June 14 : Argentina start their bid for back-to-back World Cups on Tuesday with a side full of familiar faces from Qatar 2022, facing an Algerian team buoyed by warm-up wins and featuring a 20-year-old rising star nicknamed after Diego Maradona.The reigning champions are looking to defy the statistics after c

June 11 : Argentina returned to the top of the world rankings on Thursday right in time for their World Cup title defence as France dropped two spots to third.Argentina, who kick…

‘Dibu’ Martínez is back in action, but concerns over Nicolás Tagliafico’s fitness and Leonardo Balerdi’s replacement by Marcos Senesi have unsettled the Albiceleste camp