News of la liga

Emotions run high on opening weekend of season

20-02-2021 07:24 Ricardo Zielinski was one of 10 new coaches on display on the opening weekend, and each fared mixed fortunes.

by Dan Edwards

LOCAL FOOTBALL

Argentine football continues to come back in torrents

06-02-2021 09:16 The dust has barely settled on the Copa Diego Armando Maradona but in just one week's time, the 26 Primera teams will lock horns once more in a brand-new tournament.

by Dan Edwards

A LA CANCHA

Stormy waters in Avellaneda as sudden crisis engulfs Racing

21-11-2020 09:32 A run of defeats has plunged Racing Club into crisis. Such is the scale of the disaster that it now looks set to take with it one of the club's most beloved figures: Diego Milito.

by Dan Edwards

Liga Profesional de Fútbol

Opening weekend overshadowed by Maradona’s health woes

05-11-2020 13:05 Top-flight football returned to Argentina last weekend, but most of the nation’s fans were focused on events in La Plata and row over River’s search for a temporary home.

by Dan Edwards

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Top-flight football returns in Argentina, but Covid's presence looms large

30-10-2020 02:00 The long wait is over. After more than seven months of wistful stares at empty stadiums Argentine football is back, on none other than the 60th birthday of wayward legend and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata coach Diego Maradona.

by Dan Edwards

BARCELONA PRESDENT

Bartomeu resigns as Barcelona president, says club in for Euro Super League

27-10-2020 18:17 Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned as Barcelona president on Tuesday, along with his board of directors, and left with a bombshell admission that he had accepted a proposal for the club to play in "a future European Super League."

SPANISH FOOTBALL

Lionel Messi says it’s time for Barcelona to unite

30-09-2020 14:09 Lionel Messi wants to put his dispute with Barcelona behind him and called for the club and its fans to unite.

Global pandemic

Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone has Covid-19, confirms club

13-09-2020 08:32 Argentine coach isn't showing any symptoms and is in isolation, say club officials.

Argentine superstar

Lionel Messi confirms in interview he will stay at Barcelona

04-09-2020 13:39 Messi confirms he will stay at Barcelona, insisting he could never go to court against "the club of his life" and letting rip at Club President Josep Maria Bartomeu.

RALLY IN ROSARIO

Newell’s Old Boys fans dream of an unlikely Messi homecoming

28-08-2020 00:17 Messi’s surprise decision to leave Barcelona has sparked unlikely dreams among the residents of Rosario that he may return to play to Argentina to play with Newell’s Old Boys.

MESSI: END OF AN ERA

Top European clubs circle as Messi calls time at Barcelona

26-08-2020 09:14 Lawyers for Argentine star sends club a fax confirming Messi's desire to rescind his contract by triggering a release clause, sending shockwaves throughout the world of football.

ARGENTINE SUPERSTAR

From Ballon d'Or to abject humiliation: why Messi seeks pastures new

26-08-2020 09:08 Barcelona have insisted in the past they had plans for coping with Messi's retirement, whenever it came, but the truth is their number 10 is irreplaceable.

BARÇA IN CRISIS

Questions surround Messi’s future amid Barcelona chaos

18-08-2020 07:56 Barcelona fired coach Quique Setién on Monday, three days after the team’s humiliating 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, the first step in what it said would be “a wide-ranging restructuring" of the club.

SPANISH FOOTBALL

Messi blasts 'weak' team after Barcelona loses league title

17-07-2020 02:08 Messi blasted his team for being “weak” after Real Madrid wrested the league title away from Barcelona for the first time in three years on Thursday.

FOOTBALL TRANSFERS

Talks with Inter over Lautaro Martínez have 'stopped,' says Barça exec

13-07-2020 12:01 22-year-old ex-Racing forward, who has scored 17 goals in all competitions for Inter this season, has been heavily linked with a move to the Camp Nou. But Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu says talks over a potential move had been halted.

SPANISH FOOTBALL

Messi scores 700th career goal against Atlético Madrid

01-07-2020 08:31 Messi scores a penalty in the “Panenka” style, chipping it softly past goalie Jan Oblak. The goal was Messi’s 630th club goal to go with 70 for his Argentina. It was also his league-leading 22nd goal of the season.

