News of madrid

Can Barcelona and La Liga afford not to keep Messi?

06-08-2021 16:32 Not so long ago the very best players in the world played in Spain. Gradually, though, things have changed.

FOOTBALL TRANSFERS

Albiceleste star Rodrigo de Paul joins Atlético Madrid

12-07-2021 15:39 Just two days after winning the Copa América with the national side, 27-year-old midfielder signs for Atlético Madrid for reported fee of 35 million euros.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Diego Maradona's psychiatrist denies blame in star's death

25-06-2021 22:22 Psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, who was treating Diego Maradona for addiction when he died last November, denies any responsibility for late footballer's demise.

Maradona Investigation

Maradona's nurse first to be questioned over his death

14-06-2021 19:19 Maradona's nighttime carer is suspected of lying when he claimed the World Cup winning captain was sleeping and breathing normally hours before he died — an autopsy revealed he was dying at that time.

SPANISH FOOTBALL

Simeone and Suárez lead Atlético to La Liga title as Real fall short

22-05-2021 15:36 Only the second time in 17 years that a team other than Barcelona or Real Madrid have won Spanish league crown, with Atléti claiming the other one under Simeone in 2014.

‘ISABELITA’ TURNS 90

‘Isabelita’ Perón turns 90, ostracised in Madrid

06-02-2021 09:46 Former president, who lead nation for less than 21 months, has 90th birthday in Madrid, where she has lived for the last four decades.

FOOTBALL TRANSFERS

Higuaín heads to MLS, signs for Beckham's Inter Miami

18-09-2020 13:24 Argentine number 9 signs for David Beckham's Major League Soccer outfit Inter Miami, day after departing Juventus.

FOOTBALL TRANSFERS

Gonzalo Higuaín set to sign for Beckham's MLS side Inter Miami

13-09-2020 09:34 Argentine forward flies into Miami for medical, ahead of finalising terms with new US club. Former Juventus and Real Madrid striker set to follow former Juve teammate Blaise Matuidi to South Florida.

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.

Coronavirus pandemic

Boca Juniors reveal positive virus tests for 18 players

03-09-2020 16:35 Boca reveals 18 players have tested positive for the coronavirus, just two weeks before restarting their Copa Libertadores campaign. President Fernández casts doubt over whether games will go ahead.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Problem mount for Independiente as clubs return to training

15-08-2020 10:18 The case of El Rojo, one of the traditional 'big five' of local football, is emblematic of the struggles likely to become commonplace in this uncertain new world.

by Dan Edwards

Coronavirus pandemic

Hugo Gatti: Being infected with Covid-19 has made me ‘learn more about life’

03-04-2020 14:32 Ex-Albiceleste, Boca and River goalkeeper, 'El Loco' Gatti, who is hospitalised in Madrid after being tested positive for coronavirus, opens up on his health and explains how his predicament has made him “learn more about life.”

Alberto in Europe

Fernández discusses debt with Spanish PM in Madrid

04-02-2020 18:24 Before concluding his Europe trip in France, the Peronist leader met with Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister of Spain, to discuss IMF debt renegotiations.

TOURISM

Lammens eyes European, Chinese tourists in bid to boost economy

23-01-2020 07:19 The government is keen to attract foreign tourism, says new Tourism & Sports minister in interview, who hopes overseas visitors will be bringing more than US$6 billion into the economy by end of 2020.

HUMAN RIGHTS

'Death flight' repressor Scilingo living in semi-freedom in Spain

21-01-2020 07:00 Adolfo Scilingo, who was convicted by Spanish courts of involvement in deaths of 30 individuals during 1976-1983 military dictatorship, has been living in semi-freedom since last November.

COP 25 climate summit

Macri: 'Electricity production will be be greenhouse gas free by 2040'

03-12-2019 14:21 President kicks off his last foreign trip as head of state in Madrid at the UN Climate Change Conference, where he meets with world leaders and talks renewable energy.

DAVIS CUP

Argentina scrape through to set up tie against Spain in Davis Cup quarters

21-11-2019 14:09 A 3-0 humbling at the hands of Germany on Wednesday had left Argentina on the verge of elimination. But results elsewhere went their way.

DAVIS CUP

Argentina loses to Germany 3-0 in Davis Cup trouncing

20-11-2019 17:05 Schwartzman and Pella lost in individual matches as did the González-Mayer duo in the doubles match during the third day of the revamped tennis competition.

COPA LIBERTADORES

Copa Libertadores final once more troubles South America

31-10-2019 17:02 One year on, South American football faces a familiar question: Where will the final of Copa Libertadores be played?

Argentina

Buenos Aires sues Madrid’s Metro for 14 million euros over asbestos

23-10-2019 16:22 The sale of asbestos-ridden train cars has been connected to pulmonary illnesses in at least 11 people who work on the Buenos Aires City subway system.

SPANISH AUTHORITIES

Madrid set to clip wings of 12,000 noisy Argentine parakeets

07-10-2019 17:25 In a statement, city hall said it has drawn up a plan "to reduce and control the population" without giving a figure. One element of the plan would involve sterilising eggs in the nest to encourage female Argentine quaker parrots to incubate but not hatch them.

COPA LIBERTADORES

River set for semi-final clash with Boca in Libertadores

30-09-2019 16:12 Argentina's biggest rivals will renew hostilities in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, with the embers of last year's all-Argentine final still smouldering.