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Argentina ex-president Macri accused of spying on 400 journalists

World Agence France Presse - 8 Jun 2020

The complaint states that the background checks on journalists were "neither ordered nor authorised by any magistrate"

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Rehumanising Diego Maradona

Sport Carlos Amato - 13 May 2020

In two recent documentaries, we finally get up close to the complicated sadness of Argentina’s original football deity

Who’s who in the Rugby World Cup?

Article Luke Feltham & Eyaaz Matwadia - 19 Sep 2019

The Springboks are in the mix but there is no shortage of volunteers to break the Kiwi grip on rugby’s top honour

IMF wilfully takes austerity road

Article Jayati Ghosh - 23 Aug 2019

East Asia 1998, Greece 2008, Argentina 2018. The fund knows the suffering its loans cause, yet it has gone ahead in Ecuador

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How have the All Blacks remained the world’s best for over a decade?

Article Luke Feltham - 26 Jul 2019

New Zealand have a chance to do the incredible in Japan later this year and win a third consecutive World Cup

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Messi vows to play on after latest Argentina heartache

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Jul 2019

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

Ecuador’s highest court approves same-sex marriage

Article Agency - 13 Jun 2019

The Constitutional Court said same-sex marriage had been approved in a five-to-four vote of its nine judges in a closed door hearing

Thank Donald Trump for fuel-pump bump

Article Kevin Davie - 12 Oct 2018

United States’s enfant terrible Donald Trump’s sanctions on Iran are hurting Opec’s third-largest exporter at 2.4-million barrels a day

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IMF cuts global growth forecast to 3.7% for 2018, 2019 as risks rise

Article Heather Scott - 9 Oct 2018

An upswing in economic risks has prompted the International Monetary Fund to cut its forecast for world growth

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Key things to watch in Argentina after IMF boosts loan

Article Agency - 27 Sep 2018

The renegotiated IMF deal is designed to ease concerns over Argentina's loan financing needs and currency fluctuations

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Maradona offers to coach Argentina for free after World Cup debacle

Article Agency - 3 Jul 2018

Diego Maradona wants to return to the position of Argentina coach, as Jorge Sampaoli faces pressure to resign following their World Cup travails

Rugby looks north for inspiration

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Feb 2017

The global game is in flux and at the moment all the cards lie with England and France.

My shame: My father, a monster

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Oct 2016

A son seeks redemption by testifying against the man who exposed him to the brutality of Argentina’s dark days.

Argentina relish scrum challenge

Article Paul Rees - 22 Oct 2015

Argentina are looking forward to confronting Australia up front at Twickenham on Sunday.

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Maradona echoes approval for the arrests of Fifa’s ‘old bastards!’

Article Jonathan Watts - 28 May 2015

From Diego Maradona’s delight to the denials of regional football bosses, Latin America has lapped up the unfolding Fifa corruption scandal.

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