21/05/2011 | Argentina

Olimpo de Bahía Blanca beat Argentinos Juniors

Olimpo de Bahía Blanca beat Argentinos Juniors 1-0, with a second half goal scored by Martin Aguirre, in a match for the fifteenth round of the Clausura Tournament. The match was played at the Diego Maradona stadium in the City neighbourhood of La Paternal.

10/02/2013 | Sports

Nadal aims for double triumph at comeback tournament

Rafa Nadal and his troublesome knees stand two matches away from enjoying a double celebration on Sunday after the Spaniard reached the singles and doubles finals at his comeback tournament in Viña del Mar.

02/12/2012 | Sports

Vélez Sársfield win ninth league title

25/12/2012 | Sports

Nadal pulls out of Abu Dhabi tournament due to illness

Rafael Nadal's comeback from a long-term knee injury has been put on hold by an illness that has ruled him out of an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

08/02/2013 | Sports

Sizzling Snedeker in tie for Pebble Beach lead

FedExCup champion Brandt Snedeker, the hottest player on the PGA Tour this year, took advantage of ideal scoring conditions by charging into a share of the second-round lead at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

19/10/2012 | Sports

Arsenal beat Colón

Arsenal defeated Colón 2-0, in a match for the eleventh round of the Inicial tournament. The match was played in Arsenal stadium’s in the Greater Buenos Aires area of Sarandí.

19/10/2012 | Sports

Independiente defeat Argentinos in La Paternal

Independiente currently defeated Argentinos 1-0 in a match for the eleventh round of the Inicial tournament. Julián Velázquez scored at 21' of the second half. The match was played in the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in the City neighbourhood of La Paternal.

24/10/2012 | Sports

South America to mark centenary with US tournament

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) will celebrate its centenary in 2016 with a 16-team tournament to be held in the United States, the body announced on Wednesday.

15/09/2012 | Sports

Del Potro out of Davis Cup semifinals due to injury

Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro has pulled out of Sunday's first singles in the Davis Cup semi-final against Czech Republic because of an injury to his right wrist.

22/09/2012 | Sports

Argentinos draw Unión

Argentinos Juniors and Unión tied 3-3 in a match for the eighth round of the Inicial tournament. Marcos Figueroa scored three times for Argentinos -all penalties- while Jatra, Barrisone and Magnin scored for Unión.The match was played in the City neighbourhood of La Paternal.

06/10/2012 | Sports

Estudiantes defeat Quilmes in La Plata

Estudiantes defeated Quilmes 2-1 in a thrilling match for the tenth round of the Inicial tournament. The match was played in the Ciudad de la Plata stadium in Buenos Aires province’s capital La Plata.

19/08/2012 | Sports

Lanús beat Vélez

Lanús defeated Vélez 2-0, in a match for the third round of the Inicial tournament. Mauricio Pereyraacored at 16' while Víctor Ayala did so at 37'. The match was played at Vélez's stadium in the City neighbourhood of Liniers.

19/08/2012 | Sports

River defeat Tigre in thrilling match

River defeated Tigre 3-2  in a match for the third round of the Inicial tournament. Villalva, Carlos Sánchez and Lanzini scored for River, while Lucas Orban and Diego Tacla scored for Tigre. The match was played at Tigre's stadium in the Greater Buenos Aires area of Victoria.

06/09/2012 | Sports

Djokovic ousts Del Potro from US Open

Juan Martín Del Potro was defeated 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) and 6-4 bySerbian defending champion Novak Djokovic at the US Open in the quarter finals, the fourth and last Grand Slam tournament of the year.

03/08/2012 | Sports

Del Potro fails to conquer Federer's grasp at Olympics

Juan Martín Del Potro lost against top-seeded Swiss player Roger Federer, in the race for the gold medal at the men's singles tennis semifinal at the London Olympics. The players were equal at 6-3, 6-7 in the first two sets, firing through an intense and lengthy 2 hour, 40 min final set where Federer overcame his opponent by a very close 19-17. Del Potro will now face Serb Novak Djokovic for the bronze.

