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By Luke Phillips Argentina are hoping for their first World Cup victory in a bid to nail down second place in Pool C when they take on Georgia in Gloucester on Saturday morning (NZT). The Argentinans pushed champions New Zealand all the way before falling to a 26-16 defeat in their opening match, the All Blacks expected to run away as winners of a pool also featuring Tonga and Namibia. Georgia, however, kicked off their campaign with an impressive 17-10 win over Tonga, meaning the pressure is on Read more [...]

BUENOS AIRES, Sept 23 Argentina's leading opposition candidate Mauricio Macri would give provinces a bigger share of profits from miners operating there and improve environmental inspections in the industry, an adviser said in an interview on Wednesday.Santiago Dondo, a mining specialist at Pensar, the think tank of Macri's business-friendly PRO party, said 80 to 85 percent of mining tax revenue currently goes to national coffers."If Argentine society and politicians do not understand where we Read more [...]

Rugby Union International Article Rugby Union Argentina will bid for their first World Cup victory in a bid to nail down second place in Pool C when they take on Georgia in Gloucester on Friday.The Argentinans pushed champions New Zealand all the way before falling to a 26-16 defeat in their opening match, the All Blacks expected to run away as winners of a pool also featuring Tonga and Namibia.Georgia, however, kicked off their campaign with an impressive 17-10 win over Tonga, meaning the pressure Read more [...]

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Ma'a Nonu is tackled by Mariano Galarza (left) at Wembley Stadium. Argentina's Mariano Galarza has been suspended for nine weeks for making "contact with the eye or the eye area" of All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick during the World Cup pool match at Wembley Stadium.Replacement forward Galarza was deemed guilty of 'acts contrary to good sportsmanship' under Law 10.4(m).Following a review Read more [...]

This is part of our Hispanic Heritage Month series, "Our Latino Heritage," where we are profiling a U.S. Hispanic from each of our Spanish-speaking Latin American and Caribbean homelands. Like many immigrants from Argentina who came to the United States in the mid-to-late 70's, Sasha Pisterman's parents fled their country because of the economic and political uncertainty of the "Dirty War," during Read more [...]

Galarza was cited for making contact "with the eye or eye area" of New Zealand forward Brodie Retallick during last Sunday's Pool C game between the countries at Wembley. In a statement, Rugby World Cup Limited said: "G alarza denied the act of foul play. "Having conducted a detailed review of all the available evidence, including all camera angles and additional evidence, including from Retallick, the player and submissions from his representatives, the judicial Read more [...]

The country’s cadet side will leave for the South American country to continue preparations for the 2015 U17 Fifa World Cup billed for Chile Nigeria U17 team are expected to leave for Argentina for a training tour towards a brilliant outing at next month’s Fifa U17 World Cup. Emmanuel Amuneke’s boys finished fourth in the African U17 championship staged in Niger Republic and recently placed third at the Suwon International Youth championship staged in South Korea. On Tuesday, the team defeated Read more [...]

Argentina included Paulo Dybala in their call-up for October's World Cup qualifying matches.Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain has been left out of Argentina's latest squad with Juventus youngster Paulo Dybala preferred instead. Higuain, 27, has scored four goals in five Serie A games for Napoli this season, but Argentina boss Gerardo "Tata" Martino has opted not use the former Real Madrid forward in two opening World Cup qualifying games against Ecuador and Paraguay. Dybala, the 21-year-old who left Read more [...]