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Fermin Robilotte, 27, gets a tattoo of Argentina's soccer star Lionel Messi, after Argentina's soccer national team won FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Tomas Cuesta NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Argentine Tattooists Swamped By Demand For Messi Tributes

Since Argentina's World Cup win turned Buenos Aires into a massive street party, tattoo artists have been hard at work inking the image of Lionel Messi on the bodies of fans paying tribute to the man…

22 December 2022
Soccer Football - Argentina team arrives to Buenos Aires after winning the World Cup - Buenos Aires, Argentina - December 20, 2022 Argentina coach Leonel Scaloni and Lionel Messi with the trophy during the team's arrival at Ezeiza International Airport REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

Argentina's World Cup Winners Arrive Home To Hero's Welcome

Thousands of ecstatic fans gave Argentina's football squad a hero's welcome in Buenos Aires in the early hours before dawn on Tuesday after the plane carrying Lionel Messi and his World Cup-winning…

20 December 2022
Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Final Qatar 2022 - Fans in Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires, Argentina - December 18, 2022 Argentina fans celebrate winning the World Cup REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

'We Love This Team': Argentina Street Party Explodes After World Cup Win

Hundreds of thousands of Argentines poured into the streets on a sunny Sunday in Buenos Aires, ecstatic after a nail-biting victory on penalties in the World Cup final over France made the South…

18 December 2022
Soccer Football - World Cup - Group D - Nigeria vs Argentina - Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia - June 26, 2018 Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo

Argentines Forsake Buying Homes To See Messi Play in World Cup

Emiliano Matrangolo, 39, a business administration graduate in Buenos Aires, is putting everything on the line for the chance to travel to the soccer World Cup in Qatar to cheer on his team, one of…

07 November 2022
Japanese tango dancers Kozo Yamamoto, 74, and Yoshiko Mamada, 50, perform during the Tango World Championship salon qualifiers, in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 9, 2022. REUTERS/Lucila Sigal

World Tango Dancers Flock To Spiritual Home Buenos Aires

Over 500 tango dancers from Argentina and the world are congregating in Buenos Aires for a major festival of the dance in its spiritual home, with concerts, classes, and competitions to compete for…

11 September 2022
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