Migliore is released from jail after 40 days
San Lorenzo goalkeeper, Pablo Migliore has finally been granted bail after paying half a million pesos and making a statement, supposedly to say that he will inform the police if […]
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Tigre beat Velez in Liniers
Two of Argentina’s representatives in this year’s Copa Libertadores went head to head in Liniers, both coming off bad results in previous weeks. Tigre had just lost to relegation threatened […]
Messi: The Movie coming soon….(plus other news)
The next chapter in Lionel Messi’s extraordinary career is in the pipeline as it appears Hollywood has snapped up the movie rights to “Messi: The boy who became a legend“. […]
Newell’s miss the chance to go top in Sarandi
Newell’s Old Boys title challenge took a slight set back last night as they travelled to the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Sarandi to face Arsenal. Having seen Lanus win earlier […]
Big Sunday: Honours even in Super Clasico and Independiente’s revival continues
La Bombonera hosted this tournament’s super clasico and the result was a 1-1 draw between Argentina’s greatest rivals – Boca Juniors and River Plate. River dominated the first half and […]
Golazo’s April Awards
Slightly late but the much anticipated Golazo monthly awards are here. April has seen the title race hot up as Lanus have faltered and their slip up has seen Newell’s […]
Saturday: Lanus back to winning ways plus two other games
The relief in La Paternal was tangible after Lanus had gone two games without a win, lost the lead at the top of the league and were struggling to recreate […]
Godoy Cruz crush Colon and San Lorenzo stun Quilmes
Godoy Cruz got back to winning ways emphatically last night in Mendoza with a thumping 3 – 0 win against Colon. It was four games without a win for Martin […]
Boca take valuable one goal lead to Brasil
Boca Juniors won 1 – 0 in La Bombonera against Corinthians despite the absence of Juan Roman Riquelme. Nicolas Blandi’s goal was enough to give them the precious lead to […]
Tigre take slight advantage to Paraguay
Tigre will be mightily relieved to be taking even the most slender of leads to Paraguay after Olimpia will be aggrieved at two penalty decisions that were not given. A […]
Could this be the end for Zanetti?…or perhaps a return to Argentina
Inter Milan’s long serving Argentine Javier Zanetti ruptured his achilles tendon in Sunday’s defeat to Palermo. At the age of 39 this could call time on the great career of […]
Threats to Union’s players after weekend defeat
Sinister graffiti now adorns the walls surrounding Union’s stadium after they lost to relegation rivals San Martin at the weekend. The players are all going to die and There is a bullet for […]
Lanus drop more points and All Boys win in Cordoba
Lanus‘s lull has continued as they have been held to a 1 – 1 draw at home to Atletico Rafaela. They remain unbeaten but now trail leaders Newell’s Old Boys […]
Sunday’s football has implications at both ends of the table
Independiente finally got back to winning ways in Brindisi’s second game in charge with a 3 – 1 win over Argentinos Juniors in Avellaneda. The result lifts them back above […]
Argentina under 17s claim the South American championship
For the third time in history Argentina won the South America under 17 championship despite failing to beat Venezuela in their final game earlier. A 2 – 2 draw was […]
Saturday roundup: Boca lose again to give Estudiantes first win
Boca Juniors are turning out to be the team to play for any struggling side hoping to end any losing streaks as yesterday was the turn of Estudiantes. Without a […]
Midweek roundup: Advantage Velez in all Argentine Copa Libertadores clash and two big upsets in the Copa Argentina
This week’s midweek football brought us some very surprising results (aside from Barcelona and Real Madrid getting turned over in the Champions League) both domestically and in the Copa Libertadores. Fresh from […]
Lanus drop more points making it tight at the top and Tigre pip Argentinos
Lanus drew 0 – 0 away to Union to go level on top with Newell’s on 22 points but will be disappointed to see their lead cut. However, they remain […]
Independiente on the brink and River show title credentials
Sunday’s games from round 10 of the tournament Final saw Avellaneda giants, Independiente take another step towards relegation as the first game under new manager, Miguel Angel Brindisi had an […]
Quilmes win eases relegation fears and All Boys and San Martin share spoils
Quilmes took advantage of playing the most out of form team in the Primera at home yesterday, chalking up a invaluable 1 – 0 win over Estudiantes. With the three […]
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