Sport in Argentina

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Pato is the national sport in Argentina. Patogame.JPG
Pato is the national sport in Argentina.

The practice of sports in Argentina is varied due to the population's diverse European origins and the mostly mild climate. Association football is the most popular discipline and other sports played both professionally and recreatively athletics, auto racing, basketball, boxing, cycling, field hockey, fishing, golf, handball, mountaineering, mountain biking, padel tennis, polo, roller hockey, rowing, rugby union, sailing, skiing, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. Argentine achievements can be found in team sports such as association football, basketball, field hockey and rugby union, and individual sports such as boxing, golf, tennis and rowing. Pato, the national sport, is not very popular.

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Argentina is one of the most important sport powers in the region, ending at the top of the medal count at the South American Games since 1978, with exceptions in 2002 and 2010. In the all-time medal table of the Pan American Games, Argentina holds first place among South American countries and fourth place in the Americas, behind the United States, Canada and Cuba. Despite a relative lack of success at the Olympic level in more traditional sports like athletics, swimming, and gymnastics, Argentina has had successful participations in other sports like association football, basketball, field hockey, roller hockey, padel tennis, polo and rugby union.

Football

Argentina playing against Uruguay in 1927. The Clasico del Rio de la Plata is one of the oldest derbies in the world. Arg vs urug 1927.jpg
Argentina playing against Uruguay in 1927. The Clásico del Río de la Plata is one of the oldest derbies in the world.

Football is the most popular sport in Argentina and part of the country's culture. The sport is played by children during breaks at school and by grown-ups on the plenty of both indoor and outdoor fields located throughout the country.

The national team has won the FIFA World Cup three times (in 1978, 1986 and 2022), successive Olympic gold medals (in 2004 and 2008), a record sixteen Copa América, one Confederations Cup and six World Youth Championships. Argentine clubs have won the Copa Libertadores, the top continental competition, a record 25 times and the Intercontinental Cup or FIFA Club World Cup 9 times, a record shared with Brazilian clubs. The Argentine Primera División is the top level domestic competition. The country's most famed football idols are Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi, both of whom captained the national team to a World Cup trophy.

Argentina's fiercest rival is Brazil and their rivalry is sometimes known as the "Battle of the South Americans". They have played each other numerous times in the Copa América and the Confederations Cup, and their clubs have met several times in the Copa Libertadores finals. Argentina is one of the few national teams in association football that have beaten Brazil on a regular basis. Argentine and Brazilian national youth teams have also met at various tournaments. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, the under-23 teams met in the semi-finals, with Argentina winning 3–0 in a hard-fought game. In addition, the aforementioned Maradona has been often compared with Brazilian iconic player Pelé.

Women's football is far behind in terms of popularity and professionalism. However, the women's national team has competed in the South American Championship since 1995, finishing as runner-up three times before winning the competition in 2006 with a 5–0 victory over Brazil. The national team also played in the 2003 and the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cups, but they finished last in the group on both occasions.

Basketball

Argentina and Uruguay national teams, playing in 1925 Argentina vs urug basket.jpg
Argentina and Uruguay national teams, playing in 1925

Basketball is a very popular sport, mostly in the provinces of Argentina. The Basketball Clubs' Association organizes the Liga Nacional de Básquet, the top-level league in the country. Although the National team won the first FIBA World Championship in 1950, the sport did not gain country-wide popularity until the 2000s, when the national team conquered the Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and had a good performance in the 2002, 2006, 2010 World Championships finishing on the second, fourth, fifth position respectively. The national team also won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the 2019 World Championship, the national team finished second again. The national team has won the FIBA AmeriCup in 2001, 2011 and 2022.

Argentine NBA star Manu Ginóbili also won NBA Championship rings in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014 as a member of the San Antonio Spurs, the 2007 victory included his compatriot Fabricio Oberto.

Although women's basketball is not professional in Argentina, the national team participates in most international competitions, reaching their highest point at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women where they finished in the 9th place.

