HOOLIGAN VIOLENCE Fan violence rears up in Mendoza, forces suspension of match 27-05-2024 12:34 Crowd disturbances force suspension of a top-flight match between Godoy Cruz and San Lorenzo.
COURTS Four Vélez Sarsfield players suspended after sexual abuse allegations 08-03-2024 14:06 Four Vélez Sarsfield footballers sidelined after 24-year-old sports journalist accuses them of sexual abusing her at a hotel in Tucumán.
FOOTBALL VIOLENCE Two football fan deaths puts hooliganism back on agenda 07-02-2024 13:17 One fan stabbed to death during Chacarita Juniors-Deportivo Maipú match, another suffers same fate before Gimnasia Mendoza-Defensores del Belgrano clash.
BOCA STAR IN COURT Boca star Sebastián Villa found guilty of assaulting ex-partner 02-06-2023 22:08 Boca Juniors midfielder Sebastián Villa has played his last game for the club after a court found him guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend in April 2020.
CRIME & SECURITY Security minister under fire after admitting ‘narcos have won’ in Rosario 02-03-2023 19:45 Aníbal Fernández slammed by opposition after asserting that the “narcos have won” in Rosario; Comments delivered in aftermath of threats and shooting at supermarket owned by family of Lionel Messi’s wife.
FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA A football match is not a war 14-10-2022 08:27 Events at the Gimnasia-Boca match show that a comprehensive overhaul of the policing of football matches is long overdue. by Dan Edwards
FOOTBALL & VIOLENCE One dead, more than 100 injured amid chaos at Gimnasia-Boca match 07-10-2022 09:14 One person died of a cardiac arrest on Thursday following violent clashes that started outside a football match on the outskirts of Buenos Aires before spilling into the stadium and onto the pitch, authorities said.