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Buenos Aires, Argentina (MySportsbook) - Argentinean striker Gabriel Batistuta retired Monday at the age of 36. Batistuta leaves the game as Argentina's leading international goal scorer with 56 tallies in just 78 matches. He left the national team in 2002 when the squad was e... |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (MySportsbook) - Boca Juniors named Jorge Benitez its permanent coach Tuesday, just days after winning the Copa Sudamericana title. Benitez, 54, was named the interim coach at Boca in November after Miguel Brindisi resigned. The Argentine giants struggl... |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (MySportsbook) - Despite a 2-0 loss at Independiente Sunday, Newell's Old Boys captured the 2004 Argentine Apertura. Newell's finished the 19-game season with 36 points, two ahead of second-place Velez Sarsfield. Velez had a chance to force a playoff, but were held ... |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (MySportsbook) - Olympic hero Carlos Tevez has been left off of Argentina's squad for Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Venezuela. Tevez, the 20-year-old striker who led Argentina to Olympic gold in Athens, has struggled this season while playing ... |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (MySportsbook) - Boca Juniors coach Miguel Angel Brindisi has stepped down following Sunday's 2-0 loss to arch-rival River Plate. Brindisi took over during the summer, but Boca has struggled to 10th place in the Apertura championship. "I am the only ... |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (MySportsbook) - Racing Club coach Ubaldo Fillol resigned Tuesday after a losing streak and receiving death threats. Fillol, a former goalkeeper, won the World Cup with Argentina in 1978. He took over as Racing's boss at the beginning of the season and won his... |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (MySportsbook) - New Argentina coach Jose Pekerman named his 23-man squad for World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Chile. Pekerman, who recently took over for Marco Bielsa, will be on the sidelines leading the Olympic gold medalists in their attempt to q... |
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Havana, Cuba (MySportsbook) - Argentine legend Diego Maradona returned to Cuba Tuesday to resume his rehabilitation for cocaine addiction. The move follows a relapse which left Maradona confined to a psychiatric hospital in Buenos Aires. His family originally tried to keep him at ... |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (MySportsbook) - Jose Pekerman will replace Marcelo Bielsa as Argentina's national team coach. Pekerman, 55, is Argentina's former youth coach, where he guided many of Argentina's current stars. "I feel like I'm returning home," said Pekerman. "I didn't e... |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (MySportsbook) - Nestor Gorosito resigned just two matches into the current season as coach of Argentinean club San Lorenzo. Gorosito, 40, informed his players of the decision during practice on Tuesday. San Lorenzo has not yet decided on a new coach, but a de... |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (MySportsbook) - Independiente technical director Jose Omar Pastoriza died Monday morning at the age 62. Pastoriza woke up in the middle of the night and was experiencing intense chest pains. Just 30 minutes later, the former coach and player at ... |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (MySportsbook) - Carlos Bianchi stepped down as coach of Boca Juniors and was soon replaced by former Boca player Miguel Angel Brindisi. Bianchi was under contract until the end of 2005, but decided it was in the club's best interest for him to relinquish t... |
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Manizales, Colombia (MySportsbook) - Columbian club Once Caldas shockingly won the Copa Libertadores title Thursday night with a 2-0 penalty shootout win over Argentinean side Boca Juniors. After the first leg of the final finished in a scoreless draw, the second leg ended 1-1 af... |
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