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	Argentine Football Shirts - Primera División de Argentina
		The Primera División (first division) is the top level of football in Argentina run by the Argentine Football Association, the league turned professional in 1931.
		From February to June the league is known as the Clausura and from August to December as the Apertura.
		According to the latest statistics the Argentine league is rated as one of the top five in the world.
	www.football-shirts.co.uk /argentine.html (85 words)

	Argentine Football Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Argentine Football Association (AFA) (Spanish: Asociación del Fútbol Argentino) is the governing body of football in Argentina.
		It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team.
		The Argentine Association Football League (in english) was founded on February 21, 1893, to be later renamed Argentine Football Association in 1903, and translated into Asociación Argentina de Football (Argentine Football Association) in 1912.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Argentine_Football_Association (244 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Sport (A-M)
		Association Football is a variation of football played at Cambridge in the first half of the 19th century.
		Association football is played by teams of 11 a side with a spherical inflated leather ball 27-28 inches in circumference and about 14 ounces in weight.
		Football is the name of several games involving the kicking of an inflated ball around a pitch, the modern football games evolving around the middle of the 19th century, but football was known to the ancient Britons, and was censured and opposed by Edward II in 1314.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/O1.HTM (10998 words)

	SportsKnowHow.com - Soccer Rules - Argentine Football Association (AFA)
		The association was initially known as the Argentine Association Football League, which was founded on February 21, 1893.
		Moreover, in November 1926, the association again changed its name to Asociación Amateur Argentina de Football; and from June 1931 to November 3, 1934, it was known as the Asociación de Football Amateur y Profesionales.
		Moreover, the Asociacion Amateurs de Football, yet another football association, was founded on September 22, 1919; and in November 1926, also merged with the Asociación Argentina de Football.
	www.sportsknowhow.com /soccer/rules/argentine-football-association.html (255 words)

	Soccer History
		These rules provided the basis of the laws of association football, which were agreed on at a meeting of alumni from various public schools at the historic meeting in London's Freemason's Tavern on October 26, 1863 and at five subsequent meetings.
		A football association was founded in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, in 1886, and three years later in the south island province of Otago.
		Argentine soccer was the first to become professional, which it did in 1931 after various splits over the issue prompted by the loss of star players to Italy.
	www.wayso.net /soccer_history.htm (9318 words)

	Argentina national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina, controlled by the Argentine Football Association.
		Argentina is one of the most successful national football teams, having won two World Cups and is currently the World Youth Champion and holder of the 2004 Olympic Gold Medal.
		La Selección, as they are known by Argentines, have appeared in four World Cup finals, including the first final in 1930, which they lost 4-2 to Uruguay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Argentine_national_football_team (756 words)

	Martín Palermo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Martín El Loco Palermo, born November 7, 1973 in La Plata, Argentina, is a professional football player currently for Boca Juniors of Argentina.
		He played the last 15 minutes of the Quarterfinal match during the Copa America against River Plate, and scored the goal that sealed the round with what he calls 'the most emotional goal of my carrier' setting the score 3 - 0 for Boca Juniors (the first match ended 0 - 1).
		With the Argentina national football team he played 7 matches, and scored 3 goals.
	www.olive-oil-facts.info /en/wikipedia/m/ma/martin_palermo.html (379 words)

	Telegraph \| Sport \| English game - but our rules
		Daniel Passarella, a defender in the 1978 World Cup-winning squad and manager of the less successful 1998 one, claimed that football is the one area in which Argentina is not a Third World country.
		Argentines assimilated the concept of a team governed by rules which was brought by English sailors and tradesmen in the late 19th century, but added a little picardia Criolla - Creole cheekiness - to make the game their own.
		Argentines, notoriously inept at queuing and complying with the highway code, know the laws of association football - but unashamedly reserve the right to reinterpret them as they see fit.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2002/06/06/sfwarg07.xml (538 words)

	WWW.GELP.ORG - GELP HISTORY - ENGLISH VERSION
		It was there where the practice of football (or soccer as it is known in some parts of the globe) started.
		Football was an amateur sport and most matches were played against teams formed by sailors from British ships that stopped in the port of Ensenada.
		Besides football as a professional sport Gimnasia has amateurs teams in all the divisions that play in the same association and also teams that play in local leagues.
	www.geocities.com /angelo_clerici/eng_hist.htm (1942 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Duhalde vows to help Argentine clubs - Tuesday January 22, 2002 08:19 PM
		The financial situation at most Argentine football clubs has long been deteriorating as three years of recession have eaten into attendance figures and television revenues.
		AFA president Grondona even gave a cautious welcome to the proposal for external audits at the clubs.
		Grondona emphatically rejected suggestions that the Argentine football season should be delayed until the financial and economic turbulence lashing the country subsided.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2002/01/22/argentina_president (546 words)

