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Mexico earned the hosting rights to the 1955 Pan-American Games, which would include women's basketball, volleyball, and other sports. Photographs show the Argentine and U.S. men's basketball teams, which repayed the final from a the previous year…

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The closing ceremonies were a bit more formal and solemn, with Juan and Eva Perón honoring the participating nations and athletes at the River Plate stadium.

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President Perón inaugurates the cycling track in Palermo named after him, and built for the Pan American Games, with over 10,000 spectators in attendance. In his speech, Perón emphasizes that the new venue would be open to all Argentines regardless…

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Coverage of the opening ceremonies highlights the presence of the President and First Lady and celebrates the brotherhood of American states.

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The opening lines of this article — "The nation, on its path toward athletic maturity, will, beginning today, attend to the opening ceremony of the first Pan-American Games that will take place at the President Perón Stadium in Avellaneda ..." —…

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List of results from Estudiantes while playing overseas

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Public sentiment against Estudiantes grows, especially in light of Argentina's failure to qualify for the 1970 World Cup; however, only Boca Juniors seems to possess the team unity and purpose of the team from La Plata.

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One of the growing number of profiles on coaches in an age where they garnered a lot of attention.

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Argentina is the sole candidate for the 1978 World Cup and due to the selection of Mexico as the host of the 1970 tournament, the South American country will be unopposed. A follow-up article shares the concern of FIFA chief Sir Stanley Rous that a…

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FIFA will treat the South American case, especially its decision to exclude Argentina from the 1970 World Cup in Mexico

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The magazine does not make it clear that a rupture of relations should only involve River's administration; nonetheless, the article portrays Racing as the jilted bride whose wooing made it possible for one of Argentina's greatest players to return…

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As the magazine kept up its pressure on River Plate to allow the transfer of Moreno to Rácing, including a cover image of Moreno sporting its jersey, AFA eventually weighs in and says that Moreno must honor the remainder of his old contract with…

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The club is fed up with River's president Antonio Liberti and his stubborn refusal to let Moreno sign for Racing. Fan magazines like this one regularly agitated fans with perceived injustices ("the world is against us" mentality). It is easy to see…

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Moreno was a star player for River Plate in the 1930s and 1940s but left for Mexico to earn a much higher salary. After Racing and Moreno agree to a contract, River stalls his return from Mexico and then demands that he respect his previous contract…

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Although Racing feels disadvantaged by AFA politics when it comes to providing amnesty for players, it takes pride in how few players from Racing left for Mexico.

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With the national team's failure to qualify for the World Cup, and the only notable performance from Huracán's own player Rendo, the article delivers a harsh critique of the modern style of play based on strength. Instead, it states that quality,…
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