Raymund Tamayo | Sep 07, 2015 11:15 AM EDT Argentina's Luis Scola (L) and Dominican Republic's Francisco García (Photo : Reuters) Argentina continues its quest for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship gold medal in a September 8 game against a hard-fighting Dominican Republic five at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City. Sergio Hernandez's men had just overcome a tough challenge by Uruguay, 90-87, to kick off the second Read more [...]

Mexico came back from two goals down to draw Trinidad Tobago 3-3 in an enthralling match. INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY: Héctor Herrera (85') Mexico 3-3 Trinidad Tobago Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez, Bayer Leverkusen's newest acquisition, said he is eager to get back on the pitch for what he called Mexico's most important preparatory match when El Tri take on Argentina in a friendly at ATT Stadium in Dallas on Tuesday. Hernandez has not seen action for Mexico since the beginning of July when, Read more [...]

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A 66-year-old man in Argentina has been arrested on suspicion of keeping his wife and adult son in a cage and squalid room for up to six years. Eduardo Oviedo, from the beach resort town of Mar del Plata 400 km south of Buenos Aires, faces enslavement charges. Oviedo's 61-year-old wife, who is said to have been suffering form mental health issues, and his son, 32, who has autism, are said to have been fed on dog food and fuel. Their cage was strewn with rubble and bags of human excrement. Syringes, Read more [...]

While the qualification process for Euro 2016 got back underway in this neck of the woods, there were a number of world stars taking part in friendlies across the Atlantic. There were wins for Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Brazil as four international clashes took place in South America. Gerardo Martino's Argentina were the biggest winners, recording a 7-0 victory over Bolivia. Sergio Aguero, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Lionel Messi each bagged braces, with Angel Correa rounding off the scoring for the Read more [...]

Lionel Messi... on the mark for Argentina. Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero struck two goals apiece in Argentina’s 7-0 romp against an out-of-sorts Bolivia while Mexico were held 3-3 by Trinidad in friendlies in the United States late Friday. A largely second string side, with captain Lionel Messi coming on for the final 20 minutes, took to 12 the number of goals Copa America runners-up Argen-tina have put past Bolivia in two friendlies this year. Ezequiel Lavezzi also scored two goals while Angel Read more [...]

By Ap Reporter Published: 23:51 GMT, 5 September 2015 | Updated: 00:33 GMT, 6 September 2015 View comments Argentina paid a fitting tribute to prop Marcos Ayerza and enjoyed a nine-try romp as they beat Leicester 55-34 in their last Rugby World Cup warm-up on Saturday.Ayerza was given a testimonial after nine years service at Leicester which saw him play 214 games and Read more [...]

Ironically, Britain used a Vulcan bomber to fly an 8,000-mile round-trip from Ascension Island in the mid-Atlantic to bomb the Argentine airbase at Port Stanley at the outset of the Falklands War in April 1982.Lacking long-range heavy bombers, the Argentine Air Force was unable to destroy the British task force dispatched to recover the islands and, after two months of fierce fighting, they surrendered on June 14, 1982.Air Commodore Andrew Lambert, who took part in the Falklands conflict as a squadron Read more [...]

2015-09-05 22:17 London - Argentina picked up nine tries in a 55-34 victory over Leicester Tigers on Saturday, their last game before taking on defending champions New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup.The match at Welford Road was a testimonial for Argentina prop Marcos Ayerza who is a Leicester player.Almost all of coach Daniel Hourcade's 31-man Pumas squad got a run-out, with the starting Read more [...]

Gerardo Martino is adamant Lionel Messi will become Argentina's highest scoring player of all time. The Barcelona star netted twice in his country's 7-0 thrashing of Bolivia to take his overall tally to 48 - eight short of record holder Gabriel Batistuta . "I am sure Leo will catch Batistuta as the team's leading scorer, he is getting closer,” Martino said. Messi started the match on the bench and Martino was forced to answer questions from reporters as to why Argentina's star man wasn't named Read more [...]