Sunday, 19th April sees what might be an historic clash in La Bombonera between Boca Juniors and River Plate. If Julio Grondona gets his (and the only rule that's ever followed in Argentine football is that what Don Julio wants, Don Julio gets) this will be the last superclásico of the 'short tournament' era.

Don't worry Racing fans, that's not Ricardo Caruso Lombardi in the headline. Godoy Cruz striker Leandro Caruso is off to Italy, where he'll play next season for Udinese after passing a medical. At Huracán, president Carlos Babington wants to keep Javier Pastore at least until the end of the year, so has signed an agreement [.

The goals from Sunday's two Promoción second leg matches, which resulted in both Gimnasia La Plata and Rosario Central keeping their places in the Primera A, are now online and you can watch them right here. Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 3 0 Atlético Rafaela (3-3 agg., Gimnasia stay up due to 'sporting advantage') Rosario Central [.

For some reason, the fifth round of the Torneo Clausura begins on a Thursday, so here, 24 hours earlier than normal, is the weekend's fixture list. Sunday's clásico sees Independiente host Boca Juniors, whilst San Martín play a crucial relegation clash on Thursday in Mendoza. Racing will be hoping Tigre don't get their claws back [.

Diego Maradona's not pleased with the AFA, after revealing that the reason for his not calling up Juan Román Riquelme and Sebastián Battaglia was that the governing body insisted Boca Juniors play on Sunday rather than Saturday, even though the date of the France friendly has been fixed for months.

Each team will make one major change to the starting XIs posted here on HEGS a few hours ago. Injury keeps Juan Román Riquelme out of the Boca Juniors lineup; his place will be taken by Osvaldo Gaitán. Radamel Falcao García, meanwhile, has been passed fit by River's medics, so Diego Buonanotte makes way and [.

The final weekend of the 2009 Torneo Clausura is upon us at last, and it's going to be a dramatic one. Racing and Newell's celebrate having nothing to play for to kick things off on Friday night, whilst Saturday sees Central take on Godoy Cruz in a match that could be vital to next season's [...]

In circumstances about as controversial as they come, and after thirteen minutes of second half stoppage time, Vélez Sársfield beat Huracán by a single late goal from Maxi Moralez who was sent off for his celebration to climb above them in the table and claim the Torneo Clausura 2009 title. Huracán had a [.

Ah, it's been a while. Defending champions Boca begin at altitude in Jujuy on Sunday evening, a situation Diego Maradona isn't happy about (the time, rather than the location); two of the Apertura finalists give us the first match of the season as San Lorenzo visit Tigre, and Independiente play their first 'home' match at [.

The second round of Apertura fixtures is upon us already. Apologies that this post didn't go out as usual at midday GMT, but my internet providers have been having server issues and although I thought I was online when I pressed the button to schedule this post last night, I'd evidently lost my connection.

The goals from the seventh round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura are online now, and you can view all 21 of them on the TN Sportblog by clicking here. Read on for the running order of this video, and a link to the goals from the lower divisions this weekend if you want to see [...]

A very quick mention of a couple of moves in the domestic league which are mooted. Juan Sebastián Verón could be leaving Estudiantes, whilst San Lorenzo are keeping hold of their manager (by the looks of it) and Independiente are about to decide on a new one following Miguel Angel Santoro's resignation at the weekend [.

Godoy Cruz won their match against San Martín de Tucumán 3-2 when it was completed at the weekend, and the goals are online now - you can watch all of them right here. The two scored before the crowd trouble a few weeks ago, and then the three (along with a few other highlights) on [...]

Vélez Sársfield visit Gimnasia La Plata on Saturday hoping to extend their lead at the top of the Primera División table, with second-placed Lanús set to host Rosario Central the night before, in Friday's second match. Even when they're seventh in the table, every Racing match is a relegation decider, but if they beat San [.

Leaders Lanús host Diego Simeone's San Lorenzo in a clash of ideologies on Saturday. Independiente's slimmed-down squad take on Rosario Central in a match that could be key to the relegation fight, especially if El Rojo decide to lie down in order to make things tighter for rivals Racing (mind you, how will we tell [.

Back to the league after the thrills and spills of the international break. Three matches remain, and this weekend the endgame gets going with two clásicos on Sunday one in La Bombonera, where San Lorenzo will be the 'home' side, and one in Avellaneda between Racing and Boca. The clash between River and Tigre [.

The goals from the eighteenth round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura are online now, from San Lorenzo's win over Independiente to San Martín's victory in Rosario and the results for Vélez and Huracán which take the title race to the last day. Click here to watch them and read on for the running order. Running order [.

For those who aren't already aware, the 2011 Copa América will be played in Argentina, and on Tuesday AFA President Julio Grondona met with Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to start thrashing out the details. It's been agreed that the main venue for the tournament will be La Plata's Estadio Municipal (currently home to [.

The final round of matches in the Torneo Clausura 2009 gets underway on Friday, prior to the elections which will paralyse Argentina sufficiently over the rest of the weekend for most of the matches to be played next week. AFA President Julio Grondona's two favourite clubs play today, and will then go off on their [.

Racing and Newell's Old Boys completed their seasons on Friday night in El Cilindro, with Ricardo Caruso Lombardi's boys completing a stunning campaign largely under their new manager to climb to fifth place prior to the rest of the weekend's games. After an appalling start which saw Alexis Machuca give Newell's the lead only [.

