Coloccini enjoys his time off in Buenos Aires
Newcastle captain, Fabricio Coloccini is obviously making the most of his time back in Argentina while he recovers from his back injury. There were no signs of pain as he […]
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Monday: Arsenal edge San Martin and All Boys celebrate against Rafaela
On Friday All Boys celebrated their 100th anniversary and the party continued last night as the locals watched their team beat Atletico Rafaela 2 – 1. The carnival atmosphere obviously […]
Round 6: Lanus stretch their lead at the top as River stumble
As the sixth round of fixtures draws nearer there is a lot to catch up on from the weekend’s action so far. Lanus continued their unbeaten start to the season […]
Union’s revival continues at the expense of Tigre
Belief continues to grow for Union who at the start of the season looked dead and buried but after ending their winless run have now gone on to take 7 […]
River player in attempted kidnapping
River Plate player Jonathan Bottinelli was last night rescued by police after his car was stopped by a gang in El Palomar and they attempted to kidnap and rob the […]
Libertadores: A clean sweep for Argentina as Boca and Arsenal both win
In the same week as Argentina celebrated Pope Francis I, Boca Juniors and Arsenal made sure that they had their most successful week of this year’s Copa Libertadores both chalking […]
Libertadores: Velez and Newell’s both win to keep qualification alive
Tuesday night was a good night for Argentina in the Copa Libertadores as both Velez Sarsfield and Newell’s Old Boys ran out winners from potentially difficult games. Velez beat Uruguayans, […]
AFA decide upon light punishment
Following the recent episodes of violence and the resulting talk of banning away support the AFA have announced pretty soft punishments and in fact not really done anything with regards the […]
San Lorenzo’s influence stretches to the Vatican
Argentina is tonight celebrating the news that Jorge Bergoglio has been appointed the new Pope but this is a double celebration for San Lorenzo. Pope Francis I is a life […]
AFA to vote on banning away support after increased violence
The AFA Executive committee are due to meet tonight to discuss the proposed ban of all visiting supporters in a bid to control the football violence that has dominated the […]
Monday: Lanus back on top and Quilmes defeat Argentinos courtesy of some wonder strikes
Lanus continued their impressive start to the season with another win but did concede their first goal of the championship. A 2 – 1 win over Arsenal at home put […]
Sunday: River battle to win, Boca manage a draw and Tigre win
Another day’s games overshadowed by violence with scenes of Colon’s hooligans attacking a bus carrying River fans on the freeway dominating the news. Not wanting to dwell too much on […]
Saturday: Goals galore as Newell’s and Racing both win
Newell’s Old Boys secured an impressive victory in La Plata against Estudiantes despite twice being behind. Ahead of their Copa Libertadores game in the week, Newell’s put in one of […]
Friday: Godoy Cruz heap pressure on Independiente, Belgrano edge Velez
Friday night’s results brought some interesting developments in this season’s championship. Godoy Cruz travelled to Avellaneda to play Independiente having not lost a game yet this season and with the […]
Libertadores: Tigre keep dreams alive with last gasp winner, Boca lose and Arsenal draw
This week’s round of Copa Libertadores fixtures saw a mixed set of results for Argentine sides. On Wednesday night Tigre managed to maintain perhaps an outside chance of qualification by […]
Libertadores: Newell’s suffer defeat again
Newell’s Old Boys have a difficult task if they are to qualify for the next stage of the Copa Libertadores after losing 2 – 1 in Rosario to Universidad de […]
Velez bounce back with win over San Martin
After two consecutive defeats in the league Velez needed a victory in the Jose Amalfitani Stadium last night. The visitors, San Martin, themselves in need of a victory as they […]
Sunday’s other action: River lose first of the season as Lanus draw to go top
Sunday’s other games were overshadowed and were almost the warm up before Riquelme’s return to Boca but the four other games did produce some other talking points. River Plate lost […]
Union finally win to ruin Riquelme’s homecoming
Last night there was supposed to be a party at La Bombonera to welcome back Juan Roman Riquelme after coming back from retirement 8 months ago. The stage was set, […]
Saturday: Colon and Estudiantes serve up another goal fest and Independiente lose to Arsenal
Saturday saw only two matches ahead of a busy Sunday schedule as Colon and Estudiantes strived to earn their first wins of the campaign and Independiente hoped to continue their […]
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