04/08/2012 | Sports

Racing draw Rafaela in dramatic match

Racing drew 1-1 against Atlético de Rafaela, in a match for the first round of the Inicial tournament. The match is being played in Racing’s stadium in the Greater Buenos Aires area of Avellaneda.

11/08/2012 | Sports

River defeat Estudiantes in La Plata

River defeated Estudiantes de La Plata 2-0, in a match for the second round of the Inicial tournament. Forward Rogelio Funes Mori scored twice, at 8 and 22nd minutes of the second half.

30/06/2012 | Sports

Wimbledon: Serena soars, Murray beats the clock

Serena Williams fired down a Wimbledon record 23 aces, Yaroslava Shvedova blitzed through a record 24 consecutive points and Andy Murray beat the clock in another night of late drama as the All England Club ushered in the AN - after Nadal - era today.

19/07/2012 | Sports

Wimbledon to move back a week from 2015

Wimbledon organisers have bowed to players' wishes by announcing a later start date from 2015, extending the tennis grass-court season and increasing the gap with the French Open, they said in a statement.

27/07/2012 | Sports

Williams, Federer in action on first day

Wimbledon champions Serena Williams and Roger Federer are in action on the opening day of the Olympic tennis tournament today, returning to the centre court just three weeks after their triumphs.

11/05/2012 | Sports

Del Potro through to semi-finals at Madrid Open

Juan Martín Del Potro, advanced today to the semi final of the Madrid Open tournament after beating Dolgopolov by 6-3 and 6-4. The tenth-seeded player from Tandíl beat Croatian player Marin Cilic by 6-2 and 6-4 yesterday.

19/05/2012 | Sports

Djokovic downs Federer to set up Nadal final

World number one Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in straight sets today and will play Rafa Nadal in the Rome Masters final for the second year in a row.

25/05/2012 | Sports

SMSJ defeat Olimpo in dramatic turnaround

San Martín de San Juan defeated Olimpo 3-2 in a match for the 16th round of the Clausura tournament. Olimpo's Martin Perez Guedes scored twice  for Olimpo while Penco, Caprari and and Cristian Alvarez, in a penalty, scored for SMSJ .The match was played in San Juan province.

25/04/2012 | Sports

Djokovic pulls out of Serbia Open defence

World number one Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the Serbia Open tennis following the death of his grandfather during the Monte Carlo Masters event last week, the Serbian said today.

04/05/2012 | Sports

Murray pulls out of Madrid Masters with back injury

World number four Andy Murray pulled out of next week's Madrid Masters with a back injury, the Briton said today.

10/05/2012 | Sports

Del Potro through to quarter finals in Madrid Open

Argentina's number one tennis player, Juan Martín Del Potro, got himself through to the quarter finals of the Madrid Open tournament today, after beating Croatian player Marin Cilic by 6-2 and 6-4.

31/03/2012 | Sports

Argentinos beat Tigre

Argentinos Juniors defeated Tigre 2-1, in a match for the eighth round of the Clausura tournament. Fabián Bordagaray netted both goals. The match was played at Tigre’s stadium, in the northern Greater Buenos Aires area of Victoria. Carlos Luna scored for Tigre. With this result, Tigre is still in relegation zone.

06/04/2012 | Sports

Arsenal beat Olimpo

Arsenal beat Olimpo 2-1, in the opening match of the Clausura tournament’s ninth round. Nicolás Aguirre and Jorge Ortíz scored for Arsenal, while Martin Oerez Guedes equalised for Olimpo. The match was played at Arsenal’s stadium in the Greater Buenos Aires area of Sarandí.

06/04/2012 | Sports

Vélez, Independiente tie in Liniers

Vélez and Independiente tied 1-1 in a match for the ninth round of the Clausura tournament. Facundo Parra opened the score for Independiente, while Lucas Pratto scored for Vélez. The match was being played at Vélez stadium in the City neighbourhood of Liniers.

