Mar del Plata, Argentina - Both teams are hoping that the weekend Davis Cup final between host Argentina and a Spain missing Rafael Nadal will not erupt in violence or bad behavior from the partisan South American crowd.

Sparks have already flown at the indoor hard court venue when a short circuit caused a minor electrical fire as Juan Del Potro and Argentine teammate Jose Acasuso were training.

While the hitting session was stopped for a few minutes which the flames were brought under control it might take more than a few extinguishers to calm passions when the weekend tie begins with singles on Friday.

Mar del Plata, Argentina  - A short-circuit caused a small fire Tuesday in the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in the Argentine city of Mar del Plata, that is set to host the Davis Cup final between Argentina and Spain later this week.

Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro and Jose Acasuso were training when a lamp burst and caught fire. The players stopped their training session for a few minutes, while spectators watching from the stands were evacuated. The incident was soon solved.

Glasgow - The expectation surrounding Diego Maradona's debut as head coach of Argentina, in a friendly away against Scotland Wednesday, is not catching on among fans.

On Tuesday, the organizers of the game in Glasgow reduced the price of tickets, for fear of showing a half-empty Hampden Park but also to avoid a financial disaster.

Although organizers said in recent days that they had requests for some 250,000 tickets, only 27,500 - half the stadium - had been sold by Tuesday.

Mar del Plata, Argentina - The Japanese film Still Walking from director Hirokazu Kore-eda Saturday received the prestigious Golden Astor as best film of the 23rd International Film Festival in Argentina's Atlantic coastal town of Mar del Plata .

A second prize also went to Japan: Kiyoshi Kurosawa received a Silver Astor for best direction in his film, Tokyo Sonata.

London, Nov 14 : The world''s first shop dedicated only to the Barbie doll has opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Barbie Store not just sells the 11-inch slender dolls; it sells everything that a young girl needs to become Barbara Millicent Roberts, the famous blonde from the fictional town of Willows, Wisconsin.

Next year, when Barbie turns 50, the format will be replicated in cities around the world, reports the Independent.

All web searches for the country's most famous son: football player Diego Maradona were blocked by Yahoo! Argentina after a judge's temporary restraining order.

The world knows Maradona for his sleight of hand in the 1986 World Cup quarter final between England and Argentina, and presently he manages the Argentine national football team. However, if someone searches his name into Yahoo!'s Argentina-based search engine, he would get only the news results.