Argentina's World Cup heroes forced to abandon bus parade and tour in helicopter

Argentina’s World Cup heroes airlifted as street party overflows

Millions of people flooded Buenos Aires to see the returning soccer champions, causing an open-top bus parade to be cut short. Riot police and fans clashed later in the night. Sarah Charlton reports.

Argentina’s World Cup heroes airlifted as street party overflows

Millions of people flooded Buenos Aires to see the returning soccer champions, causing an open-top bus parade to be cut short. Riot police and fans clashed later in the night. Sarah Charlton reports.

Argentina’s World Cup heroes airlifted as street party overflows

Millions of people flooded Buenos Aires to see the returning soccer champions, causing an open-top bus parade to be cut short. Riot police and fans clashed later in the night. Sarah Charlton reports.

Argentina's World Cup heroes airlifted in helicopters as street party overflows

The Lionel Messi-led Argentina football team alters its FIFA World Cup parade plans after a reported four million Argentines flood Buenos Aires to celebrate the end of a 36-year title drought

Argentina's open-top bus parade abandoned, Messi and Co airlifted

The players who were triumphant in Sunday's World Cup final in Qatar were unable to reach the central Obelisco monument as planned because the route was completely blocked by the heaving crowd, estimated by local media at over four million people.

Four million attend World Cup parade in Argentina

About four million people flooded Argentina's capital to welcome home their football heroes but it was cut short after people in the crowd clashed with police.