Rugby union

Argentina facing England at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Argentina vs England 2011 RWC (1).jpg
Argentina facing England at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Rugby union is a popular and largely amateur sport. However, despite this amateurism, the national team have become one of the most powerful in the sport, finishing third in the 2007 Rugby World Cup and rising as high as third in the World Rugby Rankings (then known as the IRB World Rankings) immediately after. As of 2020, they have defeated every Tier 1 rugby nation. In particular, the Pumas have enjoyed a dominating record in recent years against France, going 7–2 since 2000, with a total points against of 7.

For the first 20 years of the sport's professional era, dating from 1996, most important Argentine players have emigrated to Europe (mainly to England and France). Probably the best known players are 1970s and 1980s star Hugo Porta; Agustín Pichot, Pumas captain during their 2007 World Cup run and now the vice chairman of World Rugby; his successor as captain, Felipe Contepomi; current star utility back Juan Martín Hernández; 1990s star and later Pumas head coach Santiago Phelan; Marcelo Loffreda, who coached the team during their 2007 World Cup run before leaving to take up the coaching post at English club power Leicester Tigers. The current head coach is previously mentioned Felipe Contepomi.

In 2012, Argentina joined New Zealand, Australia and South Africa in the Tri Nations Championship, which then became The Rugby Championship. In 2014, Argentina took their first victory in this competition against Australia in the first round. Argentina further cemented its links with SANZAAR when the country was added to that body's Super Rugby competition, which added teams based in Argentina and Japan in 2016.

Tennis

David Nalbandian and fans at the 2006 Australian Open. Nalbandian signing autographs at 2006 Australian Open.jpg
David Nalbandian and fans at the 2006 Australian Open.

Tennis has been quite popular among people of all ages since the 1970s and is the 2nd largest sport in Argentina, behind football, after both Guillermo Vilas and later Gabriela Sabatini in the 1980s reached the number 2 position and won several Grand Slams. Even though no Argentine player has thus far reached the first place at the ATP rankings, many Argentines have been among the most important in the circuit. During the 2000s a number of Argentine players were among the top 10 and the 2004 French Open featured an all-Argentine final. Gastón Gaudio won the Roland Garros in 2004. At the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup, David Nalbandian defeated world number 1 Roger Federer and the tournament gathered 4 Argentine players, an all-time record for any nationality. Most recently, Juan Martín del Potro has emerged as one of the leading players in the world, having won the 2009 US Open a few days before his 21st birthday. Argentina has won the World Team Cup four times, in 1980, 2002, 2007 and 2010 and has reached the semifinals of the Davis Cup 7 times in the last 10 years, losing the finals against Russia in 2006 and Spain in 2008 and 2011; the Argentine team also played the final in 1981, where they lost against the United States. The national squad won the 2016 Davis Cup.

Field hockey

Las Leonas, the women's national team. Las Leonas 2008 (completo).jpg
Las Leonas, the women's national team.

The women's national team Las Leonas is one of the world's most successful, with five Olympic medals, two World Cups, a World League and seven Champions Trophy. [1] The national team won the World Cup in 2002 and 2010. At the Olympic Games, it won the silver medal in 2000, 2012 and 2020, as well as bronze in 2004 and 2008. Las Leonas also won the annual Champions Trophy on seven occasions, in 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016 and the World League 2014-2015. Luciana Aymar is recognized as the best female player in the history of the sport, [2] being the only player to have received the FIH Player of the Year Award eight times. [3]

The men's national team Los Leones won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2014 World Cup and 2008 Champions Trophy. The national squad also won Pan American Games on ten occasions and the 2005, 2007 and 2012 Champions Challenges.

Roller hockey

Roller hockey is mainly played in the Cuyo region (especially in San Juan Province). Argentine players have an international quality, with the men's national team winning six Roller Hockey World Cup titles. The women's national team is the world's most successful team, having won six titles.