	Boca and River. Love, death and adventure in the City of Football
		It is the sixth fixture of the Argentine football championship.
		Football thus represents a struggle for spatial occupancy, which is reflected by the showing of colors, the wearing of shirts, the filling of space with sound, and the identification of self with the rest of the crowd.
		A particular aspect of Argentine football is to throw paper and tape.
	www.efdeportes.com /efd47/byre.htm (3426 words)

	Emisiones - 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Football, otherwise known as soccer, became a way of life for the Argentine people as far back as the early nineteenth century.
		The man responsible for the sport's proliferation in Argentina was Scottish teacher Alexander Watson Hutton, who fathered the Argentine Association Football League, the organization which spawned the foundation of the AFA (Argentine Football Association) in 1893.
		Today, all Argentine families take an active interest in the game and, wherever two or more people are gathered, soccer inevitably becomes a topic of heated debate.
	www.correoargentino.com.ar /english/filateli/2001/9.htm (441 words)

	rediff.com sports: Argentina put faith in twin coaches
		If Argentina win the World Cup this year it will be the ultimate triumph of a football association that is a beacon of light in the darkness of a politically corrupt and economically bankrupt country.
		This measured control of the Argentine game at international level, a progression of the system that helped Cesar Luis Menotti to win the country's first World Cup in 1978 and a far cry from the disorganisation of earlier eras, is harder to implement in the domestic game.
		With the Argentine currency losing value after its recent flotation following a decade of parity with the dollar, the AFA has also asked the government for a reduction in match policing costs which are paid for by the clubs, Pekerman said.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2002/feb/22soc.htm (1081 words)

	Gabriel Batistuta - Argentina News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Argentine players might still have been among the most skilled in the world but their team was torn apart by the more advanced Europeans.
		Sweden was a catharsis for Argentine football and plunged the country into the dark days of negative, often violent play of the 1960s as they lost their way looking for the best means of achieving what they believed was their birthright, international success.
		Every "disaster" in Argentine football since has been referred to in the context of Sweden 1958, the most salient case being their 5-0 home defeat by Colombia in a World Cup qualifier in Buenos Aires in 1993.
	www.gabrielbatistuta.net /argentina/june/news06102002d.html (608 words)

	Mideast Dispatch Archive: Israeli and Palestinian children in Japan for football and friendship
		The week-long programme of football matches, camping, concerts and stays with Japanese families was paid for by donations from Japanese individuals.
		Argentine Football Association President to Wiesenthal Centre: "I Urge FIFA to Reject and Repudiate All Forms of Discrimination of the State of Israel in International Football"
		Grondona committed the AFA to "a programme promoting tolerance and coexistence in the football community to focus on youth," in cooperation with the Simon Wiesenthal Centre.
	www.tomgrossmedia.com /mideastdispatches/archives/000098.html (1862 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet Global: News - Huge cash loan needed to avert strike
		The Argentine Players Union (FAA) announced on Monday that the Argentine championship, due to start at the weekend, would not go ahead because its members were still owed millions of dollars in unpaid wages and bonuses.
		The AFA has already asked for a loan from the Banco de la Nacion but said the interest rates were too high.
		Argentine clubs are in chronic financial difficulties and are forced to sell their top players abroad to try and make ends meet.
	www.soccernet.com /global/news/2001/0801/20010801argstrikeloan.html (365 words)

	Dakar - F1 - Moto125cc - Moto250cc - MotoGP - WRC - Foot - Coupe du monde de football 2006 - Toutes les équipes
		Dakar - F1 - Moto125cc - Moto250cc - MotoGP - WRC - Foot - Coupe du monde de football 2006 - Toutes les équipes
		Mais pour la Coupe du monde de football en Allemagne dès le 9 juin 2006, Raymond Domenech annonce qu'il va titulariser Fabien Barthez, vainqueur du Mondial 98 et de l'Euro 2000, plutôt que Grégory Coupet, cinq fois champion de France avec Lyon : il n’est que le second gardien.
		Sainte Jeanne d'Arc le Poiré sur Vie Football.
	sport.caradisiac.com (321 words)

