Argentina

33-year-old great has been in open conflict with Barca but it had no detrimental effect on his form

Coach Lionel Scaloni gave no reason for omitting the Paris St-Germain midfielder

Barcelona star was banned for one game for levelling accusations of "corruption" at South American soccer chiefs

Aims to raise $4b for pandemic response

Country is seen as the epicentre of Covid-19 the outbreak in Latin America with over 2.39m confirmed virus cases

Country now has more than 1,100 deaths and over 52,000 cases

Brazil is epicenter of outbreak with over 500,000 cases

"It's not the ending we had wanted, we were convinced we could save ourselves on the pitch," Argentine said

Argentine official sheds light on how the pandemic is shaking up every aspect of people’s lives

After President Fernandez receive a message from the mother of a 7-year old boy who had recently lost his first tooth

Argentina has so far registered 128 confirmed cases of coronavirus, with three deaths

Bulgaria reports first two coronavirus cases, Argentina reports first fatality

He left Bolivia last month and initially received asylum in Mexico

One of two teams invited to the South American championship, will also face Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay and Chile

The crowd cheered the Barca star throughout and it was the forward who helped his side draw level in the 63rd minute

Player, coach tell each other to ‘shut mouth’ as Barcelona star’s side beat Brazil

Climate warming has slowly but clearly been shrinking the glaciers along the Andean Cordillera above the valleys

The return to power of protectionist Peronists comes amid a lengthy recession and a debt crunch

Germans flew into a 2-0 lead with first-half goals before Lucas Alario turned the game when he came on

Loew’s side is level on 12 points from five matches with Northern Ireland at the top of Group C

Juventus striker says no one knows what will happen in the next two to three years

Qureshi says Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms, including against people under illegal occupation

Gimnasia y Esgrima currently sits at the bottom of the first division table, with one point from five matches

Peso opens 12.3% weaker at 61 per US dollar after Mauricio Macri announces measures

Maradona, 58, has had his problems in the past with substance abuse, including cocaine.

The Argentine called the South American Football Confederation "corrupt"

Loan programme aims to help country stabilise its economy

Barca star was fumed that South American football's governing body CONMEBOL was biased towards the tournament hosts

Argentina’s captain had hit out at South American football's governing body CONMEBOL, accusing them of "corruption"

South American body says Argentinian star’s corruption claims are unfounded

It's the second complaint made by AFA about the semi-final having protested to CONMEBOL

Coach Tite praises 22-year-old for never giving up

Messi will get another chance to break his tournament duck next year when the Copa America takes place in Argentina

It was a miserable night for Messi, whose hopes of landing a major international honour with Argentina died again

Scaloni believes five-times world player of the year can offer just as much value to his country as a workhorse

Hosts have yet to concede a goal in four matches while Argentina kept clean sheets in their last two matches

Brazil defender says his side will not take their eyes off the Argentina captain for a minute in their semi-final

Scaloni’s side is set to have a mouth-watering Copa semi-final against hosts Brazil in Belo Horizonte

Scaloni’s side defeated Venezuela 2-0 in the quarter finals of Copa America

Scaloni’s men face unbeaten Venezuela in the Copa America quarter-final

Scaloni’s victory over the Asian champions has put them into a quarter-final against Venezuela in Rio de Janeiro

Tournament guests and 14-times winners Argentina each only have one point after two games

Defeat at the Minerao stadium would have meant that Argentina could finish no higher than third

The draw left Scaloni’s side with one point from two games and on the bottom of the table with one game remaining

Argentina are bidding to win a first major international trophy in 26 years

Argentina legend says performance against Colombia showed maybe 'Tonga could beat us'

Phil Neville's side is now one point away from securing first-place finish in Group D

Result ensured Borrello's Argentina avoided defeat for first time in a World Cup match

"I'm more excited about winning for Leo than for myself because he has suffered so much"

Argentinian expertly opens scoring in 37th minute before grabbing another just 96 seconds later