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.
FOOTBALL VIOLENCE Young fan killed in football hooligan attack in Luján 13-07-2022 20:56 An 18-year-old football fan has died after being shot by barrabravas football hooligans at a fourth-tier match in the city of Luján.
VIOLENCE IN BANGLADESH Seven injured as Brazil, Argentina football fans clash in Bangladesh 09-06-2022 13:19 A huge brawl in Bangladesh between rival fans of the Argentina and Brazil football teams left at least seven people injured, police said Thursday.