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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Top-seeded David Ferrer of Spain began his defence of the Copa Claro title with a comfortable 6-4, 6-1 victory over Argentine wild card Agustin Velotti on Wednesday. Ferrer, ranked No. 4, is a strong favourite to win his second tournament of the young season. He won in Auckland, New Zealand, last month. "I was ready to get going, and get going with a victory," Ferrer said. "There are no easy matches, although our rankings were not very even." Ferrer got off to a 4-1 lead, Read more [...]

Walcott: We have to stay positive

Buenos Aires, Feb 20 — Argentina will receive Chinese-built trains next year as part of a push to modernize its ageing metropolitan railway network that links the capital Buenos Aires with its main suburbs, a minister said. A video conference was held Tuesday when Argentinean Interior and Transportation Minister Florencio Randazzo and the Chinese side confirmed that the engineering work is well under way, reported Read more [...]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Third-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland defeated Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Copa Claro clay court tournament in Buenos Aires.Wawrinka dominated the Italian throughout the match and closed out with a forehand down the line."I feel great," Wawrinka said. "I got through in two sets. I feel on a good level for the first (match)."Wawrinka has been studying Spanish and was asked to test out his progress. Complete results Need the Read more [...]

Walcott: We have to stay positive

BUENOS AIRES -- Diego Maradona dreams of seeing his newborn son Diego Fernando playing for Argentina with the offspring of Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero, he said on Tuesday. Maradona's former girlfriend Victoria Ojeda gave birth to Diego Fernando in Buenos Aires last week. Messi's son is 3-1/2 months old while Aguero's boy was four on Tuesday. "One of them will have to play as a midfielder. I think Thiago (Messi) will command the others. Benjamin (Aguero) will play as a forward and Read more [...]

“It’s getting toward the finishing stages of the crop and it really needs a good drink of water and it just didn’t happen,” Darin Newsom, a commodities analyst at DTN, said referring to the Argentinian crop.In other commodities trading, wheat and corn both fell on forecasts that winter storms would bring snow to the Plains region, giving soil there much-needed moisture and improving the outlook for this year’s crops.Wheat for March delivery fell 10 cents, or 1.3 percent, to $7.3225 a bushel. Read more [...]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. (AP Photo)Let the Mark Sanford apology tour begin. The disgraced former South Carolina governor – whose political career was derailed in 2011 following revelations of an extramarital affair with an Argentinian television reporter– is going on a media blitz to apologize, defend himself, and insist he’d be a stellar congressman. Sanford is one of 16 GOPers running in a special election for the House following former Rep. Tim Scott’s appointment Read more [...]