Portugal manager Fernando Santos insisted Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Old Trafford had been a success even though the former Manchester United winger was anonymous in his side's 1-0 friendly win over Argentina.... more »
Cristiano Ronaldo will try to outshine Lionel Messi on his return to Old Trafford when the two best players in the world clash in a friendly between Portugal and Argentina on Tuesday.... more »
Carlos Tevez ended his three-year international exile as World Cup runners-up Argentina came from behind to beat a second-string Croatia team 2-1 in a friendly in London on Wednesday.... more »
Carlos Tevez faces a battle for a berth in the Argentina team after being recalled following three years in the international wilderness, new national coach Gerardo Martino warned on Tuesday.... more »
Carlos Tevez will end his three-year international exile in the familiar surroundings of Upton Park when World Cup runners-up Argentina tackle Croatia in a friendly in London on Wednesday.... more »
Argentine superstar Lionel Messi made his competitive debut for Barcelona on this day ten years ago. Here are some landmark dates in his career since:... more »
Argentina strolled to a 7-0 friendly win over Hong Kong on Tuesday, with superstar Lionel Messi and Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain both netting a brace.... more »
Lionel Messi missed a first-half penalty as Brazil beat Argentina 2-0 in a fiercely contested "Superclasico" friendly in Beijing on Saturday.... more »
Brazil coach Dunga Friday warned Beijing's choking smog was likely to affect the highly anticipated friendly with Argentina by forcing him to make mass substitutions.... more »
Valencia defender Nicolas Otamendi was on Tuesday called up to the Argentina squad by coach Gerardo Martino for the friendlies against Brazil and Hong Kong next month.... more »
Juventus striker Carlos Tevez, left out of Argentina's World Cup squad, is poised to return to national duty for friendlies in China next month, Argentine press reports suggested Monday.... more »
Recently-appointed Argentina coach Gerardo Martino said Wednesday he is set to hand Juventus striker Carlos Tevez an international lifeline after the former Manchester United and City star was left out of their World Cup squad.... more »
British football's record signing Angel di Maria says he tore up a letter sent on the morning of the World Cup final by his then club Real Madrid telling him not to play for Argentina against Germany.... more »
Argentina spoiled the party for world champions Germany by hammering the hosts 4-2 in an international friendly in Duesseldorf on Wednesday in a repeat of the World Cup final.... more »
Fifty days after winning the World Cup for the fourth time, the German national team assembled in Duesseldorf on Monday for Wednesday's repeat of the final against Argentina.... more »
Argentina captain Lionel Messi will miss his side's friendly against world champions Germany on Wednesday due to a groin strain, his club side Barcelona confirmed on Monday.... more »
New Argentinian national coach Gerardo Martino kept faith on Tuesday with the players who got Argentina to their first World Cup final since 1990 and lost 1-0 to Germany when he named his first squad for a friendly with the same opponents in Duesseldorf on September 3.... more »
Gerardo Martino was named coach of Argentina on Tuesday replacing Alejandro Sabella who stood down after they lost 1-0 to Germany in July's World Cup final.... more »
Germany, in a quirky twist of fate, face Argentina in a friendly on September 3 less than two months after seeing off the South Americans to be crowned world champions in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana.... more »
Julio Grondona, the veteran president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and FIFA vice-president, died on Wednesday at the age of 82 in a Buenos Aires clinic, AFA sources reported.... more »
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