By Rene Bonsubre Jr.Cebu Daily News Superflyweight prospect Marlon Tapales will be fighting in Japan on May 26 ,2013  against Carlos Ruben Dario Ruiz (16W-2L, 10 KOs) of Argentina in Kanazawa City. RWS Promotions and Tapales’ trainer Juanito Ablaca informed CDN regarding this match-up. This will be the first fight in Japan for the 21 year-old Tapales (21W-2L, 8 KOs). Last February, Tapales suffered a majority decision loss to David Sanchez in a Read more [...]

Lionel Messi Re-injures Hamstring, Status for Argentina's World Cup Qualifiers in Doubt Lionel Messi left Sunday's Barcelona match against Atletico Madrid in the 67th minute after re-injuring the same hamstring that kept him out of the Champions League semifinal second leg against Bayern Munich.Lionel Messi will likely miss the rest of Barcelona's season after he felt a "strange sensation" in the same area of his muscle that he injured against Paris Saint-Germain back in April.Head coach Read more [...]

Argentina received 27 percent more of the foreign direct investment (FDI) last year than in 2011, according to a report released by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL in Spanish). However, it represents only 2.3 percent of the GDP or USD 12.551 billion. The region's FDI expanded 6.7 percent last year from 2011 levels to a record $173.361billion, said in the report. But global economic uncertainty curtailing capital flows threatens to dampen investment Read more [...]