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Enough caviar, a bit of humility please

Have Argentina, the world’s biggest exporters of soccer players, lost their feeling for the national colours Diego Maradona wore with such pride and passion?

Villar success highlights wider malaise

The prospect of Paraguay goalkeeper Justo Villar winning the player of the Copa America could highlight a deficiency in the football played at the tournament.

That winnin’ feelin’

Lionel Messi says he feels he will one day win the World Cup and as the world’s best player has every right to feel it coming.

‘Great Captain’ looks to inspire River Plate troops

Daniel Passarella, known as the “great captain” as a player and now president of Argentina's River Plate, has been training with his squad to try to help them avoid relegation for the first time in the club's history.

Clash of egos at River Plate

River Plate’s former goalkeeping great Ubaldo Fillol, a World Cup-winner with Argentina in 1978, has resigned as their first-team keeping coach after what he felt as a lack of respect shown by Juan Pablo Carrizo on Sunday.

River Plate enraged more than ever by Boca defeat

What has happened to River Plate is that the ghost of relegation has raised its ugly head again.

The River Plate yoyo

River Plate are in danger of relegation in Argentina's complicated system ahead of the superclasico with Boca Juniors

Relegation in Argentina – is the system fair?

The Argentine Football Association, which introduced the two championships per season in the early 1990s, has talked of reverting to a single all-season-long championship, possibly as soon as August. However, changing the bizarre relegation parameters ...

No Riquelme free kick, no Boca victory

Hard times for Boca, who can't score unless midfield maestro Juan Roman Riquelme is taking a free kick it would seem. Read more here.

Argentina’s big guns show signs of life

Boca Juniors have two aces in their pack, one now firing on all cylinders, the other in one of his worst slumps during his final season before retiring

Argentina’s big guns show signs of life

Boca Juniors have two aces in their pack, one now firing on all cylinders, the other in one of his worst slumps during his final season before retiring

Is a Riquelme or a Moreno essential to win the Argentine title?

Boca Juniors are suffering with the loss of playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme, while Racing Club are flourishing after an injury to key player Giovanni Moreno. Where's the logic in that? Read more here.