10/02/2012 | Sports

Boca beat Olimpo as Clausura tournament debuts

Boca defeated Olimpo 2-0, with a first half goal scored by Dario Cvitanich and a second half goal scored by Pablo Mouche in a match for the inagural round of the Clausura tournament. The match was played in the Alberto. J Armando stadium in the City neighbourhood of La Boca.

13/02/2012 | Sports

Colón, Arsenal close 1st round of Clausura with goalless draw

Santa Fe's Colón drew without goals with Arsenal at the Brigadier Estanislao López Stadium in the match for the first round of the Clausura Tournament.

14/02/2012 | Sports

AFA questioned over tournament's new name

Football's governing body FIFA has questioned the Argentine FA over reports that the country's championship could be renamed after the General Belgrano cruiser sunk by the British Royal Navy when it was outside the British-declared Total Exclusion Zone during the Malvinas war in 1982.

30/09/2011 | Sports

Serena and Sharapova pull out of China Open

Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova have withdrawn from the China Open that starts on Saturday.

05/11/2011 | Sports

Del Potro eliminated from ATP tournament

Juan Martín Del Potro, was knocked out unexpectedly after two sets, by 6-4 and 7-6 (7/4), against Spanish Marcel Granollers, in the first of the semi-finals of the ATP tennis tournament in Valencia, Spain.

03/12/2011 | Sports

Rift between City Gov't, AFA causes San Lorenzo stadium shutdown

The match which was meant to take place today between San Lorenzo and Tigre clubs, as a part of the Open Tournament, was suspended after the Government Agency for City Government Control temporarily closed down San Lorenzo stadium.

09/09/2011 | Sports

Party fever kicks off Rugby World Cup

Thousands of rugby fans flooded onto the downtown streets of Auckland's waterfront today as the country began the rugby World Cup in a carnival-like atmosphere.

09/09/2011 | Sports

Argentina to face England in first big rugby World Cup clash

The fortunes of two sides rebuilding for the future will get their first true test in the rugby World Cup's first major clash tomorrow when Argentina and England square off at Dunedin's new indoor stadium.

16/09/2011 | Sports

All Blacks blow Japan away with 83-7 win

New Zealand's All Blacks began to deliver today, pulling off the first big blowout of the 2011 World Cup with an 83-7 hammering of Japan to open the second weekend of the tournament.

17/08/2011 | Sports

Colón, All Boys tie

Colón and All Boys tied 1-1. All Boys' Mauro Matos scored a first half own goal and then scored a goal to tie, in a  match for the second round of the Apertura tournament. The match  was played in Colón’s “Elephant cemetery” stadium in Santa Fe City.

20/08/2011 | Sports

Independiente defeat Estudiantes

Independiente defeated Estudiantes de La Plata 1-0, with a goal scored by Marco López, in a match for the third round of the Apertura tournament. The match was played in Independiente's stadium in the Greater Buenos Aires locality of Avellaneda.

03/09/2011 | Sports

All Boys and Racing draw without goals

All Boys and Racing tied without goals in a match for the fifth round of the Apertura tournament. The match was played in the All Boys’ stadium in the City neighbourhood of Floresta.

19/06/2011 | Sports

Banfield, San Lorenzo tie as Clausura tournament ends

Banfield and San Lorenzo tied 1-1, in a match for the nineteenth and final round of the Clausura Tournament. Gustavo Toledo scored for Banfield, while Mauro Dos Santos scored last minute own goal and tied. The match was played at the Florencio Vola stadium in the Greater Buenos Aires area of Banfield.

26/07/2011 | Sports

'If River hadn't gone down, this mess wouldn't have happened,' AFA spokesman

AFA spokesman Ernesto Cherquis Bialo admitted that “this whole mess wouldn’t have happened” if River hadn’t been relegated to second division, referring to the new 40 team year long tournament the AFA plans to debut in August 2012.

01/08/2011 | Sports

AFA backtracks on new football tournament bid

So nothing’s going to change. The idea of fusing both the First Division and the National B into one new tournament has been shot down on Monday after the AFA (Argentine Football Association) released a statement announcing that it had decided to suspend the project.

