One of the World Cup's oldest mysteries finally may be solved after claims were made this week of a sinister plot involving mass corruption, government interference and torture. Argentina's 1978 ...

The date was June 21, 1978, and host nation Argentina found themselves on the brink of elimination from the World Cup. Despite successfully navigating a highly competitive first group stage where they ...

Argentine “full-time” 1978 World Cup-winning defender Luis Adolfo Galván died Monday at the age of 77 due to bilateral pneumonia and kidney failure, just one year after that team's coach, César Luis ...

The 1978 football World Cup was an extraordinary event, marked by the victory of the Argentina national football team at Buenos Aires. Their iconic blue and white attire, the loud cheer of more than ...

Despite a threatened boycott by several nations in protest at the Videla military regime, all the qualifiers assembled in Argentina for the 1978 finals. The same format as 1974 was adopted -- two ...

The 1978 World Cup came to South America at a time in which thousands of people were disappearing at the hands of a murderous military junta Roughly 10 blocks separate two structures in the Nunez ...

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Luis Galvan, who played in every match in Argentina's 1978 World Cup winning campaign, died on Monday aged 77, the Argentinian Football Association (AFA) announced. Galvan had ...

Argentina's Mario Kempes celebrates scoring against the Netherlands in the 1978 World Cup final in Buenos Aires. ((Getty Images)) The World Cup returned to South America in 1978, but political ...

With the certainty of meeting the rivals of the Mexican National Team at the next Qatar 2022 World Cup, the uncertainty revolves around the possibilities that the national team to pass the group stage ...

Roughly 10 blocks separate two structures in the Nunez neighbourhood of Buenos Aires that are synonymous with Argentina's 1978 World Cup win and the country that celebrated. The first is River Plate's ...

Despite a threatened boycott by several nations in protest at the Videla military regime, all the qualifiers assembled in Argentina for the 1978 finals. The same format as 1974 was adopted -- two ...