Auto racing

From rallying to Formula One, auto racing is a sport followed by a number of fans in Argentina. Formula One legend Juan Manuel Fangio was five times Formula One world champion under four different teams, winning 102 of his 184 international races, and is widely ranked as the greatest driver of all time. [4] Other distinguished racers were Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Juan Gálvez, José Froilán González, and Carlos Reutemann. [5] Years after Fangio's career was over, Carlos Reutemann was the best known Argentine driver of the 1970s. More recently José María López has emerged as one of the world's top touring car drivers, winning the World Touring Car Championship in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Argentine competitions include the TC 2000 and Turismo Carretera road racing series, as well as Rally Argentina of the World Rally Championship. Argentina has also hosted the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 editions of the Dakar Rally. Former events include the defunct Formula One Argentine Grand Prix and World Sportscar Championship's 1000 km Buenos Aires.

Boxing

Luis Firpo throws Jack Dempsey out of the ring in 1923; this was the basis for artist George Wesley Bellows' famous portrait. Firpo saca a Dempsey-Radiofoto del Grafico.jpg
Luis Firpo throws Jack Dempsey out of the ring in 1923; this was the basis for artist George Wesley Bellows' famous portrait.

Pascual Pérez was Argentina's first world boxing champion. There are Argentine boxing legends such as Carlos Monzón, Horacio Accavallo, Santos Laciar, Juan Martín Coggi and Nicolino Locche who held the world champion's title in their categories. Argentine boxers have, as of 2004, earned 24 Olympic medals, including seven gold medals.

Argentine boxer Victor Galindez was the third Latin American to win the world's Light-Heavyweight title (after Puerto Rico's José Torres and Venezuela's Vicente Rondon, WBA-recognized champion during the middle of the 1970s). Galindez died after he was run over by a car during an auto racing competition in which he took part.

In 1994, WBA world Middleweight champion Jorge Castro knocked out John David Jackson in the ninth round to retain his title in Monterrey, Mexico. Since Castro was on the brink of suffering a technical knockout loss when he won the fight, the punch with which he beat Jackson has become known as boxing's version of Diego Maradona's Hand of God goal.

Marcela Acuña is a world champion female boxer, and arguably one of the most popular fighters of the 2000s in Argentina.

Other fighters, such as Oscar Bonavena, Juan Roldán, and Luis Firpo, did not win world championships, but were also popular among boxing fans during their years as professional fighters.

On 17 April 2010, Sergio Martínez outpointed American Kelly Pavlik in Atlantic City to become the lineal Middleweight champion of the world.

Marcos René Maidana has also been champion in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Cricket

Buenos Aires C.C. and Rosario C.C. players posing together during a game, 1916. Buenosaires cricketclub rosariocc 1916.jpg
Buenos Aires C.C. and Rosario C.C. players posing together during a game, 1916.

Cricket has been played in Argentina since 1806, with the international side making its first appearance in 1868, against the Uruguay national team. The sport regained some popularity, due to the national team's participation at the World Cricket League, and the Argentina national women's cricket team at the Women's version of the ICC Americas Championship. Though cricket is a minor sport, Argentina is the strongest team in mainland South America, and are currently playing in division 1777 of the World Cricket League. There is a huge scope of development of the sport in this country, given that there are a large number of British descendants in Argentina. Argentina dominated the South American Cricket Championship.

Golf

Among the best in South America, the first prominent figure of this sport in Argentina was José Jurado. He was the first Argentine to travel to major international championships and is thus often credited as the "Father of Argentine Professional Golf". [6]

Other notable Argentine golfers include Roberto De Vicenzo, Antonio Cerdá, José Cóceres, Eduardo Romero, Ángel Cabrera, Andrés Romero and Ricardo González. De Vicenzo and Cerdá won the 1953 Canada Cup. In history, Argentine golfers won three Majors, Roberto De Vicenzo the British Open in 1967, and Ángel Cabrera the U.S. Open in 2007 and the Augusta Masters in 2009.

Handball

Although handball in Argentina lacks the popularity of this sport on the European continent, both in terms of infrastructure and federated players, the Handball is a firmly growing sport in Argentina with the men's national team regularly qualifying for the World Championship. Argentina has started producing world class talent, such as the brothers Diego and Sebastián Simonet.

The Men's national handball team won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games and at the 2019 Pan American Games and seven Pan American Handball Championships.

