Inky Mark, Former Canada MP, Arrested After Police Find 439 Guns and Cannon in His Home

Rather than rally behind the tournament’s last Latin American team, other countries in the region are confronting Argentina’s fraught claims to its own identity.

For Argentina, a World Cup Semifinal Against England Isn’t Just Soccer

Wednesday’s contest for a spot in the final carries the weight of a 1986 contentious clash, a war over the Falklands and a national mythology built around Diego Maradona.

Antonio Rattín, Whose World Cup Expulsion Led to Penalty-Card System, Dies at 89

The ejection of the Argentine soccer star during a 1966 match against England led to the introduction of yellow and red cards.