Julio Grondona president of Argentina’s Football Association, AFA, and FIFA Vice-president strongly denied having been bribed to support Qatar World Cup bid in 2022 and said the only time he ever ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Julio Grondona, the head of the Argentine Football Association, confirmed Wednesday that doping controls were done away with during the World Cup qualifying playoff against ...

BUENOS AIRES, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The shadow of the late Julio Grondona is hanging over the Argentine Football Association (AFA) after a botched presidential election left the two rivals to his ...

"No one's removing me from the AFA until I die." In the end, Julio Grondona's words proved accurate. The longtime head of the Argentina Football Association died Wednesday at the age of 82. It's a ...

* Grondona dies of aneurysm aged 82 * Had been AFA president since 1979 * Was an influential figure at FIFA (Writes through with fresh quotes, detail) By Luis Ampuero BUENOS AIRES, July 30 (Reuters) - ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Julio Grondona, head of the Argentine Football Association, confirmed Wednesday that doping controls were done away with during the World Cup qualifying playoff against ...

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One of Argentina's leading newspapers said Friday that Julio Grondona should resign as the president of the Argentine Football Association. The newspaper La Nacion, in its main editorial, questioned ...