SPANISH FOOTBALL

15-year-old Argentine becomes youngest ever La Liga player

24-06-2020 22:41 Real Mallorca's Luka Romero, a 15-year-old Argentine born in Mexico, becomes youngest player to ever play in Spanish top-tier.

SPANISH FOOTBALL

Messi caps Barcelona win over Mallorca on La Liga return

14-06-2020 09:57 Not even a streaker could ruin Lionel Messi's return to action with Barcelona, as La Liga kicked off again behind closed doors this weekend.

FOOTBALL & CORONAVIRUS

Messi looking forward eagerly to 'weird' La Liga restart

27-05-2020 16:37 Messi, who after a few weeks confined like the rest of Spain by the coronavirus pandemic, is training with Barca again ahead of a planned resumption of La Liga behind closed doors on the weekend on June 12.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Claudio Tapia re-elected as AFA president for another term

21-05-2020 23:33 Media mogul Marcelo Tinelli, who also serves as president of San Lorenzo, elected director of the new Liga de Fútbol Profesional, which will replace the Superliga.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Old habits hard to shake as AFA regains control of top-flight football

21-05-2020 23:08 AFA President Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia awarded fresh four-year term, as football governing body regains control of top-flight football, bringing in new Liga de Fútbol Profesional to replace Superliga.

by Dan Edwards

SPANISH FOOTBALL

Barça-bound Quique Setién set to lead the club he has long admired

14-01-2020 07:24 61-year-old Spaniard often tried to get his teams to mimic Barcelona's ball-possession and attacking-minded style – and now he will get to do it himself at the Catalan club for real.

FOOTBALL

Problems mount for Messi as injury woes adds to ban

06-08-2019 10:00 Messi banned for three months after CONMEBOL 'corruption' outburst, as star's new season in Spain begins with a cloud hanging over it.

News of la liga

Emotions run high on opening weekend of season

Argentine football continues to come back in torrents

Stormy waters in Avellaneda as sudden crisis engulfs Racing

Opening weekend overshadowed by Maradona’s health woes

Top-flight football returns in Argentina, but Covid's presence looms large

Bartomeu resigns as Barcelona president, says club in for Euro Super League

Lionel Messi says it’s time for Barcelona to unite

Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone has Covid-19, confirms club

Lionel Messi confirms in interview he will stay at Barcelona

Newell’s Old Boys fans dream of an unlikely Messi homecoming

Top European clubs circle as Messi calls time at Barcelona

From Ballon d'Or to abject humiliation: why Messi seeks pastures new

Questions surround Messi’s future amid Barcelona chaos

Messi blasts 'weak' team after Barcelona loses league title

Talks with Inter over Lautaro Martínez have 'stopped,' says Barça exec

Messi scores 700th career goal against Atlético Madrid

15-year-old Argentine becomes youngest ever La Liga player

Messi caps Barcelona win over Mallorca on La Liga return

Messi looking forward eagerly to 'weird' La Liga restart

Claudio Tapia re-elected as AFA president for another term

Old habits hard to shake as AFA regains control of top-flight football

Barça-bound Quique Setién set to lead the club he has long admired

Problems mount for Messi as injury woes adds to ban

Is it time to leave or is Argentina worth it?

Fernández kicks off Europe trip as Paris Club debt payment nears

Novavax developing combination flu, Covid vaccine

Under fire Bolsonaro leads motorcycle rally of supporters

Senator Carlos Reutemann hospitalised in serious condition

Grabois reconoció que manda a sus hijos a clases presenciales en CABA: "Hay un fallo de la Corte"

Campaña del Inadi contra escuelas que "presionan" por presencialidad: piden la renuncia de Donda

Tragedia en Tigre: el conductor del accidente fatal se negó a declarar

6 opciones que recomienda el Banco Central para ahorrar y cuidar el valor de los pesos

Las claves del modelo portugués que elogia Alberto Fernández, según Martín Lousteau