Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors, known also as Boca Juniors or simply Boca, is a popular Argentine sports club, best known for its football team. Its home base is the neighborhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, and their home field is Estadio Alberto J. Armando, better known as La Bombonera. Their main rival is River Plate, with whom they contest the Superclásico.

Boca Juniors has won a record 18 international titles, equal to A.C. Milan. Their haul includes six Copa Libertadores, four Recopa Sudamericana, three world club titles (Intercontinental Cup), two Copa Sudamericana, one Copa Oro, one Supercopa Sudamericana, and one Supercopa Masters. Domestically, the club has won 23 national championships, second only to River Plate.

The club is a permanent fixture in the IFFHS Club World Ranking top 25, Boca is currently ranked 11th and has reached the top position of the monthly ranking 6 times (mostly during coach Carlos Bianchi's tenure).

Sports

Sports are an important element of every day life in Buenos Aires. This is shown in the following events that took place in the city: two volleyball world championships, one basketball world championship, one soccer world championship, countless Davis Cups, fights for the boxing world title, Formula 1 races, international rugby matches. Every year, the International Open Tennis Tournament and the Polo Open take place in the city.

In Buenos Aires, there are newspapers, supplements, radio and television programs exclusively devoted to sports. A characteristic situation in the city may be observed on a Sunday afternoon when people walk around with their radios close to their ear listening to the broadcast of soccer matches.