Maradona

Lionel Messi cannot be compared to the late Diego Maradona. That is the view of Maradona’s son, Junior, who has weighed in on the ongoing debate over which Argentine legend is better. Messi, 35, was unable to rescue his country after they suffered a remarkable 2-1 opening World Cup group…

Last Updated: 23rd November, 2022 21:10 IST Saudi Arabia's stunning victory over Argentina has now propelled the side to the top of the Group C points table, ahead of Poland and Mexico.  Image: AP In one of the biggest upsets of world football, former champions Argentina went down against Saudi…

A week or so before the kickoff of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, I was walking in the coastal city of Zihuatanejo in Mexico’s southern Guerrero state when I passed a group of children playing football with a plastic Coca-Cola bottle. They were as gleefully animated as any group…

John Barnes has declared it was ‘special’ to play against Diego Maradona… despite the Argentina legend knocking England out of the 1986 World Cup. The ex-Three Lions star came on as a second half substitute in the quarter-final clash against the South American nation. AFP Maradona’s double knocked England out…

(Image credit: Getty Images) England versus Argentina in the Mexico World Cup 1986 quarter-final is arguably the most iconic football game in history, for both the sublime and the scandalous.  Indeed, it was in that game where Diego Maradona scored the goal of the century, where he picked the ball…

Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, can’t stop scoring for Napoli and has now made it 10 goals in all competition for the Serie A side yesterday, when they saw off Udinese 3-2 at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium. Osimhen scored the opener for Napoli in the 15th minute as he…

Thierry Henry has claimed that Tottenham Hotspur ‘didn’t believe’ in Marcus Edwards after he left the club in 2019 making only one senior appearance. The 23-year-old, who is now at Sporting Lisbon and scored against Spurs in the Champions League last month, was lauded by the Arsenal legend for his…

Argentina has not won a World Cup since Maradona led them to glory in 1986. Published On 31 Oct 202231 Oct 2022 Tributes from across the globe have poured in for Diego Maradona on what would have been his 62nd birthday on Sunday. Maradona passed away in November 2020 at…

Victor Osimhen scored his first senior career hat-trick in Napoli’s 4-0 victory against Sassuolo at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Nigeria international has now scored six goals in his last four appearances across all competitions for the Partenopei. Osimhen opened the scoring for the hosts in…

In the second of our World Cup icons series, Diego Maradona biographer and Spanish football expert Guillem Balague tells the inside story of how the Argentina number 10 inspired World Cup glory at Mexico 1986. Diego Maradona came to the 1986 Mexico World Cup carrying more than just his boots.…