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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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“. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Libertadores: Last 16 sees one all Argentine tie and a replay of last year’s final
With all the group games finishing last night we finally got to see the 16 teams that have qualified to the knockout stages of this year’s competition. Four of the […]
Libertadores: Heartbreak for Arsenal and Boca scrape through
Arsenal did all that was required of them last night, winning 2 – 1 in Sarandi against The Strongest but they still found themselves eliminated from this year’s Copa Libertadores […]
Saturday: Boca thrashed in San Juan, Racing batter San Lorenzo and Lanus edge All Boys in last minute
The earlier kickoff on Saturday undoubtedly brought the major talking point as Boca Juniors were humiliated in San Juan by San Martin, losing 6 – 1. They will point to […]
Paper review – Veron, Maradona, Pope Francis plus injury and crime updates
With last night being the first time in some time that there wasn’t a game to write up I’ll take the opportunity to bring a quick review of the stories […]
Bad news for Migliore
Update: San Lorenzo’s goalkeeper, Pablo Migliore has been denied release and been charged with ‘aggrevated concealment’ regarding the whereabouts of Maxi Mazzaro, the Boca hooligan wanted by police in connection […]
Lanus held in La Bombonera and River take advantage to close the gap
The league’s top three sides were in action yesterday and it was River Plate who profitted the most as leaders Lanus could only draw and Newell’s Old Boys were defeated […]
Libertadores: Boca edge towards next round as Ronaldinho demolishes Arsenal
Boca Juniors decided to postpone their 108th birthday celebrations last night in the aftermath of the deadly flooding that has struck the Buenos Aires area but on the pitch they […]
Sunday: Newell’s keep pressure on, Godoy Cruz win thriller and Boca Independiente ends in draw
After the disappointment of Saturday’s action Sunday served up plenty of drama and talking points: Independiente failing to take advantage of Boca playing with 10 men for most the game, […]
Round 7 preview and Pope Francis a Huracan fan?
After the week off for International duty the Primera division kicks off again this week with some big clashes in Buenos Aires, notably Boca taking on Independiente and River playing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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