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New F1 driver Colapinto shows off power of Argentina's 'unicorns'

02-09-2024 14:59 Two of Argentina's largest 'unicorns,' Globant and Mercado Libre, are part of the economic structure backing Franco Colpinto, the 21-year-old Williams Racing Formula 1 driver.

by Agustín Colombo

FOOTBALL

Agüero allies himself with Milei, says City Football Group interested in Argentina

08-04-2024 15:30 Sergio Agüero, proclaiming the privatisation model for nation's top football clubs, has spoken with President Javier Milei. Tipping his former club Independiente as an option, the ex-Rojo star says the City Football Group are interested in Argentina.

by Agustín Colombo

Tourism & Sports Minister Matías Lammens, the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio Tapia, and Economy minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa hold up Argentina national team shirts with the year '2030' stamped on their back, during a press conference in Ezeiza on October 5, 2023, a day after the announcement that the inaugural matches of the 2030 World Cup will be played in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.

FOOTBALL & POLITICS

Leaders of local football offer explicit support to Massa

17-10-2023 13:54 AFA President Claudio Tapia not only shows his support for Sergio Massa’s presidential candidacy, he also predicts in public that the economy minister will be Argentina’s next head of state. With the return of tax exemptions for clubs serving as a key message to the local leaders of the national game, the Unión por la Patria leader continues to develop his power-base in domestic football.

by Agustín Colombo

Claudio Tapia's happiest days: With the World Cup trophy on the flight back from Qatar; On the bus, celebrating with the champions; At a meeting of officials at the Argentine Football Association (AFA) headquarters.

Football & Politics

Claudio Tapia: Victory parade row shines spotlight on AFA chief

26-12-2022 14:56 The bus carrying the most popular caravan in the country’s history did not arrive at the Obelisk, as the World Cup champions wanted, and neither did they make it to the balcony of the Casa Rosada, as the government desired. The dispute over the celebrations following Argentina’s triumph in Qatar underlines ‘Chiqui’ Tapia’s complicated relationship with President Alberto Fernández.

by Agustín Colombo

Flamengo's Brazilian forward Pedro celebrates after scoring against Vélez Sársfield during their Copa Libertadores first leg semi-final football match at the José Amalfitani stadium, in Buenos Aires, on August 31, 2022.

Football

Brazil’s football clubs dominate the continent – and the gap is getting bigger

12-09-2022 14:59 A look at the prizes up for grabs and the budgets dedicated to playing staff expose huge asymmetries between football in neighbouring Brazil and here at home. With Argentina’s economy in crisis, it’s no wonder that Brazilian sides have picked up four of the last five Libertadores titles.

by Agustín Colombo