Salvador Cabanas was supposed to lead his native Paraguay into the 2010 World Cup as one of the favorites to advance out of group play. Featuring for Club America in Mexico, Cabanas was in the midst ...

Salvador Cabanas was at the peak of his career until Mexican drugs trafficker, JJ Balderas, shot him in the head from point-blank range at a restroom inside a nightclub. Everyone believed he would die ...

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2010 file photo, Paraguay's Salvador Cabanas, former player of Mexico's America soccer team, poses for a picture during a friendly game by the first team he played in, 12 de ...

Former Paraguay star Salvador Cabanas had deal in place to join Premier League side Manchester United before he was shot in the head, per Telefuturo (H/T the Mirror). The 38-year-old was one of the ...

El paraguayo Salvador Cabañas, goleador de la selección de su país y del América de México, es el mejor jugador de América, según la encuesta anual que realiza el diario El País entre periodistas ...

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Borussia Dortmund forward Lucas Barrios has been picked by Paraguay coach Gerardo Martino in place of Salvador Cabanas on his 30-man preliminary World Cup roster. Cabanas, ...

Salvador Cabañas, ídolo del futbol paraguayo al que un incidente en México le dejó alojada una bala en la cabeza, no jugará ningún partido del Torneo Apertura de Paraguay, al no ser convocado por el ...

Paraguay's players are dedicating their success at the World Cup to Salvador Cabanas, the team's striker who is back home recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. ``What we are achieving is for ...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Salvador Cabanas, the Paraguay striker missing from the World Cup after he was shot in the head in Mexico in January, will inspire the team who intend to pay tribute to him, ...