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Football scam jury hears of Fox TV rights bought with bribes

19-01-2023 02:22 Prosecutors said Hernán López and Carlos Martínez teamed up with the sports marketing firm Full Play Group SA to pay millions of dollars a year in bribes to officials of CONMEBOL, the governing body for South American football. Full Play is also a defendant in the case.

Julián Álvarez: the 'Spider’ delivers Argentina’s lethal bite

01-12-2022 17:16 Australia, a country well used to being wary of a wide range of venomous animals, should beware the lethal bites of Argentina's ‘Araña.’

Why is Argentina’s national team known as ‘La Scaloneta’?

17-11-2022 16:27 The nickname has become more and more popular ahead of the World Cup in Qatar, with Argentina seen as one of the big favourites to win the trophy.

Dreams of wealth turn to dust for Qatar migrant workers

16-11-2022 13:07 Hundreds of thousands of people have flocked to Qatar in recent years to labour on giant construction schemes as it boosted its infrastructure ahead of the World Cup. Drawn by the prospect of making more money than they could ever hope to at home, migrants make up nearly 90 percent of Qatar's population of 2.8 million.

Organiser of flight that killed footballer Emiliano Sala jailed for 18 months

12-11-2021 09:28 David Henderson, the businessman who organised the 2019 flight that killed Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a crash in the English Channel, sentenced to 18 months in jail for endangering safety of aircraft.

Infantino: Biennial World Cup would stop clubs hogging money

18-10-2021 15:54 Speaking during a visit to Buenos Aires, FIFA President Gianni Infantino claimed on Monday his controversial plans to hold a World Cup every two years will help spread the funds football generates away from a handful of super clubs.

Fans can return to football, but will the players be there?

27-08-2021 23:08 Argentine fans were able to celebrate the prospect of finally returning to the stadium, only to discover that there may not actually be any players on the pitch when they do so.

by Dan Edwards