News of san lorenzo

The football season has started – much to Chiqui Tapia’s relief

Today 07:02 The 2026 Liga Profesional de Fútbol is underway – and AFA chief Claudio ‘Chiqui’ Tapia has surely been counting down the days until the distractions on the pitch kick off.

by Dan Edwards

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

On and off pitch woes for two of Argentina’s Grandes

18-09-2025 17:27 The future looks bleak for San Lorenzo and Independiente without serious changes in their fortunes and, above all, administration.

by Dan Edwards

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Muniain inspires San Lorenzo, year after switching Bilbao for BA

16-05-2025 09:45 Unpaid wages, FIFA embargoes, deceased pontiffs, presidential bribery scandals: nothing seems to be able to distract the Cuervo from their mission to grind out results and keep slogging forward.

by Dan Edwards

Francis & Football

Not so saintly behaviour at Pope’s beloved San Lorenzo

25-04-2025 09:04 An unseemly mess has broken out at Francis’ favourite football club – it is impossible to escape the irony that this storm broke right at the moment the Cuervos' most ardent fan finally passed on.

by Dan Edwards

PONTIFF'S LOVE OF FOOTBALL

The Pope with 'two left feet' who loved the 'beautiful game'

22-04-2025 10:34 For Pope Francis, football is more than just "the most beautiful game" – it can also be used as a vehicle to educate and spread peace.

ARGENTINE PONTIFF

Flores, football and villas – Pope Francis' life in Buenos Aires

21-04-2025 15:25 Pope Francis' legacy will live on in the neighbourhood of Flores, at his beloved San Lorenzo football club and in the shantytowns he regularly visited.

FOOTBALL & POLITICS

Clubs or companies? Milei takes on football authorities

12-11-2024 21:18 Most football clubs In Argentina are non-profit civil associations controlled by the members, who pay a monthly fee and have voting rights. President Javier Milei, however, wants to open up the game to private capital.

MPOX VIRUS FEARS

Health authorities in Argentina order quarantine ship over mpox virus fears

21-08-2024 12:20 Crew-member of vessel flying Liberian flag reported to have symptoms compatible with the mpox disease; In accordance with protocol, ship has been quarantined at Santa Fe Province port of San Lorenzo.