Dakar Rally launched from Mar del Plata for a 45-day race through Argentina, Chile and Peru. Photographer Irena Atanasoska shares her photos from kick-off in the coastal city, which drew thousands of people out to see their favourite drivers.
by Irena Atanasoska, 04 January 2012.
Dakar Rally launched from Mar del Plata for a 45-day race through Argentina, Chile and Peru. Photographer Irena Atanasoska shares her photos from kick-off in the coastal city, which drew thousands of people out to see their favourite drivers.
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by Charlie Ramsay, 27 December 2011.
If the name Peru Beach strikes you as a place unlikely to exist so close to the city of Buenos Aires, you might be surprised to learn about Peru Beach Sporting Club, a water sports mecca that quietly flourishes on the banks of the River Plate in Zona Norte. Charlie Ramsay takes a train ride out of town to find out more.
by Mark Orton, 23 December 2011.
These are heady days for Argentine rugby, and there is one man who has been a key element of recent successes and in the rise of the Pumas to the world elite. Mark Orton talks to captain, Felipe Contepomi.
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by Rory McClenaghan, 16 December 2011.
At the halfway stage of River Plate’s first ever season out of Argentine football’s top division, Rory McClenaghan wonders whether the humbling experience of relegation may have been good for the club.
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by Rory McClenaghan, 06 December 2011.
The season isn’t quite finished, but with Boca Juniors already crowned as champions and no relegation until next year, Rory McClenaghan looks back at the first Apertura season without River Plate.
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by Randall Ware, 24 November 2011.
Randall Ware catches up with some of the regulars at one of Buenos Aires’ long-established fishing clubs.
by Mark Orton, 14 November 2011.
Argentina’s national rugby team, the Pumas, had their place in the elite of world rugby confirmed with the launch of The Rugby Championship last week. Mark Orton reports.
by Rosalind Walters, 01 November 2011.
Rosalind Walters speaks to the official Racing Club photographer about capturing the moments of unbridled passion—among players and fans—of Argentine football.
by Blanka Hay, 04 October 2011.
At Ritmos Latinos (Latin Rhythms), Blanka Hay says you can get a full body workout grinding and shaking to Latin Beats in Palermo’s parks…all for free.
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by Warren Wilkins, 27 September 2011.
World middlewieght boxing champion Sergio Martínez, known in his native Argentina as ‘el maravilla’, takes time out from his training schedule to speak to Warren Wilkins about life in and out of the ring.
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This week we revisit Sanra Ritten's piece from 2008 which is the ultimate guide to 'naughty' Argentine slang and expressions.