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Argentine govt reveals date for Diego Maradona’s burial

Ihesiulo Grace 26 November 2020 0

Argentine football legend Diego Maradona will be buried Thursday on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, a spokesman said. Maradona, who died of a heart attack Wednesday at the age of 60, will be laid to rest in the Jardin de Paz cemetery, where his parents were also buried, Sebastian Sanchi told

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Argentina to continue talks with creditors after deadline

Ihesiulo Grace 9 May 2020 0

Argentina was on Friday expected to continue negotiations with its international creditors even after the passing of the deadline for its debt restructuring proposal, local media reported. Financial market experts had said there was “an important level of acceptance” of Argentina’s offer, but there was no immediate information on the position of large

Foreign

Argentina and Peru close borders amid coronavirus outbreak

Ihesiulo Grace 16 March 2020 0

The Argentinian government on Sunday announced a 15-day entry ban on all foreigners, while Peru declared a 15-day state of emergency amid the new coronavirus pandemic. “At the moment we know that all of our cases are imported, and we have to do all we can to prevent the virus from transmitting locally,” Argentinian President […]

Sports

How Lionel Messi helped Argentina beat old rivals

Ihesiulo Grace 16 November 2019 0

Lionel Messi scored on his first Argentina appearance since July as they beat old rivals Brazil in Saudi Arabia. Messi had a penalty saved by Alisson in the friendly, but scored the rebound for his 69th international goal. READ ALSO: Zlatan Ibrahimovic bids Galaxy good bye Gabriel Jesus had earlier missed a penalty for Brazil. […]

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Barcelona goalkeeper Neto ruled out for up to two months

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2019 0

Barcelona have ruled goalkeeper Neto out for up to eight weeks with a fractured left wrist. The new signing underwent an operation on Tuesday after suffering the injury during training prior to the 4-0 weekend win over Napoli in Michigan. The 30-year-old joined Barca from Valencia in June in a deal worth an initial €26 […]

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Argentina defender ‘Tata’ Brown dead aged 62

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2019 0

“Maximum day of sadness for the Albirroja (La Plata) family, our gladiator Jose Luis Brown has left. But his memory and love of the club will never depart,” the club tweeted. Known to his friends as Tata, Brown made 36 appearances for Argentina and scored the first goal in their 3-2 World Cup final victory […]

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Medical consultant dies while watching Nigeria, Argentina match

Ihesiulo Grace 28 June 2018 0

The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA), Dr Emeka Ogah, has confirmed the death of one its consultants, Dr Canice Ebirim on Tuesday during the Super Eagles and Argentina match. Ogah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday that reports reaching him suggested that Ebirim died within the period of […]

Sports

#WorldCup: Rohr Reveals How Super Eagles Will Play Against Argentina

Ihesiulo Grace 26 June 2018 0

Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr has stated that his players will play better when they clash with Argentina on Tuesday night at the Saint Petersburg Stadium in their final Group D clash in the 2018 World Cup. The Eagles would reach the knockout phase for the fourth time in six World Cup tournaments if they […]

Sports

#WorldCup: Messi’s Teammates Failed To Help Him – Argentina Coach

Ihesiulo Grace 22 June 2018 0

Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli has revealed that his team did not help Lionel Messi after they lost 3-0 to Croatia in their 2018 FIFA World Cup group D encounter. Goals from Ante Rebic, Luka Modric, and Ivan Rakitic condemned Argentina to a defeat in their second group game of the World Cup. The defeat means […]

Sports

#WorldCup: Don’t Return Home If You Lose To Nigeria, Maradona Warns Argentina Coach

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2018 0

Argentina Legend Diego Maradona has issued a scathing assessment of his country’s World Cup draw with Iceland, warning manager Jorge Sampaoli that he would not be welcome back home unless he changes his tactics. Argentina got a rude shock in their opening match against Iceland and need to win their remaining matches against Croatia and […]

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Certainly, Nigeria will not botch this World Cup!

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2018 0

After Nigeria’s qualification for the 2018 World Cup in Russia was sewn up, the most important issue was hearing about the Super Eagles preparation. What friendlies would they be involved in? Where will the pre – World Cup camp be located? Have they settled their World Cup bonuses (only Africans will understand this point)? However, […]

World

Judge orders arrest of Argentina’s ex-president Fernandez

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2017 0

A federal judge in Argentina indicted and asked for the arrest of former President Cristina Fernandez on Thursday for trying to cover up Iran’s possible role in the bombing of a Jewish community centre in 1994 that killed 85 people, a court ruling said. As Fernandez is a senator, Congress would first have to vote […]

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#Russia 2018: How Nigeria drew Argentina for 5th time

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2017 0

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been drawn in a fair first round Group D with perennial opponents Argentina, Iceland and Croatia. The Eagles have already clashed with Argentina four times at the World Cup – 1994, 2002, 2010, 2014. They have lost all these matches. However, the Eagles have most recently recorded two famous wins over […]

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Super Eagles get N17.3m for beating Argentina

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2017 0

The Super Eagles of Nigeria received a whopping N17, 280,000 million for beating Argentina 4-2 in Tuesday international friendly played in Russia. The players received $2,000 each for the win as that is the flat rate agreed for the team as match bonus in friendly games. According to the reports the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) […]

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Is the law of gravity at play in football or is it simple negligence?

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2017 0

Last week, Argentina finally qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and it was great. A hat-trick from arguably the World’s best footballer, Lionel Messi against Ecuador coupled with a 3-0 loss by Chile to Brazil guaranteed this. All that would be talked about may be the heroics of Messi, the relief that Argentina […]

Sports

Lionel Messi and Argentina on verge of missing 2018 World Cup after playing bore draw with Peru

Ihesiulo Grace 6 October 2017 0

Lionel Messi is all but set to experience the biggest disappointment of his football career, and Argentina’s biggest disappointment since 1970, after Argentina played out a 0-0 draw with Peru in Buenos Aires, meaning they face a make or break tie with Ecuador if they have any hopes of entering the qualification slots for Russia […]

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Argentina misses golden chance to 2018 World Cup after 1-1 home draw against Venezuela

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2017 0

Argentina’s 2018 World Cup qualifying struggles continued with a 1-1 home draw against bottom side Venezuela. By the time Argentina kicked off against Venezuela in Buenos Aires, they were down to sixth place in the table; outside the qualification slots and 90 minutes later, things had not got much better. The 1-1 draw takes the […]

Interviews

Tevez: My Childhood Life Was Hard!

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2015 0

Carlos Tevez and Dario Coronel had a great deal in common. They were born in the same year, grew up in the same neighbourhood and, unsurprisingly, shared a passion for football. ‘Together they were dynamite’ was the consensus of those who had the good fortune to see the pair linking up and hitting one-twos in […]