	Inter Press Service News Agency
		Of the 104 players in Austria, 31 now have steady jobs, 12 were offered contracts as professional footballers or coaches, and 49 saw their situations improve in terms of social insertion.
		The Argentine Football Association (AFA) donated equipment and kit, including shirts in the official vertically-striped light-blue and white, although without the AFA insignia.
		This year, their football training has been complemented by English lessons so that players will be able to communicate with their counterparts from Europe, Asia and Africa.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/sendnews.asp?idnews=24777 (1073 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Argentine football was twice halted last year as players went on strike in protest over unpaid wages and salaries.
		After protracted negotiations between the FAA, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and the country’s labour ministry to find a solution, the players agreed to have the money paid to them over 18 months.
		South American football has reached a critical state, as a collapse in the sport’s fortunes worldwide has coincided with recession around the region.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1021108/asp/sports/story_1365532.asp (663 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Sports \| Briefs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Korean Football Association (KFA) admitted the country's rainy season could cause problems if matches were held in June and July, the time the World Cup finals are regularly held.
		FIFA, football's international governing body, said that it had imposed a deadline of 7 August for the federation and government administration to reach accord.
		The football governing body is insisting that PFF executive committee members suspended by the administration be reinstated by 7 August at the latest.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1998/388/sp4.htm (858 words)

	rediff.com sports: Argentine football continues despite violence
		The Argentine government has backed down from its threat to suspend domestic soccer, which has been hit by a wave of violence off the field, instead it demanded tougher penalties for hooligans.
		He said the government would also demand that the Argentine Football Association (AFA) enforce rules which call for clubs to have championship points deducted if their supporters are involved in violence.
		The violence is the latest blow to Argentine domestic football, which is in a deep financial crisis.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2002/mar/06argen.htm (550 words)

	Gabriel Batistuta - Argentina News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Before the start of the World Cup, the AFA revealed they owed Bielsa a large sum in past wages and bonuses.
		Grondona said the Argentine dressing room, from which he was speaking, resembled a funeral.
		Football's like that, there's no point in turning the thing over and over.
	www.gabrielbatistuta.net /argentina/june/news06132002d.html (438 words)

	ContiSoccerWorld - 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ Participant: Argentina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Their chances of doing so aren’t bad, for the Argentines are currently considered to be one of the world’s best teams.
		The head coach of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) could send four different sides out on the pitch that could all hold their own against the world’s top teams.
		Back then, the Argentines had taken two of the previous three championships after winning their first title on home soil in 1978.
	www.conti-online.com /generator/www/de/en/continental/contisoccerworld/themes/03_2006_fifa_world_cup/01_groups/group_c/wm_team_argentinien_en.html (920 words)

	Diego Maradona profile
		However, despite his enormous talent, Argentine coach Cesar Menotti does not include him in his final squad of 22 players for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina - saying that Maradona is too young to handle the pressures of the world's greatest soccer tournament.
		A decision that was to be a wise one as Argentina lift the famous trophy after beating Holland in the final, with Mario Kempes being the hero of the Argentine fans - but Maradona was to have his day.
		He further adds weight to these claims, when in 1987 he leads Napoli to win their first ever Scudetto in the history of the club, and in May 1989, leads them to victory in the UEFA Cup - their first victory ever in an international competition.
	jamesb007mi6.tripod.com /genius/maradona.htm (1154 words)

	SI.com - Soccer - Maradona proclaims Messi as his successor - Friday February 24, 2006 3:33PM
		Argentine Football Association president Julio Grondona was also full of praise for Messi and said Messi reminded him of the young Maradona who burst on to the Argentine scene 30 years ago.
		Maradona, already a teenage senior international, was overlooked by coach Cesar Luis Menotti for the Argentine team that won the 1978 World Cup.
		Messi, on the other hand, is expected to follow his central role in Argentina's fifth World Youth Cup success in the Netherlands last year by featuring for his country at the World Cup in Germany starting in four months' time.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /rssclick/2006/soccer/02/24/bc.sport.soccer.messi?section=si_latest (369 words)

	Anti-Semitic Argentine soccer fans carrying swastikas outrage Jewish community. -- Beliefnet.com
		He said several prominent Jewish groups were appealing to the country's soccer governing body, the Argentine Football Association, to take action against the club.
		The incident was the second involving racist behavior by Argentine soccer fans or players in recent weeks.
		In 2001, a match between two Argentine clubs was suspended after fans chanted anti-Semitic slurs against a team of predominantly Jewish players.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/166/story_16601_1.html (330 words)

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