Lionel Messi has been immortalized in Argentina in tributes ranging from tattoos to murals after leading the national team to win the soccer World Cup. Now his face can be seen from the heavens too – on a specially designed corn field. The field in Los Condores in central Cordoba …
World Cup champions Lionel Messi, Julián Alvarez, Emiliano “Dibu” Martinez and coach Lionel Scaloni are among the nominees for The Best FIFA Football Awards, which honor the most outstanding members of the world’s most popular sport each year. The 2021/2022 nomination period was extended this year to include …
Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez today secured second place in an international award for the world’s best netminder. The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) gave the World’s Best Goalkeeper 2022 Award to Belgium’s and Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who had already scooped the prize …
Pelé, one of the best football players in history, died Thursday afternoon at the Albert Einstein hospital in the city of São Paulo at the age of 82. After hearing the news, the Argentine footballing world bid farewell to one of Latin America’s greatest popular idols. Social networks …
Argentina’s national team coach Lionel Scaloni is fresh from a resounding success in the World Cup that brought joy to a country buffeted by skyrocketing inflation and institutional fragility. But his contract expiring on December 31, and its renewal has not yet been officially confirmed. After celebrating Argentina’s …
“Football and politics don’t mix,” said the spokeswoman for the Presidency, Gabriela Cerruti, on December 15th, after she was asked by the press if president Alberto Fernández would travel to the Lusail Stadium in Qatar to watch the final between Argentina and France. She didn’t know she would …
With a Fernet in one hand and the World Cup in the other, after a month of pressure, the national team paraded across Buenos Aires to celebrate with millions on the streets. Despite dreaming of becoming world champions for most of their lives, little did the players know …
The record-breaking gatherings in the streets of Buenos Aires have shown what an emotional moment Argentina’s World Cup victory is. But if it was heartfelt on the streets of Buenos Aires, it pales in comparison to the reactions of the team. From the locker room to the plane …
These days, streets in Argentina are a mobile party. It’s hard to spot kids wearing regular shirts instead of Messi’s, or even engage in conversations that aren’t about coach Lionel Scaloni’s decisions or the latest Rodrigo De Paul videos.
