Diego Maradona
Naples erupts as Serie A club clinch first title since Maradona era
A 1-1 draw almost 850km away was enough to secure a first championship in more than three decades for Napoli, sparking wild scenes in southern Italy’s largest city.
- by Andrew Dampf
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FIFA World Cup
Now, more than ever, Messi can claim to be the GOAT
After finally winning the World Cup, Lionel Messi made his strongest case yet to be considered soccer’s greatest player of all time.
- by James Robson
Opinion
FIFA World Cup
Why a World Cup win will see Messi pass Pele and Maradona as greatest
Lionel Messi will stop at nothing to win the biggest prize in world soccer. The Argentine has carried his team this far and is driven, like Maradona, to lift the ultimate prize.
- by Jamie Carragher
From Maradona to Messi: Arnold’s Socceroos journey comes full circle
Time is a circle. It’s the only way to make sense of Graham Arnold’s life as a Socceroo and the line of destiny that links his journey as a player and a coach.
- by Vince Rugari
Analysis
FIFA World Cup
Ronaldo v Messi: You can’t beat them, and you can’t split them
Neither Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have anything left to prove - except perhaps to one another. Qatar 2022 will be their World Cup swansongs.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
The Fitz Files
What is Australia’s most precious sporting artefact?
In the week that Diego Maradona’s infamous “Hand of God” ball has been put on sale for a lazy $5 million or so by the Tunisian ref who purloined it, let’s go down memory lane and rank our national treasures.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Hand of God referee to cash in on his biggest mistake
The ball used when Diego Maradona scored his notorious goal at the 1986 World Cup has been put up for auction by the Tunisian ref who was in charge of the match.
- by Gerald Imray
Eight Maradona doctors, nurses to be tried for homicide
Eight people who took care of soccer legend Diego Maradona will be tried in Argentina courts for homicide, following an investigation into his death due to cardiac arrest.
- by Ramiro Scandalo
Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ football jersey sets auction record
The shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored the “Hand of God” goal has attracted the highest price ever paid at auction for a piece of sports memorabilia.
- by Jill Lawless
Got a spare $7 million? Maradona’s Hand of God shirt up for grabs
Diego Maradona wore the No. 10 shirt in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final against England in Mexico, where he put Argentina ahead by sneakily punching the ball into the net.
- by Reuters
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Line between truth and fiction becomes too blurry in The Hand of God
Italian writer-director Paolo Sorrentino has changed the rules of the game in this lightly fictionalised autobiography.
- by Jake Wilson
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