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Photo: Lionel Messi Click Here to Enlarge Photo Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi donated nearly 1 million pesos (about $202,000) to a sports facility used by children from low-income families in his hometown of Rosario, Argentina, his foundation said. The money donated by the FC Barcelona striker will be used to improve the Deliot sports complex in Rosario, located about 300 kilometers (186 miles) from Buenos Aires, allowing Read more [...]

Carlos Tevez intends to snub any new offer from Manchester City and return to Argentina next year, when he 'dreams' of joining Boca Juniors. City had been hoping that Tevez would agree to extend his stay at the Etihad Stadium, with a troubled past put to one side during contract negotiations. Tevez has, however, snubbed the offer of a new two-year contract. He will see out his current deal, which has 18 months left to run, but admits that he will then Read more [...]

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Tevez Wants Boca Return Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez says he will return to Argentina once his current deal at the Etihad Stadium expires. In an interview with Argentine radio programme Rock Closs, the 28-year-old says that City want him to sign up for two more years after his current deal comes to an end in June 2014 but that he wants to go back to Boca Juniors, the Buenos Aires side where he began his career. Tevez added that while he would prefer to go back straight away he will have Read more [...]

Regulus Resources Inc. ("Regulus" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:REG) is pleased to announce results for the final eight drill holes from the 2012 drilling campaign at the Rio Grande copper-gold-molybdenum project in Salta Province, Argentina. Twenty-eight drill holes were completed in this campaign for a total of 24,970 metres. Drilling is expected to recommence later in Q1/2013 and will focus on the new near surface Cerro Cori gold target (formerly Northeast Zone) located 2 kilometres to Read more [...]

After two weeks of racing, French pilot Stéphane Peterhansel and co-pilot Jean-Paul Cottret have won the 2013 edition of the Dakar Rally in a heavily-modified MINI Countryman ALL4.  The podium finish marks MINI's second Dakar victory and Peterhansel's eleventh career win, a record for the race. Held in South America for the fifth time, the 2013 edition of the grueling race took competitors 5,000 miles through Peru, Argentina and Chile while crossing harsh terrain such as the Andes mountain Read more [...]

Reliability, consistency and perfection: features that don’t sound spectacular – but represented the basis for a spectacular triumph! After all, these were the features that enabled the Monster Energy X-raid Team to successfully defend its Dakar Rally title! In the green MINI All4 Racing, the two Frenchmen Stéphane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret celebrated their second consecutive Dakar win. With 14 stages in Peru, Argentina and Chile contested, they won the prestigious Read more [...]

He dedicated his win to Jean-Claude Olivier, the team manager during his motorbike victories who died in a traffic accident in France last weekend.Peterhansel is the first person to win the car category twice since the rally moved from Africa to South America in 2009 for security reasons.With a commanding overall lead, his Mini finished about four minutes behind teammate Nani Roma, the winner of the fast, rainy 14th stage into Santiago.Overall, Peterhansel beat 2009 winner Giniel de Villiers of South Read more [...]