Moody’s Investors Service may cut Argentina’s debt rating because of the government’s unpredictable policies, newspaper Clarin reported, citing Moody’s analyst Gabriel Torres. Argentina’s B3 rating, six levels below investment grade, may be cut further to a level similar to Cuba’s, the Buenos Aires-based newspaper said, citing Torres. The company has a negative outlook on Argentina because of its accelerating inflation, foreign exchange restrictions, the government’s use of pension Read more [...]

Graham Arnold ... 'We're not helping our national teams.' Source: News Limited The injection of foreign talent into the A-League has created plenty of buzz but Central Coast Mariners coach Graham Arnold says Australia's national teams are suffering because of it. While the arrivals of stars like Alessandro Del Piero, Emile Heskey and Shinji Ono have generated unprecedented Read more [...]

Publication Date 2 October 2012

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TNR Gold Corp. (the "Company" or "TNR") (TSXV: TNR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Greg Johnson to its Board of Directors. Mr. Johnson has over 25 years of international mining industry experience in corporate finance, project development, and exploration. Mr. Johnson has acted as a director of several Canadian listed development stage resource companies with assets in North America, South America and Africa. Previous roles Read more [...]

Berrick Barnes THE Wallabies have arrived in Argentina and left the pain of defeat against the Springboks behind in South Africa. But Berrick Barnes will have to grin and bare the agony in the Republic for a while longer. While his teammates headed to Rosario for the final game of the inaugural Rugby Championship, the fullback remained behind in Johannesburg after suffering a punctured lung in the 31-8 loss. He will stay there for another week before heading for home like his teammate, Read more [...]

Sponsored content by Rexona Each week, our Fairfax sports journalists will select their top 3 Plays of the week - where sports men and women demonstrate a No Quit attitude to their given sport. Join us each week and let us know your thoughts. Do you agree with this week's top 3? ONE: All BlacksPlaying against The Pumas in Argentina was supposed to be one of the toughest tasks in rugby. But the All Blacks made a mockery of that theory on Friday Read more [...]

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Ellesmere win Southbridge Shield Canterbury trounce Southland Latham helps set up tight finish to 'test' Super Rugby coaches cast selection net wide Canterbury NPC game to clash with ABs Sanzar rules out extra prop in Super Rugby Kieran Read says captaincy would be huge honour Matson must Read more [...]

Reuters | 7 hours ago <!--New Zealand would love to complete an unbeaten Rugby Championship campaign.--> JOHANNESBURG - New Zealand would love to complete an unbeaten Rugby Championship campaign by defeating South Africa in Soweto on Saturday, players said on Monday. The All Blacks sealed the inaugural championship crown with their 54-15 drubbing of Argentina in La Plata at the weekend, taking them to 21 points in the standings. The Read more [...]

Both the Pumas (10 November) and the Wallabies (1 December) travel to the Millennium Stadium as part of the 2012 Dove Men Series - which will also see Wales face Samoa (16 November) and New Zealand (24 November, sold-out) - so the national forwards coach has been keeping a close eye on future opponents in the recent Championship matches. All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen has already predicted trouble ahead for the Wallabies this weekend, whilst Springboks boss Heyneke Meyer says the world's Read more [...]