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Referee Ali Bin Nasser recalls Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ goal: “Applying FIFA’s instructions, I was obliged to give the goal” Maradona

Referee Ali Bin Nasser recalls Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ goal: “Applying FIFA’s instructions, I was obliged to give the goal”

(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…
bubmag
November 15, 2022
Thierry Henry says ‘Tottenham didn’t believe’ in Maradona-like player they let go Maradona

Thierry Henry says ‘Tottenham didn’t believe’ in Maradona-like player they let go

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…
bubmag
November 3, 2022
Serie A: Red-hot Osimhen bags hat-trick in Napoli’s win against Sassuolo Maradona

Serie A: Red-hot Osimhen bags hat-trick in Napoli’s win against Sassuolo

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…
bubmag
October 29, 2022
Diego Maradona: Cunning cheat or unplayable genius? Inside the Argentine’s World Cup glory Maradona

Diego Maradona: Cunning cheat or unplayable genius? Inside the Argentine’s World Cup glory

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.…
bubmag
October 24, 2022
‘Getting to share it with Messi’: Sergio Aguero on his favourite World Cup memories Maradona

‘Getting to share it with Messi’: Sergio Aguero on his favourite World Cup memories

(Image credit: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)) Argentina head to Qatar as one of the tournament's headline acts, with many experts predicting it's their turn to lift the biggest prize in international football for the first time since 1978. The tournament has come too late for Sergio Aguero who was…
bubmag
October 21, 2022