Overview
- Argentina defeated Peru 3–0 in Salta on Saturday, August 22, with set scores of 25-15, 25-22 and 25-12 in the first of three preparatory friendlies.
- The Argentina–Peru tour runs through August 24 and serves as a lineup and fitness check after Peru confirmed five previously injured players are fit to travel.
- Peru coach Antonio Rizola publicly urged Argentina to field its principal squad, framing the friendlies as serious evaluations ahead of the South American Championship in Rio from September 8–13.
- Separately, the MLS Disciplinary Committee fined Lionel Messi for contact with an opponent's head but did not suspend him, and Messi scored in Inter Miami’s 2–1 loss to Toronto FC.
- Argentina's women’s field hockey team, Las Leonas, beat Spain 3–0 to reach the Hockey World Cup semifinals and will play Belgium next to decide group positioning.