13 inmates escape Argentine maximum security prison

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 10:18

Thirteen inmates escaped through a tunnel they dug in a maximum security prison in Argentina, officials have said.

Messi may miss Italy-Argentina friendly

Last Updated: Sunday, August 11, 2013, 14:13

Lionel Messi could miss Argentina`s friendly with Italy here due to a muscular problem.

Argentine midfielder Guinazu signs Vasco deal

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 15:50

Brazilian football giant Vasco da Gama has signed Argentine midfielder Pablo Guinazu on a one-year contract, the Rio de Janeiro club confirmed.

Formula One icon Fangio`s sold for $26.4 mn

Last Updated: Saturday, July 13, 2013, 12:09

The Mercedes-Benz W196 with which legendary Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio won the second of his five Formula One world titles was sold on Friday at auction for 17.5 million pounds ($26.4 million).

Argentine footballer probed after statue found in luggage

Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 09:42

Argentine striker Ezequiel Lavezzi is under investigation for attempting to smuggle out of Italy a priceless 2,000-year-old statue believed to be from Pompeii, police said.

Maradona renews Dubai sports envoy contract

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 08:50

Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona got his contract, as honorary sports ambassador, extended for a second year by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC).

One dead in Argentine football violence

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 14:06

An Argentine first division football match was abandoned Monday after a fan was killed and another badly injured in clashes with riot police.

Argentine drug enforcement chief shot at

Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2013, 10:25

The chief of the Argentine Federal Police`s dangerous drugs division was shot at outside his house, an official said.

Pope Francis receives signed jersey from Messi

Last Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2013, 13:08

Pope Francis was presented with a jersey signed by Argentine soccer star Messi by a group of priests during Wednesday`s public audience.

Argentine activist rues election of Pope Francis

Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2013, 10:52

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio`s election as Pope Francis represents a defeat for opponents and victims of Argentina`s brutal 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

Brazil`s Palmeiras fans attack players

Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2013, 17:08

Frustrated with the team`s 0-1 loss to Argentine Club Atletico Tigre, a group of fans from Brazil`s Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras attacked the team`s players here at the Jorge Newbery Airport.