Arunima Sinha, the amputee mountaineer who set a record by climbing the Mount Everest, has added another feather in her cap by conquering Mount Aconcagua in Argentina.Arunima, in a statement, said she started her mission on the morning of December 12 and hoisted the Indian tricolour on December 25.Aconcagua is the highest mountain outside Asia, at 6,960.8 metres, and by extension, the highest point in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere."I have successfully completed the 5th summit Read more [...]

Atletico Madrid have completed the signing of Augusto Fernandez from Celta Vigo on a three-and-a-half year contract. The 29-year-old arrives as a direct replacement for long-term absentee Tiago Mendes, despite only playing in central midfield for the past year, and goes straight into the squad for Saturday’s match against Levante. Debuting in Argentina’s Primera Division with River Plate in 2005, he won the 2008 Clausura under Diego Simeone and joined Saint-Etienne a year later, Read more [...]

Natalie Cole, Grammy winning singer, has died

LOS ANGELES: Singer Natalie Cole, the daughter of jazz legend Nat "King" Cole who carried on his musical legacy, has died.

Otro que se puede asomar en la disputa es Nani Roma, quien el año pasado abandonó rapidamente el Dakar.La prueba ingresará a Bolivia el 7 de enero con la séptima etapa que se correrá entre la ciudad argentina de Jujuy y la capital del Dakar en Bolivia, Uyuni, donde se encuentra un gigantesco mar de sal. El Dakar generó 810.000 fans en Facebook y registró más de 100.000 seguidores en Twitter, siendo uno de los eventos deportivos más importantes de 2015.Aseguró que además estarán a disposición Read more [...]

BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese currency renminbi (RMB) is key for the financial stability in Argentina, which intends to boost its economy by seeking new investments in such sectors as infrastructure, local experts have said recently. Though the majority of global trade is carried out in U.S. dollars, the RMB is gaining on the world's leading currencies, director of the Research for Traders consultancy Dario Epstein said in an interview with Xinhua. "The role of the RMB as an international Read more [...]

The past 12 months have been good for Paulo Dybala, but replacing Carlos Tevez at Juventus has not been easy for the Argentina striker.Last year saw Dybala secure a move from Palermo to Serie A champions Juve and 10 goals in 24 games in all competitions represents a solid start to life with Massimiliano Allegri's side."Arriving at Juventus has been an important step in my career," Dybala told ESPN."It has been a big leap from Palermo, where I was good and it was great, and now I'm at one of the Read more [...]

Masters 45+ Football - Result

Maccabi Argentina 1 - 1 Maccabi GB

Daryl Lazarus bagged his second goal in as many games as Team GB earn a respectful draw against pre-tournament favourites, Maccabi Argentina, to leave their hopes of qualifying from the group wide open.

McEwen Mining Inc (NYSE:MUX) major shareholder 2190303 Ontario Inc. bought 132,826 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 30th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $1.13 per share, for a total transaction of $150,093.38. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 75,675,026 shares in the company, valued at $85,512,779.38. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC Read more [...]

Shares of Petrobras Argentina SA (NYSE:PZE) have been given a consensus broker rating score of 2.00 (Buy) from the two analysts that cover the company, Zacks Investment Research reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Brokerages have set a one year consensus price objective of $7.80 for the company, according to Zacks. Zacks has also assigned Petrobras Argentina SA an industry rank of 96 out of 265 Read more [...]

Argentina coach Tata Martino has ruled out Barcelona star Lionel Messi making the Rio Olympics. Messi could play for Argentina as an overage player. But Martino says: "We haven't resolved if Messi will go, but I don't think it's feasible. "There's a lot of U23 players who are doing things very well, like Icardi, Dybala, Vietto and Calleri." Martino confirmed he would be coach of the national team in the Olympics, because "I think it makes sense because of the type of players involved." Read more [...]