The Day After For River
Region: ArgentinaRiver Plate are enduring one of their biggest crises in team history and the light that was at the end of the tunnel seemed to be a train coming full speed. After bringing a huge contingency to Asunción as the Millonarios were poised to qualify for the knockout stage of the Copa Libertadores. The had the perfect opponent in the perfect group to accomplish the mission. But when they stepped onto the pitch at... more
Views: 1347It is a great experience: Maradona
Region: Argentina
Diego Maradona said he felt “proud” after his first match as coach of Argentina ended in a 1-0 friendly international win over Scotland at Hampden Park here Wednesday. But that didn’t stop the football great from having one more go at his old England adversary Terry Butcher, now Scotland’s assistant manager, who has made no secret of his bitter... more
Views: 1386Maradona Slams Messi in Interview
Region: Argentina
You can criticize his political leanings or the way he lived his life. Yet when it comes to telling the truth he never backs down. Diego Maradona will compliment you the same way he will criticize you. At the same time he has also been able to be yet just another person piling on in Argentina on the national team's recent streak of underachievement. In 2005, Maradona invited Lionel Messi to his tele... more
Views: 3436Basile Upset Over Palermo Injury
Region: Argentina
Argentine national team coach Alfio Basile mentioned the fact that Martín Palermo was on his call-up list for the upcoming matches against Paraguay and Peru next week. ¨It hurt me to see what happened to (Martín). He is a great goalscorer. This was Martín´s time to come back to the national team. His injury is quite a shame to have happened at this moment,¨&nb... more
Views: 1536Weblogs Day 2008 in Buenos Aires
Region: Argentina
On August 20th, the third edition of Dia de Weblogs (Weblogs Day) took place in Buenos Aires, and it took place, as it does every year, at Palermo University. This time, there were several topics in debate, which were not limited to blogs only. There was a space to discuss about entrepreneurs, mass media and new projects on the Internet. During the last part of the program, many projects related to the Web we... more
Views: 1134Argentinian Students Chain Themselves to Demand Better School
Region: Argentina
Posted by Juliana Rincón Parra to Global Voices Online In the province of Rio Negro near the city of General Roca in Argentina, the students of the CEM 106 are asking the government to follow through with their promises of solving the problems their school has. Videos of the open sewage drains in front of the school, of the 3 classrooms for more than 240 students and the septic tank which overflows in the backy... more
Views: 1664Pompilio To Talk On Tuesday
Region: Argentina
Boca President Pedro Pompilio announced there will be a press conference on Tuesday morning regarding the status of the rescheduling of the Argentine Superclásico this coming Sunday. Javier Castrilli, the current subsecretary in the Office of Safety in Public Spectacles with the Ministry of the Interior, mentioned that for safety reasons, he would like to see the match played at 11am local time as co... more
Views: 1221US Fans Enabling "Barrabravas"?
Region: Argentina
With the weakening dollar being pertinent in the US economic agenda this year, Europe is now a tremendous expense for Americans. This is where Latin American countries take advantage of the situation by offering tours and other types of trips throughout the various idyllic landscapes throughout the hemisphere. Enter football stage right. In Buenos Aires, various ticket brokers are taking a... more
Views: 1730There Are Games... Then There Are Games Pt.1
Region: Argentina
Round three o´clock my day changed from buying empanadas at the local store to having to make the trek to downtown Buenos Aires to get tickets for one of the most heated games so far in the Copa Libertadores. The Boca Nation was furious and at the same time preoccupied after their team's loss in Santiago the week before. Yet there were various other scenarios that emerged. The obvious one was th... more
Views: 1337Porteño Three-Peat
Region: Argentina
In a game that will go down as a classic, Buenos Aires beat rival Tucumán 10-9 in the final of the 64th Argentine Union tournament. Flyhalf Diego Mas opened the scoring in the first half for Tucumán with a penalty while fullback Federico Serra equalized for the Porteños. Other than those two instances, there was little that stood out in the first 40 minutes. The second half... more
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