more years, but he seemed to need a break.

"I don't say no to Davis Cup. I could be, in the future, on the team," said Horna,  although he didn't specify if his comeback would be as a player or as collaborator in the national team, whose main goal for next year is to get back to Group 1 of the American Zone.

He added that the best moment in his career was at Davis Cup with the Peruvian team. "It was when we took Peru to the World Group," he added.

Horna said that moment was even above the one he lived last year when he won  doubles at Roland Garros.

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Peruvian national team tied with Uruguay 1-1 at group B in the South American Under-15 Championship at Bolivia.

Juan José Oré's team scored the first goal through Horacio Benincasa, with a head blow at 31th in the first half.

In the Peruvian team, Miguel Duarte at 31th and Brayan Arana at 49th were red-carded after violent actions.

In the second half, a slip of the national defense line was decisive as Uruguayan forward Sergio Cortelezzi got the equalizer goal at 60th minute.

Peru is in group B of the competition along Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia and Uruguay; while in group A are Brasil, Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela and Bolivia.

In his debut in the competition in Bolivia, Peru lost to Colombia 3-1.

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According to a list made by IFFHS, published by El Comercio, Juan Vargas is the second most popular soccer player in South America and the 6th in the world, while and Claudio Pizarro is 15th in the world.

International Federation of Football History and Statistics published at its web site a ranking of "The World's Most Popular Footballer Amongst Currently Active Players in 2009" and the Peruvian player ranked sixth with more that 15,000 points.

The new has been quickly made known in Italy, where the page Firenze Viola gives it a special coverage. Vargas is ranked behind other players of alleged popularity like Mohamed Aboutreika (Egypt) or Li Jinyu (China), but he's ranked also above other greats like Real Madrid's Casillas (11th) and Kaka (27th) or countrymen Claudi Pizarro (15th).

In the South American soccer players ranking Vargas is second to Brazilian Alex, who plays at Spartak Moscow. Chilean Alexis Sanchez, Claudio Pizarro and Argentinean Juan Veron are placed 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively.

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