Tag: Argentina
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Soccer jerseys: Functional and Fashionable
In a viral TikTok video, Zulan, an Argentine DJ and music producer, turned Clairo’s “4ever” into a pulsating house beat for a dancing and sweaty crowd in Los Angeles. She created the mix “with the LA show in mind,” noted the caption. For this LA show, Zulan donned Los Angeles Football Club’s “simple yet utterly…
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A new beginning for Argentinian football? Or a false start?
The Argentinian soccer club Estudiantes de La Plata sits in first place in the Liga Profesional de Fútbol’s Group A, tied with two other teams. The players are affectionately known as La Pincha. At games, fans chant an anthem putting down other teams: “I’m not a Boca fan because I was born in Argentina, I’m…
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Q&A with Daniel Edwards: An English football journalist in Buenos Aires
England and Argentina don’t mix well. There’s the Islas de Malvinas/Falkland Islands ownership debate, and the notorious Hand of God goal Argentine football legend Diego Maradona scored to knock out England in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The contentious history didn’t dissuade football journalist Daniel Edwards from looking for an internship in Buenos Aires after…
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