Copa: Argentina advances with win over Costa Rica

Argentina shook off its previous lackluster form and beat Costa Rica 3-0 on Monday, booking a place in the Copa America quarterfinals.Sergio Aguero scored in first-half stoppage time, and again in the 52nd minute following a pass from Barcelona star Lionel Messi.Messi showed his best form for the first time in the tournament. Angel Di Maria scored Argentina's third goal in the 64th in a performance that will revive the host nation's pre-tournament expectations of challenging for the title.Argentina improved to 5 points in three matches and finished second in Group A. Colombia was first with 7 points. Colombia will play the best third-place team and Argentina will face the second-place team in Group C: either Chile, Peru or Uruguay.

Argentine striker Carlos Tevez back.

Striker Carlos Tevez, who seemed to be out of Argentina's Copa America plans little more than a month ago, has been named in the hosts' 23-man squad for the tournament.There were no surprises among coach Sergio Batista's selections, posted on the Argentine Football Association's website five days after their last warm-up - a 4-0 rout of Albania at the Monumental.Batista dropped three home-based players from those named in his provisional squad - Boca Juniors defender Luciano Monzon, Lanus midfielder Diego Valeri and Estudiantes winger Enzo Perez.Goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo of River Plate, on loan from Lazio, is the only man in the squad to have played his club football in Argentina this season.Tevez was dropped by Batista last year over a no-show for a friendly against arch-rivals Brazil in Qatar which Argentina won 1-0 with a goal by Lionel Messi.However, the coach and player had a heart-to-heart and Tevez, who last season became the first Argentine to finish as top goalscorer in the Premier League, was included in Batista's provisional 26-man squad on June 1.