Clásico Rosarino preview: Newell’s v Rosario Central WATCH LIVE
There are few bigger matches in world football and while the superclásico might dominate the headlines, in the football crazed city of Rosario there is only one clásico. The red […]
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Argentina thrash Vietnam under-22s in final friendly before U20 World Cup (VIDEO)
Claudio Úbeda welcomed captain Santiago Ascacibar and striker Lautaro Martínez back into his starting eleven for Argentina under-20s final warm-up match ahead of their World Cup opener against England next […]
San Lorenzo remain in the title race with narrow clásico win over Huracán & Olimpo see off Aldosivi (VIDEO)
A clásico win is always important but for San Lorenzo, Saturday’s clash with Huracán had even greater importance if Los Cuervos were to remain on the heels of Boca Juniors […]
Banfield celebrate clásico win over Lanús & Atlético Rafaela’s survival hopes increase with late victory against Atlético Tucumán (VIDEO)
Banfield avenged their Clásico del Sur defeat last month with a 1-0 win over Lanús in the Estadio Florencio Sola while Atlético de Rafaela chalked up a third straight victory […]
Estudiantes edge clásico prompting Alfaro’s Gimnasia resignation & the Clásico Cordobés ends all square (VIDEO)
Estudiantes’ recent grip on the Clásico Platense continued on Saturday afternoon with victory over Gimnasia and the result not only kept El Pincha in the title race but spelled the […]
Argentinos Abroad: Franco Cervi opens the scoring as Benfica thrash Vitória Sport Clube to clinch title (VIDEO)
Benfica captured their fourth consecutive Portuguese league title on Saturday after thumping Vitória Sport Clube 5-0 in the Estádio da Luz. Former Rosario Central forward Franco Cervi put the Águias ahead early and while […]
A Boca-River XI: The players to have crossed the divide
On Sunday afternoon in what will certainly be a raucous Bombonera, Boca Juniors and fierce rivals River Plate lock horns for the 243rd official match of their long history. The […]
Santiago García hands Godoy Cruz clásico victory over San Martín (VIDEO)
Only a failed medical with Talleres stopped Santiago García leaving Godoy Cruz in the summer but after falling out of favour, the Uruguayan striker has found himself back in Lucas […]
Argentinos Abroad: Ezequiel Lavezzi scores golazo in Hebei draw (VIDEO)
Reports this week suggest that Ezequiel Lavezzi could be the highest paid player in world football and his club Hebei China Fortune compared him to Diego Maradona when he signed […]
Defensa y Justicia claim historic victory over São Paulo & Arsenal put SIX past Juan Aurich as both progress in Copa Sudamericana (VIDEO)
The goalless draw against São Paulo last month was a first match in international competition for Defensa y Justicia but Thursday evening’s 1-1 draw in Morumbi sensationally dumped the Brazilian giants out […]
Edgardo Bauza named new UAE coach
Edgardo Bauza’s agent had said that his client wouldn’t be out of work long after being sacked by Argentina last month and so it has proved with El Patón named […]
River Plate secure point against Emelec to reach Copa Libertadores last 16 (VIDEO)
Ahead of this weekend’s Superclásico and with qualification to the Copa Libertadores last 16 already virtually secured, Marcelo Gallardo opted to field a second-string River Plate eleven for the visit […]
Quilmes shocked by Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza in Copa Argentina (VIDEO)
A day after Tigre fell to lower league opposition on penalties, Quilmes followed as Federal A club, Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza stunned their Primera opponents from the spot after a […]
Argentina under-20s sweep past Vietnam in World Cup warm-up match (VIDEO)
Claudio Úbeda’s Argentina under-20 side made a winning start to their World Cup preparations with a 4-1 victory over Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City. Estudiantes pair Santiago Ascacibar and Lucas […]
Ponte Preta goalkeeper denies Gimnasia & El Lobo exit Copa Sudamericana (VIDEO)
After the goalless draw in Brazil back in April, Gimnasia needed a victory when Ponte Preta visited La Plata on Tuesday evening but goalkeeper Aranha had other ideas and despite the […]
Tigre dumped out of Copa Argentina on penalties by Deportivo Riestra (VIDEO)
Despite losing seven of their last nine Primera matches, Tigre were expected to make relatively light work of Primera B Metropolitana side Deportivo Riestra on Tuesday evening. However, after a […]
Primera team & goal of the week: Round twenty-three
Team of the week returns with fourteen and a half matches to choose from so here are the eleven that impressed from round twenty-three along with our Player of the […]
A shirt-ripping draw in La Plata heralds a cauldron of Clásicos to come in the Argentina Primera this weekend
For all the colour, noise and passion, Clásicos in Argentina often leave the neutral spectator feeling a little underwhelmed as the action on the pitch fails to match the spectacle […]
All the goals from Primera Round 23 as River Plate close on the top ahead of clásico weekend
In case you missed any of round twenty-three in the Primera División, here are all the results, all the goals and how the table looks afterwards… San Martín 1 – […]
Belgrano surprise Vélez in Liniers & Banfield edge Sarmiento closer to the drop with victory (VIDEO)
There haven’t been many matches this season in which Vélez would be considered favourites but against Belgrano, the lowest scoring team in the league, Omar de Felippe’s side were expexted […]
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