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Sergio Agüero has said he will be part of Argentina’s backroom staff at the World Cup in Qatar this year after a meeting with the president of his country’s football association (AFA), Claudio Tapia.

A statue has been erected in Argentina in tribute to the late, great Diego Maradona.

Argentina’s Congress has legalised abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy, a ground-breaking move for a region that has some of the world’s most restrictive termination laws.

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Tens of thousands of fans eager to honor Diego Maradona lined up to file past the coffin of Argentina’s most iconic soccer star on Thursday, some confronting police who tried to maintain order at the country’s presidential mansion.

LIONEL MESSI had his private jet stormed by the Spanish tax agency on the tarmac at Barcelona airport.

Argentina’s defeat against Croatia on Thursday evening seemed like a death knell for their World Cup hopes.

Lionel Messi missed a second-half penalty as Iceland held mighty Argentina to a 1-1 draw in their Group D clash in Moscow on Saturday.

Three-time African champions Nigeria and two-time world champions Argentina will meet in a mouth-watering international friendly in the Russian city of Krasnodar on Nov. 14.