News of copa de la liga

Season ends in familiar fashion as Boca see off Tigre to take title

25-05-2022 21:34 This year’s league campaign is over and another will soon be upon us. But first there’s the matter of the 'Finalissima' clash between Argentina and Italy.

by Dan Edwards

FOOTBALL

Boca end Racing's hopes of Copa glory, but will fear Tigre

19-05-2022 14:13 To paraphrase an old gem, football is a simple game: 22 players kick a ball around for 90 minutes, and then Boca Juniors win on penalties.

by Dan Edwards

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Tigre stun River, but no justice for Defensa in Copa quarters

12-05-2022 00:38 Plenty of stories in the Copa de la Liga Profesional quarter-finals – none more so than Tigre's shock victory over River Plate in front of a bemused Monumental.

by Dan Edwards

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Much-maligned Copa de la Liga Profesional reaches decisive phase

06-05-2022 09:55 Two teams in each group are assured of their place already in the play-offs, while the remaining challengers must wait until Saturday or Sunday evening to find out whether they will be joining them in next week’s quarter-finals.

by Dan Edwards

FOOTBALL & CULTURE

Marcelo Tinelli resigns as president of San Lorenzo

02-05-2022 16:59 With the club embroiled in crisis, TV mogul Marcelo Tinelli announces he will step down as president of San Lorenzo de Almagro.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Battaglia’s days at Boca may already be numbered

22-04-2022 14:26 Results themselves do not appear to be at the core of Boca's malaise. In the Xeneize's case it seems to be a case of lacking both style and substance.

by Dan Edwards

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Gago takes Racing from strength to strength – and the top of the table

08-04-2022 23:40 Coach’s success in Avellaneda will heighten the clamour for him to take over at Boca should results continue to disappoint at La Bombonera in the coming months.

by Dan Edwards

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

VAR set to make debut in Argentina’s top flight

22-02-2022 14:35 Footballing authorities in Argentina confirm that VAR will arrive in the first weekend of April for all top-flight matches.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

New season starts with River and Boca favourites for title

10-02-2022 14:55 Argentina’s 2022 football season kicks off Thursday with the return of the Copa de la Liga Profesional.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Exodus of coaches continues as Gago quits Aldovisi

27-09-2021 16:12 Former Boca Juniors and Argentina midfielder Fernando Gago resigned as coach of top-flight side Aldosivi on Monday, the league's ninth boss to depart post since start of the season.

ARGENTINE FOOTBALL

Emotions run high on opening weekend of season

20-02-2021 07:24 Ricardo Zielinski was one of 10 new coaches on display on the opening weekend, and each fared mixed fortunes.

by Dan Edwards

LOCAL FOOTBALL

Argentine football continues to come back in torrents

06-02-2021 09:16 The dust has barely settled on the Copa Diego Armando Maradona but in just one week's time, the 26 Primera teams will lock horns once more in a brand-new tournament.

by Dan Edwards

A LA CANCHA

Stormy waters in Avellaneda as sudden crisis engulfs Racing

21-11-2020 09:32 A run of defeats has plunged Racing Club into crisis. Such is the scale of the disaster that it now looks set to take with it one of the club's most beloved figures: Diego Milito.

by Dan Edwards

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Top-flight football returns in Argentina, but Covid's presence looms large

30-10-2020 02:00 The long wait is over. After more than seven months of wistful stares at empty stadiums Argentine football is back, on none other than the 60th birthday of wayward legend and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata coach Diego Maradona.

by Dan Edwards