After a week of recriminations for the selección, Diego Maradona travels to Europe to bang some heads together and break the news to some players that he'll be picking Argentine-based players over them in future. All the same, there's some food for thought for him ('thought', Diego: that's 'pensamiento' in castellano, a word you might [. Click to continue reading...

A missed opportunity for Argentina? Perhaps. Under Alfio Basile, one or two of the domestic league's more impressive performers have been given the chance to represent their country alongside their more well-known (or perhaps not, in the cases of the Juans; Román Riquelme and Sebastián Verón) Europe-based countrymen. Click to continue reading...

It's been a big weekend while I've been away, River drawing back level with Estudiantes at the top and San Lorenzo in danger of losing their manager in spite of emerging victorious from their match against Colón. Olimpo beat Newell's on Monday evening but with Racing and Gimnasia de Jujuy only drawing their matches, the [. Click to continue reading...

The goals from the fifteenth round of the Torneo Clausura are now online, and you can view them (and unlike last week's, I promise you this link will work right away) right here through TN's website. As ever, for those who don't know the kits or just want to see the weekend's best goals, you [...] Click to continue reading...

In an all-Santa Fé encounter on Friday evening, Colón and Newell's had to settle for a draw which leaves both sides still hovering above the relegation playoff spots in positions that, whilst they should be safe, are catchable for the chasing pack below them. Banfield, meanwhile, continued their recent revival with a 5-1 thumping of [. Click to continue reading...

Estudiantes took the summit of Primera A on Saturday afternoon with a narrow win at home to fellow challengers Vélez Sársfield. The La Plata side lead River Plate and Boca Juniors by a single point, but could draw further ahead when the AFA confirm whether they're taking all three points from the Racing match which [. Click to continue reading...

There was actually some football taking place on Saturday evening, but it seemed somewhat churlish to report it right away when the news of Emanuel Alvarez's death clearly deserved the attention. It overshadowed an entertaining evening, with Independiente finding form again and Banfield coming back amazingly in the closing minutes against Tigre. Click to continue reading...