Topic: Juan Roman Riquelme

Riquelme seen with Villareal in 2005. Will he come back to La Liga and help his team avoid relegation? Denis Doyle/Getty Images . With Villareal...

Argentine top flight ready for life without River

The Argentine Apertura season that kicks off this weekend will go down in history as the first ever to be played without River Plate, after the Buenos Aires giants were relegated.River, the "Millionaires" who have won a record 33 titles, were ...
Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has raised fresh doubts about his future in football after admitting he is "tired" of the game, while also criticising the attitudes of some young players.The City captain has previously expressed a desire to retire from ...

Argentina's Riquelme won't play under Maradona

Boca Juniors veteran playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme has insisted he will not don the colours of Argentina again as long as Diego Maradona is coach. "As long as Maradona is coach I will not return to the national side - we are not ...
Newly-appointed Argentina coach Diego Maradona has fallen out with Boca Juniors over his wish to select the club's star striker Juan Roman Riquelme for a November 19 friendly against Scotland in Glasgow.The Buenos Aires side threatened on Tuesday not to ...

Olympics Argentina 3-0 Brazil

It promised to be a very even contest between two teams who had only conceded a combined one goal in eight matches so far in the Olympic Games. But, although the first half was tied at 0-0, Argentina went on to thrash ...

Sven to make move for Argentina striker

Last updated at 11:22am on . Manchester City manager Sven Goran Eriksson is lining up a £6m bid for Argentina World Cup star Juan Riquelme.. Making a move: Riquelme could be on his way to the City of Manchester Stadium. According to ...
Argentina set up a Copa America final against rivals Brazil by beating Mexico 3-0 with a performance that bore all the characteristics of champions. Gabriel Heinze, Juan Roman Riquelme and Leo Messi were on target as the victors moved a step closer ...
For the opening two games, the coach struggled to find the right two players to fill the boots of Ronaldinho and Kaka, who both asked to miss the Copa America because of fatigue. " Uruguay, who came here with such hopes, were awful ...