Diego Maradona, Fabio Capello, broken shoulders, death threats to referees and more South American violence all appear on this week's good, the bad and the ugly. Click on the links below below to read more about the stories. The Good Fabio Capello the England manager secures an away win in Germany and finishes his first year on [. Click to continue reading...

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Two bits of news for Tuesday: Boca Juniors' quest to find a replacement for Martín Palermo during his long-term injury layoff has come to an end with the signing on loan (with a US$1.5 million fee should Boca wish to make the signing permanent) of former Central and River Plate striker Luciano Figueroa from Genoa. Click to continue reading...

Betis defender Luciano Monzón is one of the few youngsters that has made a quick impact as soon as he arrived in Europe.   His ability to make a name for himself with Real Betis earned him his first-ever callup to the Argentine national team. The former "Boca Baby" has seen 2008 be very [...] Click to continue reading...

Sunday is clásico day this weekend, with River hosting Racing in the country's oldest derby before Gimnasia visit Estudiantes - as a genuine away team, for the first time in a few years - in the La Plata derby. Boca - who beat Newell's 4-2 in the remaining match from round two on Thursday afternoon [. Click to continue reading...

Aşağıdaki satırların yazarı şu anda Buenos Aires'te:

bugun boca nin maci vardi. burada konustugum herkes maca tek basima gitmemem gerektigini soyledi. zaten karaborsa biletler pahaliydi. ama hemen mac sonrasi boca sokaklarina zipladim. oyle anlatildigi gibi kimse birbirini asip kesmiyor ayrica fark ettim ki boca nin renkleri sari mavi degil sari lacivert. Click to continue reading...

River and Boca both suffered shock defeats on Sunday, San Lorenzo won on Friday to ensure they still top the table tonight regardless, and Vélez, who won well against Central on Saturday, are close behind them. Racing, having seen a three match unbeaten run ended in midweek by Huracán, got back to winnings ways against managerless [. Click to continue reading...

Diego y Mancuso (ex Boca)
Originally uploaded by ole_m La semifinal de Copa Davis se está desarrollando en las canchas de arcilla del Parque Roca, al sur de Buenos Aires.

Hay que recordar la final de la Copa Davis de 2006, los argentinos perdieron con los rusos por 3-2 en Moscú. Click to continue reading...

I've had at least 3 conversations this week about how there were no Americans playing in the UEFA Champions League. So while debating the positives of Villarreal leaving Young Jozy off of their CL roster (and I really think there are some) I totally spaced on the fact that in addition to Gooch and Timmy Howard, Carlos Bocanegra is playing in the UEFA Cup. Click to continue reading...

Haberi okuduğumda, hani Türkçe filmlerde anasını yatakta başka bir adamla yakaladığında Emrah'ın attığı uzun bir 'hayııııııır' çığlığı vardır, onu atmak istedim. Bolca Arjantinli istihdam etmesine rağmen nedense sevimli gelmeyen İnter Milan'ın sahibi Moratti Diego Maradona'ya danışmanlık teklif edebileceklerini söylemiş. Click to continue reading...

The events of the last few days at Estudiantes have taken their toll on Juan Sebastián Verón. Following manager Roberto Sensini's resignation on Tuesday night, Verón was criticised by some for having too much influence at the club, and the former Boca, Sampdoria, Parma, Lazio, Manchester United, Chelsea and Internazionale midfielder appeared on TyCSports on Thursday [. Click to continue reading...

It's been an interesting weekend in Primera A, with Gimnasia de Jujuy and Huracán giving us a seven goal thriller to kick it off, Racing making it three matches unbeaten, the two promotees sharing the spoils in Tucumán, and River stumbling again. There was also a draw in a very heated clásico between Boca and [. Click to continue reading...

Güney Amerika forvet cenneti. En verimli takımların başında da Boca ve River geliyor. Eğer Beşiktaş gibi 'çakma' Higuain almazsanız başarı oranınız çok büyük olur. Totthenam ManU'ya gidicem diye tutturan Berbatov'u hatırı sayılır bir paraya satmaya çalışıyor. Diğer yandan da River'ın son mahsüllerinden Radamel Falcoa'yu almaya çalışıyor. Click to continue reading...

Martin Palermo dizini sahada bıraktı. Beş ile sekiz ay arasında yeşil sahalarda olmayacağı söyleniyor. Yaş 34, bu sakatlıklığı atlattığında olacak 35. Geri dönüşü çok ama çok zor. Üstelik yine Boca 1999'da ve Villareal'de 2003'te uzun dönemli sakatlık yaşamıştı. Boca yerine hemen bir genci monte edecektir. Click to continue reading...

This is just a random stream of consciousness, so bear with me.

I was just thinking that English nat'l team and Bradley's boys appear to have quite a bit in common. Though, yes I know, England is way better.

• Neither can really live up to its fans expectations.
  
• Neither can create anything offensively and rely on set pieces to get points.

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The third weekend is already upon us, with Boca returning to league action after their holiday in Catalunya by hosting Lanús. The champions are away to Banfield on Saturday, whilst it's an all-Santa Fe Province clash between Rosario Central and Colón which kicks the weekend off. Estudiantes, having finally won a match on Wednesday night [. Click to continue reading...

I was able to catch the game at work, and got some coworkers into it. Here are some thoughts:

• Had to watch baseball during the first 8 minutes of action. Lame. Also I never got to see the lineups. Double lame.
• Not as lame as the first half. Goodness that was boring.
• Why were there MLS games tonight?

