San Lorenzo thump Boca to lift Supercopa and pile pressure on Arruabarrena (VIDEO)
No one quite knew what to expect in Córdoba as the 2016 Supercopa pitted together two out of form sides, desperate to find that little bit of form that could […]
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Huracán snatch late away goal in Caracas to reach Copa Libertadores group stage (VIDEO)
Huracán’s miraculous recent cup form continued last night in Venezuela; from the brink of early elimination, Diego Mendoza headed an injury time goal to send El Globo through to the group […]
Five talking points from Round One of the Primera – plus ALL the goals
1. Title challengers Boca and San Lorenzo’s summer hangovers continue ahead of Supercopa 2015’s champions and runners up, Boca Juniors and San Lorenzo endured a difficult preseason, which included Torneo […]
River thrash Quilmes, Lanús snatch late win over Estudiantes and Sarmiento inflict new blow to Vélez (VIDEO)
River Plate made the most of the rain delay that pushed their season opener against Quilmes back until Monday evening and although the ill-discipline of Los Cerveceros played a part, […]
Messi is a no but Everton’s Funes Mori, Mateo Musacchio and keeper Rulli look set for Argentina’s Olympic team
2016 is an important year for La Albiceleste as Gerardo Martino and Argentina look to put behind them the disappointment of consecutive final defeats. The Copa América Centenario provides an immediate […]
Atlético Tucumán stun Racing, River is washed out and Unión fight back to earn draw (VIDEO)
Racing’s focus is undoubtedly on Copa Libertadores qualification and ahead of the second leg of their playoff against Puebla, Facundo Sava selected a side which rested some of his stars […]
Rigoni strikes late for Independiente to down former club and Colón see off Arsenal (VIDEO)
Independiente against Belgrano was perhaps the pick of the opening weekend’s fixtures after the two sides finished in the pre-Libertadores spots last season. Neither managed to qualify but ahead of […]
Lavezzi’s omission from PSG squad intensifies rumours of big money move to China
The Chinese Super League has already caused quite a stir in what was an otherwise pretty quiet European transfer window but according to reports in France, Ezequiel Lavezzi could be […]
São Paulo supporters have a new hero as Calleri nets three in two matches (VIDEO)
Jonathan Calleri’s transfer away from Boca Juniors may have left a sour taste in the mouth but São Paulo supporters don’t appear to mind after the 22-year-old striker continued his impressive […]
Aldosivi make fine start with thumping win over Olimpo, Newell’s suffer defeat to San Martín and Argentinos salvage a draw with Tigre (VIDEO)
Aldosivi ended 2015 positively and the AFA’s fixture list threw up a generous looking clásico against Olimpo for the opening weekend. El Aurinegro ended last season with one of the […]
Boca’s title defence begins in frustration while San Lorenzo are held by Patronato (VIDEO)
Two of the five grandes began their campaigns on Saturday evening and while both harbour ambitions of lifting the title, their poor preseasons continued into the opening weekend of the […]
Friday: Central begin title tilt with victory over Godoy Cruz, Rafaela stun Huracán and Banfield prove too much for Gimnasia (VIDEO)
Primera football returned to our screens on Friday night after a long summer of meaningless friendlies and transfer dealings. Rosario Central began, what all Canallas supporters will be hoping is […]
Primera Torneo 2016 Preview – club by club
On Friday, Primera División football returns to Argentina after the usual summer of stifling heat, managerial chopping and changing, transfer gossip and, of course, lots of pointless, money-spinning friendlies. We still […]
Advantage Racing after draw in Puebla (VIDEO)
Facundo Sava will know that his Racing side did not perform to the level that they are capable of on Wednesday night in México but will be relieved that with […]
Huracán take slender lead to Caracas after Copa Libertadores playoff first leg (VIDEO)
Huracán have taken a small step towards the Copa Libertadores group stage after a 1-0 victory against Caracas in Parque Patricios last night but may look back and rue an […]
Another ‘friendly’ brawl – is it time for Argentina to rethink preseason?
Many in Argentina head to the Atlantic coastal city of Mar del Plata to get away from the summer heat of Buenos Aires and enjoy the sea air, the beaches […]
Friendly Clásico Platense abandoned after 3 red cards led to full-scale brawl (VIDEO)
Argentina’s summer friendlies were mired in scandal once again last night after the Clásico Platense between Estudiantes and Gimnasia had to be abandoned after a mass brawl on the pitch […]
Independiente confirm Real Madrid have bid for Benítez rejected
Speculation surrounding the future of 21-year-old Independiente forward Martín Benítez has been rife this summer and although it was Turkish giants Galatasaray most closely linked, El Rojo have claimed that […]
Mora penalty gives River another superclásico victory (VIDEO)
One week on from the embarrassing superclásico in Mar del Plata, Boca Juniors and River Plate once more locked horns and although the match didn’t witness anywhere near the level […]
Racing take early season bragging rights with clásico victory in Mar del Plata (VIDEO)
With a vital Copa Libertadores playoff match in México on Wednesday, Facundo Sava fielded a largely reserve side for the summer clásico de Avellaneda in Mar del Plata. In spite […]
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