Padel tennis

Padel tennis is played by four and a half million amateur players in thirty five thousand courts; it is the most participated sport in Argentina. Professional players compete in National Circuit of tournaments. Argentina won 19 titles at the Padel Tennis World Championship (between women and men).

Polo

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Argentine Polo Open Championship.

Argentina's polo team won their first Olympic gold medal in 1924 and the second gold medal in 1936. Adolfo Cambiaso, Gonzalo Pieres, his brother Facundo, the Novillo Astrada brothers, the Heguy's, and Tommy Iriarte are currently ranked amongst the best polo players in the world. The three most important polo tournaments in the world, the Argentine Open, the Hurlingham Open, and the Tortugas Open are held in Argentina. Historically, Argentina has always been a leading country in this sport, and has been uninterrupted world champions since 1949 and Argentine players comprise most of the world's top ten players. Argentina has won five World Polo Championship.

Sailing

Argentina won 10 Olympic medals in sailing (1 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze), the Argentinian experience and level in this sport is high, even between young children competing in optimist class boats. Carlos Espínola is the sailor who won most Olympic medals in this sport with four. Santiago Lange won the World Championship on four occasions (1985, 1993, 1995 and 2004) and the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Volleyball

Volleyball has a professional male league. Argentina national volleyball team's best achievements are the bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics and 1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. The male team is usually ranked by the FIVB among the top 10 national teams in the world.

The national team also won the gold medal at the Pan American Games in three occasions (1995, 2015 and 2019).

Argentina featured national teams in beach volleyball that competed at the 2018–2020 CSV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup in both the women's and the men's sections. [7]

Water polo

Argentina's women's national under-20 water polo team made its debut at the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships. [8]

Olympic Games

Argentina was one of eight founding members of the International Olympic Committee, and first participated in the Olympic Games in 1900 with one single athlete. Argentine Olympic competitors have, from 1900 to 2016, garnered 77 medals (21 gold, 26 silver, 30 bronze); from 1924 to 1952, its athletes had good showings, giving the Argentine delegations global ranks of between 16th and 19th. From 1956 to 2000, however, Argentina did not win any gold medals, a situation that was reversed in 2004, when it acquired two and further so, in 2008, 2012 and 2016.

On 4 July 2013, Buenos Aires was selected as host city for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. [9]

Team nicknames

SportTeamNicknameTranslationRef.
Association football Men's La albicelesteThe white and sky blue [10]
Basketball Men's El almaThe soul
Basketball Women's Las gigantesThe giants [11]
Cricket Women's Las flamingosThe flamingos [12]
Field hockey Women's Las leonasThe lionesses [13]
Women's u-21 Las leoncitasThe little lionesses [14]
Field hockey Men's Los leonesThe lions
Handball Men's Los gladiadoresThe gladiators [15]
Paralympic association football Men'sLos murciélagosThe bats [16]
Roller hockey (Quad) Women'sLas águilasThe eagles [17]
Rugby union Men's Los pumasThe pumas [18]
Men's second team Argentina XVArgentina XV [19]
Men's u-20 Los pumitasThe little pumas [20]
Tennis Men's La legiónThe legion [21]
Volleyball Women's Las panterasThe panthers [22]

International events

Argentina has hosted a wide range of international competitions, among them:

