News of youth

Youngsters draw the eye in latest round of Albiceleste call-ups

11-03-2022 10:54 Garnacho, Romero, Carboni, Geralnik, Paz and Soulé – are these the names of Argentina’s next superstars?

by Dan Edwards

FOOTBALL

Javier Mascherano to coach Argentina's Under-20s side

10-12-2021 01:13 Former Albiceleste legend Javier Mascherano has agreed to rejoin the national team set-up, taking over the Under 20 squad, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) announced Thursday.

ELECTIONS 2021: ANALYSIS

Provincial politics: How the 2021 election played out nationwide

15-11-2021 17:01 Juntos por el Cambio won in 13 provinces nationwide, while the ruling coalition managed to turn around two losses in September’s primaries in Chaco and Tierra del Fuego.

International football

Scaloni looks to the future with surprise Albiceleste squad call-ups

05-11-2021 18:04 Argentina’s national team coach appears to be betting on the next generation for the upcoming clashes against Uruguay and Brazil.

by Dan Edwards

ELECTIONS 2021: PASO PRIMARIES

Chasing the elusive youth vote

07-09-2021 14:21 The 16-29 age-group in the PASO represents 30 percent of the electorate, or well over 10 million possible votes.

by Gabriel Ziblat

ELECTIONS 2021

Youth vote surges – 860,000 adolescents eligible to vote this year

04-09-2021 09:53 Youngsters will make up 2.51% of the national electorate in upcoming PASO primaries and midterm elections.

FOOTBALL

AFA women's youth coach accused of sexual harassment

08-05-2021 00:18 Group of players allege a youth team coach currently employed by AFA sexually harassed players, some as young as 14, for years. FIFPRO calls on football officials to remove alleged abuser from post.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM

Mascherano to take up youth development role with Albiceleste

07-01-2021 15:57 36-year-old and national team legend agrees to head up a new department focused on youth development, AFA announces.

FILM & CINEMA

Paolo Sorrentino returns to Naples to direct Netflix film inspired by Maradona

14-07-2020 13:32 Italian director draws inspiration from Maradona and his hometown for his most personal film yet, about his youth in 1980s Naples. The project will be released on Netflix as a feature-length film.

Assault, torture and sexual abuse

Chaco police officers removed from post after vicious attack on Qom family

04-06-2020 09:00 Shocking scenes go viral on social media of police officers assaulting members of the Qom indigenous community in the Chaco Province town of Fontana. Local authorities intervene, "removing" officers from service and placing them under investigation, amid widespread condemnation of attack.