Diego Maradona
14 Feb 2017
The game is slated to hold in Abuja on May 21. Speaking to The Guardian yesterday, NFF Media Director, Ademola Olajire, said the body was yet to get any formal information from the organizers of the exhibition game.
6 Feb 2017
Marek Hamsik says he remains in awe of Argentina legend Diego Maradona but the Slovakia midfielder won't hold back as the former Napoli hero's 115-goal club record comes into sight.
9 Jan 2017
Argentine football legend Diego Maradona on Monday backed controversial plans to expand the World Cup to 48 teams, a day before world football's powerful governing council faces a key decision on the issue.
30 Nov 2016
A plane that crashed in the mountains of Colombia, killing 71 people, including members of a Brazilian football team, may have run out of fuel, a Colombian military source told AFP.
29 Aug 2016
Diego Maradona was not able to leave Argentina on the weekend because his passport had been reported "stolen", preventing him from travelling to Dubai, according to his lawyer.
25 Aug 2016
Argentina great Diego Maradona has criticised Lionel Messi, suggesting that the Barcelona star's retirement from international football, and subsequent change of heart, was "staged".
4 Aug 2016
Diego Maradona has hailed the new Argentina coach Edgardo "Paton" Bauza as a man with a record of sacrificing everything for national glory.
2 Aug 2016
Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi has been proclaimed the best ever footballer by Pope Francis.
18 Jul 2016
Cameroun legend Samuel Eto’o announced that a charity match in the Turkish city of Antalya - aimed at raising money for his foundation was postponed until further notice ...
15 Jul 2016
Diego Maradona's larger-than-life exploits are coming to the small screen, producers said Thursday, announcing the Argentine football legend will be the subject of a new TV series targeting international audiences.
29 Jun 2016
Diego Maradona apparently boasted that his 1986 World Cup-winning Argentina team was better than the current squad now thrown into turmoil by Lionel Messi's departure, in a recording published Wednesday.
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