Havana - The famed Brazilian ex-footballer Pele arrived here with the club New York Cosmos, which will hold on Tuesday a friendly match with the national team at the Pedro Marrero Stadium.

Pele and the leader of the visiting team, the Spanish footballer Raul Gonzalez Blanco, were hailed by journalists and the public late-night while leaving the Jose Marti International Airport.

Bern - A total of seven top leaders of the International Football Federation (FIFA) were arrested today in the city of Zurich on charges of fraud, blackmail, and money laundering, announced the Federal Office of Justice of the Swiss Confederation.

Among those arrested are the Uruguayan Eugenio Figueredo, vice president of the South-American Soccer Confederation (Conmebol) and deputy minister of FIFA; and the Costa Rican Eduardo Li, head of the National Federation and official of the governing body of soccer in the world.

Havana - The former Brazilian soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento ''Pelé'' will be one of the big attractions of the friendly match between Cosmos of New York and the Cuban selection next Tuesday, reported today Juventud Rebelde daily.

Pele will travel to Cuba for the first time with the U.S. team to attend the considered historic game at the stadium Pedro Marrero of this caqpital, revealed Antonio Garces, vicepresident of the Cuban Soccer Association told the newspaper.

Santiago, Chile - Two weeks before the inauguration of the Americas Cup in Chile, authorities said that they are rigorously implementing a security plan to prevent foreigners with a criminal record to arrive in the country.

The undersecretary (deputy minister) of the Interior, Mahmud Aleuy, told reporters that border control will be reinforced by Interpol officers, a collaboration that began in October 2014.

Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced today the application by the United States of extraterritorial laws in the case of the arrest of FIFA officials accused of corruption, embezzlement and money laundering.

Regarding the arrests, the case appears, at least, very strange, since the arrests were made at the request of the US to accuse international officials of corruption, said Putin.

Havana, Cuba - Cuban Leinier Dominguez defeated Russian Peter Svidler during the seventh round of the Khanty-Mainsiysk Chess Grand Prix, in Russia , tournament headed by Italian Fabiano Caruana.

Leinier (2734 Elo points) beat Svidler in 38 moves of a Spanish opening and now owns 4.5 units and appears second tied with the local Sergey Karjakin, who drew with Georgian Baadur Jobava, escorting the leader Caruana (5), who also signed peace with Israeli Boris Gelfand.