Key
A: Partially or wholly hosted in Avellaneda
B: Partially or wholly hosted in Buenos Aires
C: Partially or wholly hosted in Córdoba
E: Partially or wholly hosted in Esperanza
J: Partially or wholly hosted in Jujuy
LP: Partially or wholly hosted in La Plata
MP: Partially or wholly hosted in Mar del Plata
M: Partially or wholly hosted in Mendoza
N: Partially or wholly hosted in Neuquén
Q: Partially or wholly hosted in Quilmes
R: Partially or wholly hosted in Rosario
S: Partially or wholly hosted in Salta
SJ: Partially or wholly hosted in San Juan
SF: Partially or wholly hosted in Santa Fe
TA: Partially or wholly hosted in Tandil
TI: Partially or wholly hosted in Tigre
TU: Partially or wholly hosted in San Miguel de Tucumán
V: Partially or wholly hosted in Villa Ballester
SportEventYearABCEJLPMPMNQRSSJSFTATITUV
Amateur wrestling FILA Wrestling World Championships 1969 NoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Association football Copa América 1916 YesYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Association football Copa América 1921 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Association football Copa América 1925 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Association football Copa América 1929 YesYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Association football Copa América 1937 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Association football Copa América 1946 YesYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Association football Copa América 1959 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Association football Copa América 1987 NoYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Association football Copa América 2011 NoYesYesNoYesYesNoYesNoNoNoYesYesYesNoNoNoNo
Association football FIFA U-20 World Cup 2001 NoYesYesNoNoNoYesYesNoNoYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
Association football FIFA World Cup 1978 NoYesYesNoNoNoYesYesNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Association football South American Youth Championship 1988 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Association football South American Youth Championship 1999 NoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNo
Association football South American Women's Championship 1998 NoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Association football South American Women's Championship 2006 NoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Athletics South American Championships 1918 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Athletics South American Championships 1924 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Athletics South American Championships 1931 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Athletics South American Championships 1941 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Athletics South American Championships 1952 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Athletics South American Championships 1967 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Athletics South American Championships 1983 NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNo
Athletics South American Championships 1997 NoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Athletics South American Championships 2011 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Basketball FIBA Americas Championship 1995 NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNo
Basketball FIBA Americas Championship 2001 NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Basketball FIBA Americas Championship 2011 NoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Basketball FIBA Basketball World Cup 1950 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Basketball FIBA Basketball World Cup 1990 NoYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesYesNoYesNoNoNoYes
Basketball FIBA Under-21 World Championship 2005NoNoYesNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Fencing World Fencing Championships 1962 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Fencing World Fencing Championships 1977 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Field hockey Men's Hockey Champions Challenge 2009 NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
Field hockey Women's Champions Trophy 1995 NoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Field hockey Women's Champions Trophy 2004 NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Field hockey Women's Champions Trophy 2007 NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Field hockey Women's Champions Trophy 2012 NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Field hockey Women's Champions Trophy 2014 NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Field hockey Men's Hockey World Cup 1978 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Field hockey Women's Hockey World Cup 1981 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Field hockey Women's Hockey World Cup 2010 NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Motorsport Formula One 1953-1998 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Shooting ISSF World Shooting Championships 1903 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Shooting ISSF World Shooting Championships 1949 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Volleyball FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship 1982 NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Volleyball FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship 2002 NoYesYesNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoYesYesYesNoNoNoNo
Multi-sport event South American Games 1982 NoYesNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoYesNoNoNoNo
Multi-sport event South American Games 2006 NoYesNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Multi-sport event Pan American Games 1951 YesYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNo
Multi-sport event Pan American Games 1995 NoYesNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoYesYesNoNoNo

Sports Originating in Argentina

The following sports originated in Argentina:

