Argentina war vets urge focus on football for England World Cup semifinal
- One of sport’s great rivalries sees Argentina face England in an ever feisty encounter in the 2026 edition’s semifinal.
- A federation of Argentinian war veterans has called on football supporters to focus on the game ahead of their World Cup semifinal against England rather than use the match as a platform to push sovereignty claims over South Atlantic islands.
- Argentina and Britain fought a short conflict over the islands known by the British as the Falklands and by Argentinians as the Malvinas in 1982, in which 649 Argentinian soldiers and 255 British fighters died.
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- One of sport’s great rivalries sees Argentina face England in an ever feisty encounter in the 2026 edition’s semifinal.
- A federation of Argentinian war veterans has called on football supporters to focus on the game ahead of their World Cup semifinal against England rather than use the match as a platform to push sovereignty claims over South Atlantic islands.
- Argentina and Britain fought a short conflict over the islands known by the British as the Falklands and by Argentinians as the Malvinas in 1982, in which 649 Argentinian soldiers and 255 British fighters died.
Sources: Al Jazeera