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The goals from the second weekend of Torneo Apertura action are online now (with Newell's vs. Boca to follow on Wednesday night), and can be viewed through the TN sportsblog by clicking here. Read on, as usual, for the running order of this video clip and for my personal favourite strikes of the weekend, taken [. Click to continue reading...

16 Ağustos'ta oynandı Barça - Boca maçı. Kanaltürk 23:00 diye ilan edince başlama saatini oturduk o vakitler TV karşısına. Meğer program başlıyormuş, Barçalı oyuncuları ardından da tüm oyuncuların ısınışlarını izledik. Sezon öncesi, Ağustos ayı, hazırlık maçı derken stadyumun boşluğu için gerekçeler hazırdı. Click to continue reading...

Only nine matches this weekend, due to Boca travelling to Spain to take part in Barcelona's Copa Joan Gamper (they lost 3-1, after leading); the Xeneize will travel to Newell's on Wednesday evening. Champions River got their first win of the campaign, as did Independiente. Argentinos tonked Vélez at home, and Colón did likewise to [. Click to continue reading...

Boca 1 Barcelona 2 Goles Viatri Puyol Eto'o
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While the leagues in Europe are just starting up there is still plenty of footballing news. This week transfers, Olympic football and Joey Barton all feature. The good The Olympics are in full swing and so is Olympic football. Not so important in Europe but taken very seriously by South America. So far it's been good [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal 1 Boca 3 Goles Palermo Palacio Battaglia Sava
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Racing showed on the opening day of the Apertura that they've still got some improving to do in certain areas if they're not going to have a repeat of last season's desperate struggle against relegation. On Tuesday, a step forward was taken with the unveiling of Boca Juniors' Pablo Migliore on loan, to provide more [. Click to continue reading...

Yes, it's Monday again, and that must mean it's time to run through the results from the first weekend of the 2008 Torneo Apertura. Champions River Plate avoided defeat in the stadium known as 'The Elephants' Graveyard' thanks to a second half equaliser from their new Uruguayan starlet, Boca gave Gimnasia de Jujuy a twonking [. Click to continue reading...

Ariel Ortega agreed with the River Plate board on Tuesday to go out on loan for a season to Mendoza club Independiente Rivadavia, of Primera B Nacional. Ortega turned down the chance to move to the United Arab Emirates to play a season for Al Mir Sports due to the distance from his family and [...] Click to continue reading...

As if to prove that he can put together quite a handy team without including the Olympic-bound Lionel Messi, Juan Román Riquelme, Sergio Agüero et al, Alfio Basile has named the Argentina squad to face Belarus in a friendly in Minsk, two weeks from today (Weds). There are a couple of surprises in the all-Europe [. Click to continue reading...

With FIFA's laying of the smackdown on all teams preventing their under 23 stars to leave club competition for the Olympics, you can pretty much kiss a chance at seeing Messi for a second time this year goodbye.

Ah, what a blow to this Argie.

Reaction has been an overall disappointment (unless you live in Argentina).

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HEGS is back, but it feels, I must say, a bit like I hadn't really been away. When I left for Havana, Sergio Batista had named Lionel Messi in the squad for the Olympic Football Tournament, and Barcelona president Joan Laporta was making some decidedly 'we'll have to see about that'-type noises. The novel seems [. Click to continue reading...

Carlitos Tevez prende una posizione sorprendente sulla querelle C.Ronaldo-Real Madrid, schierandosi a favore di un trasferimento ai Merengues del prossimo Pallone d'Oro: "Lo United è una squadra di grandi giocatori - ha spiegato l'ex Boca al Times - tra i quali c'è sicuramente Cristiano Ronaldo. E' chiaro che Cristiano è un giocatore molto importante per noi, ma si tratta di una decisione personale, tutto dipende solo da lui. Click to continue reading...

Los Tecos de la UAG empataron este martes a un gol frente al histórico club argentino Boca Jrs. Este partido de talla internacional fue el marco para la presentación del nuevo uniforme de Tecos, la cual fue muy vistosa al llegar el nuevo uniforme en helicóptero al estadio 3 de Marzo. El partido resultó aburrido, sin [. Click to continue reading...

Los Tecos de la UAG empataron este martes a un gol frente al histórico club argentino Boca Jrs. Este partido de talla internacional fue el marco para la presentación del nuevo uniforme de Tecos, la cual fue muy vistosa al llegar el nuevo uniforme en helicóptero al estadio 3 de Marzo. El partido resultó aburrido, sin [. Click to continue reading...

What the owners are thinking: "Hahaha! Isn't this cute! His Boca kit matches ours!" What the dog is thinking: "@#$% this. Go River Plate!" (AP Photo by Natacha Pisarenko) Click to continue reading...

Continuing the history series which began with a nostalgic look at the 1978 World Cup win, I wanted to write something for the second installment which looked at a player forgotten by many today. Those who read my recent article looking back on the 1991 Apertura in UK magazine When Saturday Comes will recognise the [. Click to continue reading...

Via tigres.com.mx
MONTERREY, 19 de Julio.- Los Tigres de la UANL dejaron un buen sabor de boca, al venir de atrás y sacar el empate de 2-2 al Atlético de Madrid, en lo que fue el último partido de preparación para el conjunto felino.
El trofeo "Hotel Camino Real" fue para el visitante, al terminar en empate el juego, pero los 30 mil aficionados que asistieron al Estadio Universitario se llevaron buena impresión, sobre todo en la segunda parte. Click to continue reading...