12/06/2011 | Sports

Velez win Clausura tournament

Vélez is the new champion of Argentine football. The Liniers club won the Clausura tournament today, after beating Huracán 2-0. Its immediate rival, Lanús, lost against Argentinos and thus helped Vélez secure its eighth local championship with a remaining round.

18/06/2011 | Sports

Independiente smash Huracán

Independiente 5-1 Huracán. Huracán visits Independiente today, directed by and idol from “Globo”, Antonio Mohamed, with the illusion of gaining triumph, which will allow them to avoid being lowered in the tournament.

18/06/2011 | Sports

Tigre avoid relegation after it drew Argentinos

Tigre 1-1 Argentinos. Tigre managed to remain at the first division of the local football after it drew 1-1 with Argentinos Juniors and due to the rest of the results of the matches that defined the teams that were going to play the relagation.

29/05/2011 | Sports

River and Olimpo tie

Troubled River and Olimpo tied 0-0, in a match for the 16th round of the Clausura tournament. The match was played at the Olimpo stadium in the Greater Buenos Aires city of Bahía Blanca.

05/06/2011 | Sports

Gimnasia and Racing tie

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata and Racing tied in a match for the seventeenth round of the Clausura tournament. The match was played at the Gimnasia stadium in La Plata, in Greater Buenos Aires area.

05/06/2011 | Sports

Huracán beat Tigre

Huracán beat Tigre 3-2, with goals scored by Gastón Machín and Javier Cámpora,twice. Mariano Etcheverría and Esteban González scored for Tigre. The match was played at the Hucarán stadium in the City neighbourhood of Parque Patricios.

22/05/2011 | Sports

Vélez beat Gimnasia

Vélez beat Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata 2-0, with a first half goal scored by Santiago Silva and a second half goal scored by Maximliano Moralez, in a match for the fifteenth round of the Clausura tournament. The match was played at the José Amalfitani stadium in the City neighbourhood of Liniers.

22/05/2011 | Sports

River and San Lorenzo tie

River and San Lorenzo 1-1, with a first half goal scored by striker Leandro Caruso and a second half goal scored by Ferrari, in a match for the fifteenth round of the Clausura tournament. The match was played at Monumental stadium in the City neighbourhood of Núñez.

29/05/2011 | Sports

Boca beat Newells

Boca beat Newells Old Boys 1-0, with a second half goal scored by historic striker Martin Palermo,in a match for the 16th round of the Clausura tournament. The match was played in La Bombonera stadium in the City neighbourhood of La Boca.

17/04/2011 | Sports

Gimnasia and River tie without goals

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata and River tied without goals in a match for the 10th round of the Clausura Tournament. The match was held at the Estadio Unico stadium in La Plata, Buenos Aires province’s capital.

22/04/2011 | Sports

Copa del Rey tournament attracts record audience

More tan 14 million Spanish football fans watched Real Madrid’s glory over Barcelona with their 1-0 victory, in the final match of the Copa del Rey tournament last Wednesday, making the match’s transmission the most-viewed between both teams in history.

01/05/2011 | Sports

Del Potro overpowers Verdasco to win Estoril Open

Former US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro overpowered erratic second seed Fernando Verdasco 6-2 6-2 to claim the Estoril Open for the first time.

03/04/2011 | Sports

Boca beat Estudiantes in the last minute

Boca beat Estudiantes de La Plata 2-1 with a last minute goal scored by Lucas Viatri in a match for the eighth round of the Clausura Tournament. Earlier, Juan Román Riquelme scored for Boca and Rodrigo López scored for Estudiantes. The match was played in the Alberto J. Armando stadium in La Boca neighbourhood.

10/04/2011 | Sports

Lanús beat Boca

Lanús beat Boca 2-0, with second half goals goals scored by Diego Valeri and Santiago Hoyos, in a match for the ninth round of the Clausura Tournament. The match was played at Lanús stadium.

