Crowds flooded the streets of Mar del Plata braving the Southern Hemisphere’s scorching temperatures to reach the port and catch a first look of the white-flagged tall ship.When the vessel docked after its long journey, they broke into cheers and claps, many waving Argentine flags and snapping pictures with cameras. Three planes soared over the ship’s masts spewing smoke in the white and blue colors of the Argentine flag.President Cristina Fernandez arrived two hours later in a helicopter that Read more [...]

An Argentine naval ship detained for more than two months in Ghana because of a billion-dollar international debt dispute returned home to a triumphant welcome Wednesday. Thousands of Argentine government sympathizers traveled to the seaside resort of Mar del Plata, some 250 miles (400 kilometers) from the capital, to celebrate the return of the ARA Libertad. Crowds flooded the streets of Mar del Plata braving the Southern Hemisphere's scorching Read more [...]

An Argentine naval ship detained for more than two months in Ghana because of a billion-dollar international debt dispute returned home to a triumphant welcome Wednesday. Thousands of Argentine government sympathizers traveled to the seaside resort of Mar del Plata, some 250 miles (400 kilometers) from the capital, to celebrate the return of the ARA Libertad. Crowds flooded the streets of Mar del Plata braving the Southern Hemisphere's scorching Read more [...]

An Argentine naval ship detained for more than two months in Ghana because of a billion-dollar international debt dispute returned home to a triumphant welcome Wednesday. Thousands of Argentine government sympathizers traveled to the seaside resort of Mar del Plata, some 250 miles (400 kilometers) from the capital, to celebrate the return of the ARA Libertad. Crowds flooded the streets of Mar del Plata braving the Southern Hemisphere's scorching Read more [...]

Sponsored link: Festival Offers: IndiaProperty.com Madrid: Lionel Messi has sent a signed shirt to Gerd Mueller after the Argentina forward broke the former Germany striker's record for the number of goals scored in a calendar year in 2012."For Gerd Mueller, my respect and admiration, a hug," Messi wrote on the shirt, which had his name and number 10 on the back.Messi finished last year with 91 goals for Barcelona and Argentina, six more than Mueller netted for Bayern Munich and Germany Read more [...]

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Lionel Messi, still only 25, was named the world's best player for the fourth time in a row on Monday after a year in which finally produced his best form for Argentina as well as Barcelona. Messi was handed the FIFA Ballon D'Or award after a typically cheesy ceremony which featured a performance from a giant dancing armadillo named Fuleco, the mascot for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, winner in 2008, finished runner-up Read more [...]

Zurich: Lionel Messi has won the FIFA Ballon d'Or award for his astonishing 91-goal year for Barcelona and Argentina in 2012.Aged just 25, Messi has now been voted the world's best player for an unprecedented fourth straight year.Messi beat his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo of Spanish champion Real Madrid and Barcelona teammate Andres Iniesta, who starred as Spain won the 2012 European Championship.Messi's fourth award lifted him above three-time FIFA winners Zinedine Zidane of France and Read more [...]

Zurich:  Argentina are slowly coming to the boil and can be a threat at next year's World Cup in Brazil, striker Lionel Messi indicated on Monday.Although the albiceleste have a "way to go" they are nonetheless "growing" under coach Alex Sabella, and Messi, speaking ahead of the Ballon d'Or ceremony in Zurich, says the signs are promising."(Last year) saw a change for the Argentinian Read more [...]

PM David Cameron dramatically promised yesterday to fight Argentina if it invades the Falkland Islands. The Premier upped the ante with bolshy Argie leader Cristina Kirchner by warning British troops were on stand-by to defend the territory. His pledge came days after she accused Britain of stealing the islands and demanded them for her own nation. The Sun responded by printing an open letter in a Buenos Aires newspaper warning: “Hands off.” Mr Cameron piled on the pressure as Read more [...]