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  9. Buenos Aires elected as Host City for 2018 Youth Olympic Games
  10. "El fervor cordobés y los buenos antecedentes" [The fervor of Córdoba and the good antecedents]. La Nación (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2012. Y en algunos de ellos los goleadores aparecieron: tres tantos hizo Gabriel Batistuta en el 5 a 0 a Bosnia, en 1998, y los dos tantos con los que la albiceleste venció 2 a 0 a Ghana, en 2009, pertenecieron a Martín Palermo.
  11. "Polideportivo" [Sports news]. La Nación (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2012. El seleccionado argentino femenino, las Gigantes, consiguió una inolvidable victoria por 61-59 sobre Canadá y se clasificó para la final del FIBA Américas, que se juega en el Coliseo de Neiva, Colombia, en la que se medirá con el ganador del duelo que anoche sostenían Brasil y Cuba; el campeón del torneo obtendrá la única plaza directa para los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012, mientras que los otros semifinalistas se aseguraron un lugar en el repechaje.
  12. "¡Campeonas invictas!" [Undefeated champions!]. Asociación Argentina de Cricket (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. Retrieved 20 August 2012. Finalmente, el Seleccionado Femenino Argentino, ganó todos sus partidos en el Primer Sudamericano para quedarse con el torneo.
  13. "La fiesta inolvidable" [The unforgettable party]. La Nación (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2012. Misión cumplida: las Leonas ya eran campeonas mundiales y para ellas llegaba el instante mágico de la distensión total, del desahogo infinito; de vivir y palpitar la fiebre del sábado por la noche.
  14. "Ante Holanda, llegó el día decisivo para las Leoncitas" [Against the Netherlands, the decisive day has come for the Little Lionesses]. La Nación (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 16 August 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2012. Las Leoncitas buscarán concretar hoy el gran sueño de campeonas: desde las 16.30 de nuestro país, jugarán la final del Mundial Sub 21 ante Holanda.
  15. "Los Gladiadores se dieron el gusto y ante el local" [The Gladiators gave themselves the satisfaction and against the locals]. La Nación (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012. El mérito de los Gladiadores fue haber superado esa prueba frente a los anfitriones, a quienes vencieron por 32-21 en el tercer compromiso del Grupo A.
  16. "Kirchner, con los murciélagos" [Kirchner, with the Bats]. La Nación (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2012. El presidente Nestor Kirchner recibió esta mañana y felicitó al seleccionado de fútbol de ciegos bautizado como Los Murciélagos, que se acaba de consagrar bicampeón del mundo, y lo consideró como "un tremendo honor para todos los argentinos".
  17. "Las Aguilas golearon y se quedaron con el título" [The Eagles thrashed and grabbed the title]. La Nación (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2012. En el año de los mundiales, el hockey le dio a la Argentina su segunda gran alegría del año. Claro que esta vez la hazaña no fue sobre el césped, como lo habían sabido lograr las Leonas en Rosario, sino sobre los patines de las Águilas, el seleccionado femenino que ayer se consagró en España y consiguió el cuarto título mundial para la Argentina en la disciplina.
  18. "Otra actuación consagratoria llevó a la Argentina a un sitial de privilegio" [Another act of consecration took Argentina to a place of privilege]. La Nación (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2012. Pero si hay algo que dignifica al seleccionado es la opulencia de arrojo. Así fue, entonces, cómo los del Cardo se estrellaron con el coraje de los Pumas, responsables de otro hito del deporte argentino.
  19. "Los Jaguares abrieron su gira con una gran actuación" [The Jaguars opened their tour with a great performance]. La Nación (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2012. El segundo seleccionado argentino rindió en gran forma y no tuvo problemas para golear a Estados Unidos Select XV (57-10).
  20. "Los Pumitas batieron a Tonga y definirán el pase a semifinales con los All Blacks" [The Pumitas beat Tonga and will attempt to secure their passage to the semi-finals against the All Blacks]. La Nación (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2012. Fue una tarde soñada para los Pumitas. El seleccionado juvenil derrotó por 30-10 a Tonga, con 17 puntos del apertura del SIC, y definirá el sábado próximo el pase a las semifinales con Nueva Zelanda, que ayer goleó a Irlanda por 65-10 en el cierre de la segunda fecha de la Zona A.
  21. "Copa Davis: el sueño argentino" [The Davis Cup: Argentina's dream]. La Nación (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 18 November 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2012. Para la Legión argentina , esa enorme generación de jugadores que comanda David Nalbandian y a la que acaba de sumarse la juventud de Juan Martín del Potro, será la revancha de la final perdida hace dos años frente a Rusia, en Moscú.
  22. "Rusia se benefició con el éxito de Holanda" [Russia benefited from the success of Holland]. La Nación (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. 16 August 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2012. El seleccionado argentino femenino consiguió la tercera victoria en la gira europea que está realizando, como antesala de su participación en el Mundial de Alemania. Las Panteras, tal como se las conoce, superaron a Kazajstán por 3 a 2 (parciales de 25-14, 25-20, 20-25, 14-25 y 18-16), en un match disputado en Varna, Bulgaria.