News of fans

Tears of joy and wine for dead relatives – Colón fans celebrate team's first title

07-06-2021 17:52 Pensioners crying with joy, wine poured into a dead relative's urn and hooligan violence – fans of Club Atlético Colón celebrate the side's first ever top-flight title.

Football

Vigilance and activism can blunt ambitions of greed

24-04-2021 09:33 For the past week, all football conversations were dominated by one particular theme: the Super League.

by Dan Edwards

Death of Diego Maradona

Fans, family members demonstrate to demand justice in Maradona death probe

11-03-2021 15:01 Hundreds of football fans and three of Diego Maradona's children demonstrate in Buenos Aires to demand justice and a deeper invesigation into events surrounding the late footballer's death on November 25.

FOOTBALL

Sampaoli takes over Marseille and praises passion of fans

09-03-2021 21:27 Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli unveiled as new manager of French side Marseille, following a path once trodden by Marcelo Bielsa.

DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA (1960-2020)

Nation bids chaotic final farewell to its favourite son

28-11-2020 08:56 Huge crowds bade a grief-filled farewell to Diego Armando Maradona on Thursday, before the legendary footballer was buried on the outskirts of Buenos Aires after a chaotic public wake.

Stranded fans

Colombian fans trapped in Argentina struggle to return amid pandemic

15-04-2020 11:45 15 football-crazy Independiente de Medellín fans are trapped in a hotel in Buenos Aires, unable to return to their homes in Colombia.