A video of young Chilean military trainees singing a xenophobic tune has led to a minor diplomatic incident in South America. The video, which was uploaded to YouTube on February 5 and has already been seen more than 390,000 times, shows a group of 27 Navy cadets running through the streets of Viña del Mar while singing disturbing verses about slaying Argentinians, Bolivians, and Peruvians. "Argentinians Read more [...]

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LIONEL MESSI has revealed he could leave Barcelona in the future to head back to his homeland. The Argentine superstar signed a new contract with the La Liga giants yesterday, meaning he will trouser a mindboggling £17MILLION a year until 2018. The 25-year-old has ruled out moving to another team in Europe but is open to a possible return to South America. Messi said: “I said it before — in Europe I’d like to end my career at Barca. I wouldn’t consider moving to another Read more [...]

THE IMF has taken years to pluck up the courage to censure Argentina’s blatantly inaccurate inflation statistics, but it did so at last on February 1st. The official reprimand gives the government of President Cristina Fernández until September 29th to take “remedial measures” to comply with the fund’s rules on the reporting of statistics. It it fails to do so, Argentina risks escalating punishments, from losing its ability to borrow from the IMF to—eventually—expulsion. This is Read more [...]

SOME people just can’t control themselves in the presence of footballing god Lionel Messi. A besotted fan ran on the pitch in last night’s clash between Sweden and Argentina to plant a KISS on the Barcelona superstar’s forehead. The supporter was led away by stewards while Messi — who was impressively calm throughout — proceeded to rub the smacker off with his shirt. It clearly had an effect on the little genius as for once he FAILED to score. Argentina ran out Read more [...]

07 February 2013 Sweden fell to a 3-2 home defeat by Argentina despite managing to keep Lionel Messi scoreless in their friendly in Stockholm.'; document.write(s); return; } window.google_adnum = window.google_adnum || null; google_ad_client = "ca-pub-9024837700129787"; google_ad_output = "js"; Read more [...]

Stockholm: Argentina's Lionel Messi failed to score but his team outplayed Sweden to seal a 3-2 win in an entertaining friendly on Wednesday. Argentina took the lead in the third minute when Mikael Lustig steered Gonzalo Higuain's shot into his own net and the Swedes found it hard to get a grip on the game as their opponents retained possession with ease.Sweden equalised when Jonas Olsson headed home Kim Kallstrom's corner after 17 minutes, but Sergio Aguero restored Argentina's lead almost immediately Read more [...]

SOLNA, Sweden (AP) -- Argentina beat Sweden 3-2 in a friendly Wednesday despite Lionel Messi being held scoreless, as first-half goals from Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Aguero helped decide the game early. Argentina took an early lead on an own goal when Higuain's shot deflected off Sweden defender Mikael Lustig. Jonas Olsson equalized for the hosts with a powerful header on Kim Kallstrom's corner kick. But Argentina replied immediately as Angel Di Maria slipped a deft pass to Aguero, Read more [...]

Jan Cheek, one of two members of the Falkland Islands assembly, met with Mr Hague and expressed disappointment Mr Timermans was not there to hear the views of the Islanders first hand. "Sadly, there was an empty chair in the room, as the Argentine Foreign Minister declined to attend," she said. "We are disappointed, but hardly surprised. Argentina prefers to disregard our existence, rather than engage constructively with the people who have lived on the Falkland Islands for so Read more [...]

Europol's investigation into match-fixing has raised new questions about an under-20 friendly between Argentina and Bolivia in December 2010.The game, played in the Córdoba, was mentioned in the European investigators' inquiry. It raised eyebrows at the time after the Hungarian referee let play continue for an extra 13 minutes.The referee, Lengyel Kolos, declined to comment, but the former Argentina Under-20s coach Walter Perazzo said the lengthy injury time, which allowed his team to score Read more [...]