The big finale of the 2009 Torneo Clausura has seen its first act played out with a late winner for visitors Lanús in Tucumán and a victory for the hosts in La Plata which see Gimnasia La Plata secure a relegation playoff spot ahead of San Martín de Tucumán, who go straight down to B [...]

After the finalísima comes the rather more mundane business of recording the scores from the final round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura. Vélez took the title and Gimnasia de Jujuy and San Martín de Tucumán both go down, as we already know, but elsewhere there were wins for Boca and San Lorenzo, one last humiliation [.

Needing a three-goal win against a team they'd never previously beaten in three encounters the most recent of which was just three days ago Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata left it oh so late but, in the last twenty minutes, they struck three times the last two goals coming with only nine [...]

At least not yet. After a summer transfer break full of 'yes he will... no he won't... yes he will...' style changing of minds, Ariel Ortega will not be returning to River Plate for the Clausura. At least not as of 9:30pm Argentine time on the 5th February. This will probably have changed at least [.

At long last, after a summer of transfer bore-stories and ridiculous friendly matches which are only 70 or 80 minutes long, real league football returns to the Argentine Republic on Friday night. Following the most closely-fought championship in short tournament history, the defending champions are a familiar name, but that's no reason to assume it'll [.

What a crazy weekend. It's almost enough to make me wish I'd delayed my flight out to Mexico for long enough to have taken it all in myself. I get online at my hotel this evening to find that all four of the sides who finished in the top four places in the Apertura have [...]

Even when the referee's against you, it's hard to keep your job as Racing boss after losing the clásico de Avellaneda, and thus it was that Juan Manuel Llop made way on Monday. It looks like he's going to be replaced by the fans' choice, Ricardo Caruso Lombardi. The approach from the club to the manager [.

Friday night saw two matches featuring teams in need of wins to aid their positions in the relegation dogfight. Both those sides got the three points they were hoping for in spectacular fashion. First, Gimnasia de Jujuy thrashed Independiente (who have now recorded four consecutive away defeats) 4-1, before Rosario Central pitched up at El [.

San Lorenzo, in danger of slipping into a bit of a slump after back-to-back defeats in the Copa Libertadores and the league prior to this weekend, got back to winning ways and staved off the vultures circling over Miguel Angel Russo's managerial job with a 3-1 dismissal of Banfield on Saturday. A little earlier in Tucumán, [.

The goals from the sixth round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura are online now, and you can view all 29 of them (ten alone came from Friday evening's two matches), including brilliant ones in, among others, Lanús, Liniers and Rosario on the TN Sportblog by clicking here. If you don't know which teams wear which [.

Américo Gallego has taken his first training session as boss of Independiente, dressed all in red as he spoke to the press. Meanwhile, Christian 'El Flaco' Fabbiani has rejoined his River Plate team-mates after his 'mini-pre-season' in Tandil weighing fully five kilos less than he did a few weeks ago, and River's derby opponents on [.

Our Argentine readers will no doubt want to put the midweek international to the backs of their minds as quickly as possible, and the AFA are obliging them by getting league action back underway post haste. Friday night sees second-placed Colón visit fifth-placed Huracán, whilst Vélez vs Banfield on Saturday should be a good one.

There weren't too many high points in Sunday's super, truth be told, but what the match did have was two fine goals from two veterans of the Argentine football scene. You can see Martín Palermo's smart turn and thirty-yard rocket, and Marcelo Gallardo's twenty-five yard free kick (he changed his mind about which side of [.

The goals from the tenth round of the Torneo Clausura 2009 are online now - watch them here on the TN Sportblog. Read on, as usual, for the running order of this video, as well as a link to TN's highlights of yesterday afternoon's superclásico in La Bombonera. Running order for TN Show de Goles: Vélez (white shirts [.

The eleventh round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura pitches two of the title contenders against each other in Santa Fe - the winner of Colón vs Vélez will finish the weekend on top of the table (unless it's Colón and Lanús do something unspeakable to Godoy Cruz in Mendoza). Argentinos boss Claudio Vivas is playing [.

River Plate didn't have an easy welcome home from their fans following the midweek elimination from the Copa Libertadores, but just about got past Gimnasia de Jujuy anyway, thanks to Marcelo Gallardo's assist - with his first touch after being brought on at half time - for Radamel Falcao García. Elsewhere on Sunday Central saw [.

There are no Friday night games this weekend, sadly, but since the fixtures go up on HEGS at the same time every week, here they are per usual for you to plan your weekend around. There's a half-derby in El Cilindro and a match in Tucumán which will prove important at both ends of the [...]

Vélez will have the chance to move four points clear in the race for the title on Sunday after the other two main contenders, Lanús and Colón, both lost on Saturday. Elsewere it would seem Tolo Gallego's found Independiente's best side, and there was a first win in five matches for San Lorenzo, courtesy of a striker their new boss Diego [.

The first (and more important) of the weekend's two clásicos was Saturday's first match, and it saw Lanús extend their lead at the top of the table, thus ensuring they'll finish the weekend top of the table. Elsewhere, Newell's won at the Nuevo Gasómetro in a clash of two sides scrambling for Copa Sudamericana qualification, [.

Sunday's matches saw Racing edge a little further clear of Rosario Central in the promedio thanks to a draw against title-chasing Colón, a few hours after River Plate and Independiente had served up a veritable feast of complete and total bloody incompetence with a second half that saw three three!