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Diego Maradona gets a tribute at Argentina's Copa America match

Diego Maradona's life was honored in a tribute featuring lights and projections onto the pitch before Argentina's Copa America opener against Chile.

Lionel Messi's Argentina draws 1-1 with Chile at Copa America

Lionel Messi scored a stunning free kick, repeatedly dribbled through the Chilean defense and created opportunities regularly for his Argentina teammates.

Copa America: Messi eyes Copa America for "biggest dream" with Argentina

Lionel Messi has won it all with Barcelona in a decorated career. Winning a title with Argentina remains one of his biggest ambitions. The 33-year-old Messi might have one of his final chances at the Copa America. Argentina's campaign will begin on Monday against Chile at the Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Copa America opened Sunday in emergency mode in Brazil, where the tournament was shifted after Colombia and Argentina were dropped as co-hosts. "I am always available to my national team. My biggest dream is to win a title with this shirt," Messi told a news conference in Rio. "I was very close m "any times. It didn't happen, but I will keep trying. I will always fight for this dream." Messi said most of the group had played together for a while and "the way this Argentina plays is very clear." "That's why it is is time that we win this Copa," he said. "We know it will be a special one, different because of all that the world is going through." The Argentina captain

Copa America: My biggest dream is to get a title with Argentina, says Messi

Argentina football captain Messi has reiterated that his biggest dream is to win a title with the national team and feels the team is currently "on the right track" ahead of the opener against Chile

Argentina reports 30,950 new Covid-19 cases, 539 deaths in past 24 hours

Argentina reported 30,950 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 3,915,397, the Ministry of Health said Friday

Copa America has no host: Argentina ruled out due to coronavirus

Copa America is without a host country only two weeks before kickoff after South American soccer body CONMEBOL ruled out Argentina amid an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country

Argentina registers highest single day spike with 24,130 new Covid-19 cases

Argentina has registered 24,130 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak for the fourth day in a row

FIH Pro League: India returns to top level after a year against Argentina

The Indian men's hockey team will return to top-level international competition after more than a year when it takes on Olympic champions Argentina in the first match of the 2-game FIH Pro League tie

Magnitude 6.4 quake shakes parts of Argentina and Chile, no damage reported

The US Geological Survey said the quake on late Monday had a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 and its epicentre was 27.6 kilometres (17 miles) southwest of the town of Porcito

Argentina authorises use of AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus

Argentina's National Administration of Drugs, Foods and Medical Devices (ANMAT) on Wednesday approved the use of vaccine from AstraZeneca, against Covid-19 in the country

In landmark decision, Argentina votes to legalise elective abortion

Argentina on Wednesday voted to legalise elective abortion, becoming the largest Latin American country to do so

Argentina to begin rollout of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V

Argentina will begin vaccinating its population against coronavirus on Tuesday, using Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.

Argentina registers Sputnik V vaccine based on Russian trial data

The Russian Direct Investment Fund, the country's sovereign wealth fund, announced that Argentina has registered the Russian vaccine, Sputnik V

Argentine police search office of deceased Maradona's personal doctor

Argentine police searched the home and office of Diego Maradona's personal doctor as part of investigations into the death of the 60-year-old soccer star

Maradona: Why English can't let go of Hand of God & Latin Americans love it

The inability of a few in England to move on from that goal speaks to the historical processes that underpin Britain's relationship with Latin America

Diego Maradona represented a footballing culture that is now passe

One thing is certain, every football fan with a long memory will be grateful that the Hand of God produced Diego Maradona

Comrade Maradona: The anti-establishment football God with leftist leanings

Diego was a flawed genius who fought for democracy and social justice and saw a second father in Cuba's Fidel Castro

Argentina observes three-day mourning for football legend Diego Maradona

Argentina will observe three-day mourning for legendary footballer Diego Maradona who died of a heart attack on Wednesday, said President Alberto Fernandez's office

112 new Covid-19 deaths in Argentina in past 24 hrs; toll nears 37,000-mark

The province of Buenos Aires, with 604,016 cases or 44.21 percent of the national total, is the hardest-hit district

China successfully launches 13 satellites into orbit with a single rocket

China successfully sent 13 satellites, including 10 from Argentina, into the orbit in what was stated to be the biggest launch of foreign satellites by the country