Argentina and Uruguay will renew their historic rivalry when they clash in Saturday’s Copa America quarterfinals with all eyes on potential match-winners Lionel Messi and Diego Forlan. Uruguay won the first Copa America in 1916 and kept their momentum going through to the first World Cup, which they lifted in 1930. With that inaugural [...]

  Colombia held hosts Argentina to a 0-0 draw in a Copa America match riddled with missed chances that they should have won to retain their two-point lead in Group A on Wednesday. Argentina goalkeeper Sergio Romero made four saves from the Colombia attack when they had only him to beat, earning the man of [...]

  His rampaging runs and goal scoring exploits with Barcelona have left little doubt that Lionel Messi is the best soccer player in the world today. But you could even forget those constant highlight-reel runs — the stats speak for themselves. The soon-to-be three-time Ballon d’Or winner has scored nearly a goal a game for [...]

  Hosts Argentina feel it is their ‘obligation’ to win the Copa America with a team built around Lionel Messi and cannot stomach the idea of finishing behind arch-rivals Brazil for a third time in a row. The old enemies met in the last two finals of South America’s top soccer tournament, with Brazil upsetting [...]