DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Juan Martin del Potro reached the Dubai Championships semifinals for a second straight year when he beat German qualifier Daniel Brands 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday. Del Potro managed to neutralize the big-serving Brands and offered up some of his own firepower with seven aces, including six in the first set. He also said his right wrist, which he injured in 2010, was not bothering him as much as it did earlier in the tournament and that he now ''could play 100 percent.'' The Read more [...]

(RTTNews.com) - Argentinian telecommunication services provider Telecom Argentina S.A. ( TEO ) Thursday reported improved profit for the full-year, reflecting increased revenue driven mainly by the Mobile Services, Broadband business and Fixed Data. For the period, the firm posted net income attributable to company of P$2.685 billion, up from P$2.513 billion last year. The Buenos Aires based firm clocked an operating income of P$3.966 billion, Read more [...]

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Consistency is the buzz word from Black Sticks women's coach Mark Hager. And his players get the chance to show they can back up a strong display when they face formidable Argentina in the fourth of the five-game series in Rosario tomorrow. Having lost the first international 4-1, drawn the second 1-1, New Zealand pulled off a cracking 4-1 win in the third game, leaving former Australian star Hager delighted, but also trying to keep a sober philosophy about the success. He knows that prodding a tiger Read more [...]

The intractable nature of the dispute was made clear from the start, when Argentina’s American lawyer, Jonathan Blackman, sheepishly issued what amounted to a challenge to the court’s authority: He said that if the judges issued a ruling that didn’t go Argentina’s way, the country would simply refuse to comply. “We are representing a government, and governments will not be told to do things that fundamentally violate their principles,” Blackman said.The pronouncement visibly irritated Read more [...]

Two teen girls are expected to arrive home soon in Hong Kong after a harrowing ordeal in Argentina, where they were apparently held against their will in a dispute over a vase and painting worth US$800,000, police say. Police suspect the items are stolen goods and have arrested a third girl, 17, in Sheung Shui. She contacted Rainbow Chan and Stella Au, aged 17 and 18, through a social media network, and asked whether they would take the vase and painting to Buenos Aires in exchange for HK$30,000 Read more [...]

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Dubai quarterfinalist Juan Martin Del Potro talked some football yesterday following a tough third-set tiebreak win over Marcos Baghdatis. Del Potro hails from a football-rich nation of Argentina which boasts argubaly the best player, Lionel Messi, and one of the all-tile greats, Diego Maradona. Maradona, an Ambassador for the Dubai Sports Council, was on hand today for Del Potro’s win over Somdev Devvarman, and afterward the two shared a short hit on the court. “He played really well, not Read more [...]

Rafael Nadal needed just over an hour to beat Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-2 6-2 on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Mexican Open. The seven-time French Open winner is making a comeback after being away from the tour for more than seven months with a left-knee injury. Nadal made the final of the VTR Open earlier this month in Chile before losing to Argentine Horacio Zeballos and won the Brazil Open a week later. He is seeded No. 2 in the clay court tournament at Mexico, behind fellow Read more [...]

Christian Palma Nadal may pull out of Indian Wells to spare knees Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Argentina´s Diego Scwartzman during the Mexican Open Tennis in Acapulco, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Christian Palma) Christian Palma Nadal may pull out of Indian Wells to spare knees Spain's Read more [...]