Argentine Primera División

Viral: Ángel Di Maria gives referee hilarious look that "provokes" red card for opposition

"I wouldn't take that if I were you..." — Di María, probably.

Ángel Di María's Rosario Central took home their first win of their 2025-26 league campaign with a dramatic and tightly contested 1-0 away victory over Lanús on Saturday, with Di María once again at the heart of the action — and controversy.

Argentina to allow away fans to attend league games for first time in 12 years

BUENOS AIRES — Argentine football clubs can now welcome away supporters after a 12-year ban, the Argentine Football Association said on Thursday.

The ban, imposed in 2013 following violent incidents, including the death of a spectator, has now been lifted as part of a staged reintroduction ahead of the next round of fixtures in the current league campaign.

Argentina away fans allowed to return

Boca Juniors player denied U.S. visa and will miss 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

June 12 (Reuters) - Boca Juniors defender Ayrton Costa will miss the Club World Cup after being denied a visa to enter the United States due to a criminal complaint against him in his native Argentina, the club confirmed on Thursday.

In 2023, Costa accepted a probationary sentence to avoid trial for an aggravated robbery in 2018, which U.S. officials ruled that he is still serving.

OFFICIAL: Ángel Di Maria to return to boyhood club in Argentina despite Inter Miami links

Argentine forward Ángel Di Maria will return to his homeland to play for his boyhood club Rosario Central, the Argentine Primera Division club announced on Thursday.

"Our history together has more pages to write. Welcome home," the Rosario-based club said alongside a video posted on Twitter.

Di Maria transfer

Watch: Bicycle kick from 25 yards out becomes automatic Puskás award contender for best goal of the year

Start reserving him a seat at the award ceremony, FIFA.

Argentine full back Santiago Montiel has lit up the football world with a jaw-dropping bicycle kick goal that many fans are already touting as a top contender for FIFA’s Puskás Award. 

Manager called 17-year-old wonderkid's school to postpone geography exam in order to play SuperClásico (?)

April 28 (Reuters) - Franco Mastantuono took time out from preparing for a geography exam to score a spectacular curling free kick which helped River Plate beat arch-rivals Boca Juniors 2-1 in Sunday's Argentine Superclasico.

17-year-old wonder kid Mastantuono scores outrageous free kick in Super Clásico against Boca Juniors

BUENOS AIRES, April 27 (Reuters) - River Plate secured a hard-fought 2-1 home win over Boca Juniors in a tense 'Superclasico' in Argentina's Primera Division Apertura competition on Sunday to claim bragging rights over their arch rivals.

A record crowd of over 85,000 fans packed into the recently expanded Mas Monumental stadium, creating a cauldron of noise following a minute's silence for Pope Francis, who died last week.

Watch: Franco Mastantuono free kick vs. Boca Juniors

Top-flight Argentina club face massive backlash after starting YouTuber with no soccer experience

Argentina side Deportivo Riestra are facing a tidal wave of backlash after they pulled a publicity stunt of starting a popular YouTube influencer in their Argentine Primera División game on Monday.

The club, who sit ninth in the table, named YouTuber and Twitch streamer “Spreen” as their starting striker. Spreen, whose real name is Ivan Buhajeruk, has no experience playing the sport but was put in a professional team’s starting XI.

Watch: Lanús player Walter Bou scores outrageous last-minute Puskás-worthy bicycle kick

We have a late, but strong contender to the 2024 Puskás Award. You have to see this.

Watch: Walter Bou incredible bicycle kick goal vs. Tigre

Argentine First Division striker Walter Bou scored one of the most outrageous goals of the year on Sunday, hitting the back of the net with a last-minute bicycle kick from outside the box to give his club the three points.

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