Archive for the ‘Football Soccer Argentina’ Category
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Uruguay and Argentina will take advantage of the coming 2011 America Cup (Copa America) to promote their joint candidacy for soccer's major event - the 2030 World Cup on occasion of the centenary of the first time the tournament was played.
On July 1930 the first World Cup was organised and ...
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Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Argentina has surpassed neighbouring Brazil as the world's largest exporter of soccer players -- a trend that may not be a good thing for the South American country's domestic game.
Players had become assets to be sold off to repay club debts, one agent said, while the growing exodus of Argentina's ...
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Friday, November 12th, 2010
For the ninth time since it was first played, as the South American championship in 1916, Argentina will host the Copa América, July 1-24.
The 12-team tournament, officially called the Copa América since the mid-1970s, held its draw Thursday in La Plata, Argentina, and included two teams invited from outside the ...
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Friday, October 29th, 2010
He is arguably the greatest and most adored footballer ever, at his pomp he was a dazzling site on the field weaving his magic and leading his country to the ultimate prize in the game, the glittering gold football World Cup trophy.
At the peak of his prowess, the stocky built ...
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Friday, September 17th, 2010
For the first time in over a decade Argentina has become the main provider of professional footballers worldwide.
According to a report from sports marketing consultancy Euroamericas, it has replaced Brazil as the country exporting the most professional players to European and Arab football leagues.
Argentina sold more than 1,700 players last ...
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Monday, September 6th, 2010
In the Oscar-award winning movie "Secreto de Sus Ojos," there's a quote that pretty much sums up what it means to be a soccer fan in Argentina.
“A man can change anything. His face, his home, his family, his girlfriend, his religion, his God. But there's one thing he can't change. ...
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010
My son Nicholas and I arrived in Buenos Aires on a cold and rainy Saturday morning during the week of the World Cup Finals. We originally planned the trip with the hopes that Argentina would be in the semifinals and go on to win in the final. Everywhere we stopped ...
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Grizzled veteran of the 'popular' Daniel Edwards takes a whistle-stop tour of the very best (and worst) places to watch Argentine football.
Non-stop singing, drums, record-breaking banners, pyrotechnics and the odd near-riot; Argentine matches boast everything that, for better or worse, European football has managed to eradicate from its stands. A ...
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
In the last eight tournaments, the Argentina Primera Division has yielded eight different champions. There is perhaps no league in the world that has produced such a level of unpredictability and excitement, especially in an era when only two or three sides have a realistic chance of winning in the ...
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Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Fixture a major part of country's ongoing bicentennial celebrations...
Argentina will host world champions Spain in Buenos Aires on September 7, in what will be La Seleccion's third match since crashing out of South Africa in the quarter-final stage.
Clarin reports that the friendly was originally scheduled to be played in New York, ...
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