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Pressure on Maradona's Argentina in final qualifier

AFP Global Edition 24 days ago

By Wednesday night, two-time world champions Argentina and their fans will know whether the decision to bring in Diego Maradona - national hero as a player, but a coaching novice - to replace Alfio Basile was inspired or crass. The Albiceleste appointed ...

Maradona's gauchos in last-chance saloon

AFP Global Edition 24 days ago

South America's gauchos are renowned for toughing things out in harsh conditions - but few would see much wisdom in changing their horses in mid-stream. Two-time world champions Argentina did just that last November in appointing Diego Maradona - national hero as ...

Chile invokes controversial anti-terror law

AFP Global Edition 25 days ago

Chile said it would invoke an anti-terror law from the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet to punish a recent spate of attacks in the south linked to unrest by native Mapuches. The controversial law triples the punishment for arson and illegal land occupation ...

Chile coach lauded as team makes to World Cup finals

AFP Global Edition 27 days ago

South American minnows Chile popped the Champagne corks Saturday as national team coach Marcelo Bielsa successfully guided his side through qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals. Modest Chile's 4-2 defeat of Colombia means they become the third of four automatic qualifiers ...

Former Argentina coach lauded as Chile make finals

AFP Global Edition 27 days ago

South American minnows Chile popped the Champagne corks Saturday as national team coach Marcelo Bielsa successfully guided his side through qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals. Modest Chile's 4-2 defeat of Colombia means they become the third of four automatic qualifiers ...

Chile qualifies, Argentina struggles in WC drama

AFP Global Edition 28 days ago

Diego Maradona's Argentina side struggled past doormat Peru 2-1 to set up a Wednesday showdown at Uruguay for a World Cup 2010 berth while Chile booked a place in South Africa by beating Colombia 4-2. The penultimate night of South American qualifying ...

Mexico, Italy, Germany, Denmark reach World Cup

AP News 28 days ago

Mexico, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Serbia, Chile and Ivory Coast qualify for World Cup Mexico and defending champion Italy qualified for next year's World Cup on Saturday along with Germany, Denmark, Serbia, Chile and the Ivory Coast. France, Ireland, Russia and Bosnia-Herzegovina assured ...

Mexico Apocalypse 2012

AP News 28 days ago

In this photo taken Oct. 3, 2009, Guatemalan Mayan Indian elder Apolinario Chile Pixtun poses for a portrait at the Iximche ceremonial site in Tecpan, Guatemala. Archaeologists, astronomers and modern-day Mayas shrug off the popular frenzy over the date of 2012, predicting ...

Maradona in spotlight in battle for World Cup

AFP Global Edition 28 days ago

Argentina coach Diego Maradona will be in the spotlight as six South American countries battle for the final berths for the 2010 World Cup final starting on Saturday. With Brazil and Paraguay already assured of their tickets to South Africa next year, ...

Chilean eruption highlights risk from 'rhyolitic' volcanoes

AFP Global Edition 31 days ago

Magma from a Chilean volcano shot through Earth's crust at around a metre (3.25 feet) per second, a speed highlighting the perils from so-called rhyolitic volcanoes, scientists reported on Wednesday. Volcanoes in this category provide some of Earth's most explosive events. They ...

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