Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires ("Good Airs" in Spanish, originally meaning "Fair Winds") is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in South America. Buenos Aires is located on the southern shore of the River Plate, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent, opposite Montevideo, Uruguay. Buenos Aires is located at {{coor dm|34|40|S|58|24|W|}} (-34.667, -58.40).

Sports

Football is a passion for Argentines. The city has many teams playing in the major league. The best-known rivalry is the one between Boca Juniors and River Plate. Other major clubs include San Lorenzo de Almagro and Vélez Sarsfield.

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Football - Boca Juniors - River Plate - San Lorenzo de Almagro - Vélez Sarsfield

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Diego Armando Maradona, who was born in a poor suburb of Buenos Aires and is widely hailed as one of the greatest football players ever, started his career with Argentinos Juniors and later played for Boca Juniors (he also played for other clubs, notably Italian side SSC Napoli).

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Diego Armando Maradona - Argentinos Juniors - Boca Juniors - SSC Napoli

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Buenos Aires has been a candidate city for the Summer Olympic Games on two occasions: for the 1956 Games, where it lost by a single vote to Melbourne, and for the 2004 Games, which ultimately were awarded to Athens. Until this day, Argentina is the only founding member of the International Olympic Committee that has never hosted the games.

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Summer Olympic Games - 1956 Games - Melbourne - 2004 Games - Athens - International Olympic Committee

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Buenos Aires hosted the first Pan American Games which started on February 25, 1951, as well as the 1950 and 1990 basketball world championships and the 1978 football (soccer) World Cup (Argentina won that cup on June 25, 1978, defeating the Netherlands by a score of 3-1).

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Pan American Games - February 25 - 1951 - 1950 - 1990 - Basketball world championships - 1978 football (soccer) World Cup - Argentina - June 25 - Netherlands

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Buenos Aires Oscar Gálvez track hosted twenty editions of the Formula One Argentine Grand Prix between 1953 and 1998; its discontinuation was due to financial reasons. The track features local categories on most weekends.

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Oscar Gálvez - Formula One - Argentine Grand Prix - 1953 - 1998

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Argentines' preference for horses can be experienced in several ways: horse racing in the Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo racetrack, polo in the Campo Argentino de Polo -situated just across Libertador Avenue from the Hipódromo-, and pato, a kind of basketball played on horseback (sometimes called "horseball") that has been declared the national game in 1953 by an act of Congress.

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Horses - Horse racing - Racetrack - Polo - Pato - 1953

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Other popular sports in Buenos Aires are basketball, rugby, tennis, and field hockey.

Related Topics:
Basketball - Rugby - Tennis - Field hockey

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