17/04/2011 | Sports

Tigre and Boca tie 3-3

Tigre beat Boca 3-3, with three goals (one penalty kick) scored by Tigre striker Denis Stracqualursi, in a match for the tenth round of the Clausura Tournament. Colazo, Juan Román Riquelme and Clemente Rodríguez scored for Boca. The match is being played in Boca’s stadium in La Boca neighbourhood in Buenos Aires City.

23/03/2011 | Sports

Godoy Cruz, Independiente tie in Libertadores match

Godoy Cruz and Independiente ended up their match in a tie in Mendoza with both teams scoring one goal and the Mendoza natives reaching the top of the eighth group in the Copa Libertadores tournament.

03/04/2011 | Sports

River beat Quilmes

River Plate beat Quilmes 1-0, with a first-half goal scored by Ferrari, for the eighth round of the Clausura Tournament. The match was played in Quilmes' stadium.

03/04/2011 | Sports

Colón defeat San Lorenzo 2-1

Colón defeated San Lorenzo de Almagro 2-0, with 2 first half goals scored by Acosta. Carmona scored for San Lorenzo, in a match for the eighth round of the Clausura Tournament. The match was played in San Lorenzo’s stadium.

13/03/2011 | Sports

Juan Ignacio Chela beats Petzschner, advances to third round in Indian Wells

Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela turned the match against German Phillip Petzschner around and qualified to the third round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament.

14/03/2011 | Sports

Del Potro beats Dolgopolov, advances at Indian Wells tournament

Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro beat Alexandr Dolgopolov 7-6(3) 6-3 in the third round of the Indian Wells ATP Tournament and qualified to the fourth round.

20/03/2011 | Sports

Top seed Wozniacki triumphs at Indian Wells

Caroline Wozniacki held off a fightback by Marion Bartoli to win her 14th WTA title with a 6-1 2-6 6-3 victory in the Indian Wells final.

06/03/2011 | Sports

Vélez beat Boca 1-0 in balanced match

Vélez beat Boca Juniors with one goal by Fernando Ortíz in the first half during the fourth round of the Clausura Tournament. The match was balanced but Vélez seized the chance and scored.

13/03/2011 | Sports

Racing beat Colon, climbs back on top

The Avellaneda team beat Santa Fe's Colón 4-0 and climbed to the top of the chart in the fifth round of the Clausura Tournament.

13/03/2011 | Sports

Vélez unveil River Plate's misery; Racing reach top

Uruguayan Santiago Silva scored twice at the Monumental stadium to give Vélez Sársfield a 2-1 victory over River Plate in the Clausura Tournament. Racing reached the top of the standings after beating Colón 4-0 and Estudiantes de La Plata lost 1-0 at home against Godoy Cruz.

05/03/2011 | Sports

Chela and Schwank make quarter finals

Predictions were proved right at the tennis as Argentina reached the quarter-finals at the Davis Cup, after a 3-0 win over Romania.

05/03/2011 | Sports

Newell's, Huracán tie in nail-biting match

Newell`s Old Boys, who achieved a unique triumph as a local, tied with Huracán 3-3 in a nail-biting match in the fourth round of the Clausura Tournament.

06/03/2011 | Sports

Colón beats Godoy Cruz in Mendoza

The Santa Fe team managed to beat Godoy Cruz 3-2 in the fourth round of the Clausura Tournament taking place in Mendoza.

13/02/2011 | Sports

Racing beat All Boys 1-0 in tough match

Racing Club made their debut and beat All Boys 1-0 away in Floresta for the first round of the Clausura Tournament. Forward Gabriel Hauche scored the solo goal in the 28th minute of a tough game that had eight players booked.

20/02/2011 | Sports

Spanish Almagro beats Chela, wins ATP tournament

Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela lost 6-3 3-6 6-4 to Spanish Nicolás Almagro, who became the winner of the ATP Buenos Aires Claro Cup Tournament at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.

26/02/2011 | Sports

Del Potro through to semi-finals at Delray Beach

Tennis player Juan Martín Del Potro advanced further in the Delray Beach International Open men’s tournament by making it to the semi-finals, after beating South African Kevin Anderson 6-4 6-4.