RIO DE JANEIRO: Argentina and Belgium gate-crashed the Olympic field hockey festival and reached their first men’s final together on Tuesday...
“This is crazy,” said Argentina midfielder Lucas Rey, who could have also spoken for Belgium...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Argentina beat Belgium 4-2 thanks to a 10-minute goal blitz in the first half to claim the Olympic title on Thursday and win their country’s first Games medal in men’s hockey, edging a close-fought match between two teams few expected to make the final...
“We won the tournament and it was the first time in the history of Argentina...
Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) President Khalid Khokhar recently met the Chief of Army Staff, Gen Qamar Bajwa at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi...
Khokhar, a retired brigadier, expressed satisfaction over the meeting and said: "Gen Bajwa appreciated the idea of a proposed hockey league featuring international stars, to be held in Lahore at the end of this year...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan hockey team Chief Coach and Olympian Tahir Zaman believes the Hockey-5 Championship will revolutionise the national sport in the country...
The inaugural Hockey-5 championship is being played at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore under Floodlights...
LAHORE: The Pakistan hockey team earned their first victory in the ongoing Champions Trophy after three consecutive defeats, thrashing Olympic champions Argentina 4-1 in Breda, Holland on Thursday...
Pakistan’s defence and attack remained well organised throughout and there were some breathtaking moves upfront, especially in the last quarter after the first three quarters were more or less evenly played as both the sides had their...
EAST RUTHERFORD: Holders Chile stunned Argentina to win the Copa America Centenario in a penalty shoot-out here Sunday as Lionel Messi's title curse struck again...
Argentina's players meanwhile were left disconsolate as they digested a third defeat in a major final following losses to Germany in the 2014 World Cup and Chile in last year's Copa...
TORONTO: Emiliano Grillo, who began the week not knowing if he would even be able to get into the country, fired an eight-under 64 for a one-shot lead after the first round of the Canadian Open...
The 22-year-old Argentinian went bogey free to lead Vaughn Taylor and Brian Harman Thursday after qualifying to play in this PGA Tour event as a result of his top-10 finish at last week’s Barbasol Championship in Alabama
The greatest player of his generation, perhaps football’s best ever, he was still without a title on Argentina’s national team — one he says may never come — as Chile beat Argentina in a shootout to win the Copa America for the second year in a row on Sunday...
Messi cut a dejected figure after losing his third Copa America final, and fourth major final after Argentina’s loss to Germany at the 2014 World Cup, and said after the match...
BUENOS AIRES: Rafael Nadal has had his request for a wildcard invitation to next week’s Argentina Open accepted as the Spaniard rejigs his schedule after his shock Australian Open exit...
“I want to thank the organisers of the Argentina Open for giving me this wild card to play in Buenos Aires,” he said on Monday...
PARIS: Visiting teams Britain, Argentina, and France all won hard-fought doubles matches to take 2-1 leads in the Davis Cup quarter-finals on Saturday...
If Britain win, they could play Argentina, who were on the cusp of an 11th semi-final in 14 years after Juan Martin del Potro and Guido Pella won their first doubles match together...
BUENOS AIRES: It’s always special when Argentina and Brazil play, even if this time Argentina go into the match without Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez...
“Every absence is important,” Argentina coach Gerardo Martino said, but acknowledged some such as Messi and Aguero are more critical than others...
MONTEVIDEO: Argentina and Chile’s World Cup qualification hopes were left on a knife-edge on Tuesday after the South American heavyweights slipped up once again on the road to next year’s finals in Russia...
Argentina needed a second-half own goal to help them snatch a 1-1 draw against already-eliminated Venezuela in Buenos Aires while Chile crashed to a 1-0 defeat against Bolivia in La Paz...
As qualifying for the 2018 World Cup reaches its climax, Lionel Messi's Argentina find themselves in trouble, Syria face a play-off to keep their remarkable dream alive and European champions Portugal have work to do...
Two-time World Cup champions Argentina haven't missed the tournament since 1970, but five-time Ballon d'Or winner Messi and his compatriots, runners-up in Brazil three years ago, are currently languishing in fifth...
The biggest shock could be two-time champions Argentina, who will battle for a spot against Peru, Chile, Paraguay and Ecuador...
Argentina — runners-up three years ago in Brazil — are outside the top four automatic qualifying places in fifth place in the table, just below Peru on goal difference, and have not missed a World Cup since 1970...
MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay and Argentina drew 0-0 in an uninspiring but hotly contested World Cup qualifier in Montevideo on Thursday, a result that leaves both sides still needing points to guarantee a place at Russia 2018...
The home side had the better of the first half and Argentina were on top during the second period but neither team posed much of a goal threat in a typically tense encounter...