Argentina
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Argentina U-20 coach Javier Mascherano has expressed disappointment following his team’s round of 16 defeat to Nigeria’s Flying Eagles. Second half goals from Ibrahim Muhammad and Haliru Sarki earned the Flying Eagles passage into the quarter-finals. This is the first time ever the Flying Eagles will beat a South American team since they made their…
21 Apr
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles are likely to face Brazil and Argentina in the group stage of the 2023 U-20 World Cup. On Thursday, 20 April, FIFA unveiled on their Twitter handle the pots ahead of Friday’s draw for this year’s edition which will be hosted in Argentina. The Flying Eagles were placed in pot three with…
22 Mar
Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates will make a triumphant return in their homeland on Thursday when they play their first match since winning the World Cup in Qatar.
14 Mar
The International Monetary Fund said Monday it has reached an agreement with the government of Argentina on the fourth review of the aid package for the South American country, paving the way for the disbursement of some $5.3 billion.
5 Jan
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez has launched a parliamentary procedure against the Supreme Court in the latest stage in the executive's power battle with the judiciary. Center-left leader Fernandez submitted late on Wednesday a request to the lower house of congress to open a "political process" against the court that he accuses of a "poor performance…
27 Dec
Argentina's football federation chief insisted Monday that coach Lionel Scaloni will remain with the World Cup winners. "Scaloni is the coach of the Argentina national team. We are both men of our word, we said yes to each other. I have no doubt that he will continue," Argentine Football Federation (AFA) president Claudio Tapia said.…
23 Dec
French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera on Friday accused Argentine players of being "inelegant winners" and "vulgar" for mocking her country's star Kylian Mbappe after winning the World Cup final.
23 Dec
Sunday, December 18, 2022 will be remembered by many of us football enthusiasts, administrators, analysts and pundits, forecasters and prayer warriors for a pretty long time.
20 Dec
Argentina's World Cup winners led by captain Lionel Messi returned home from Qatar in the early hours of Tuesday morning ahead of a welcome home party in the nation's capital.
20 Dec
The world’s most beautiful game, football, seized the attention of all lovers of the game for one month without distinct distractions. As it ended on Sunday with a bang, we wish it never ended but it will come again within the next four years. Three countries, United States, Canada and Mexico will co-host 48 nations…
19 Dec
Lionel Messi and his teammates were due to arrive in Argentina to a hero's welcome on Monday as millions of their compatriots waited to catch a glimpse of the World Cup trophy. In the capital Buenos Aires and throughout the country, millions took to the streets on Sunday to celebrate the penalty shoot-out victory over…
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Tein Jack-Rich, the frontline presidential aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has congratulated Sen. George Akume and Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, over their appointments as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), and Chief of Staff (COS) to the President respectively. Akume and Gbajabiamila's appointments were announced on Friday by President…