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Sporting greats Viswanathan Anand (from left), Adam Gilchrist, Michael Johnson and Lothar Matthaus at a promotional event in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Matthaus recalls special rivalry' with Maradona

The ones that stand out are the 1986 and the 1990 World Cup finals in Mexico and Rome respectively, that saw the rival...

2 Nov 2017 6:54 PM GMT

Football great Diego Maradona at a clinic in Barasat on Tuesday. The 1986 World Cup-winning captain for Argentina is on a three-day visit to Kolkata. (Photo: AP)

Diego Maradona acknowledges he is father of 3 more children

Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona has confirmed paternity of three children born in Cuba in addition to the five he...

9 March 2019 5:25 AM GMT

The new age traveller

For the love with football, 78 per cent fans travel out of India to watch one to three football matches per season.

30 May 2019 1:30 AM GMT

Diego Maradona won the FIFA World Cup in 1986. (Photo: AFP)

Angry at being dubbed a hustler, Maradona dismisses new film

Maradona, who is now coaching in Mexico, missed the film's premier at Cannes on Sunday.

21 May 2019 5:44 AM GMT

Diego Maradona won the FIFA World Cup in 1986. (Photo: AFP)

2019 Copa America: Maradona slams Messi, Argentina after terrible Copa...

Argentina face Paraguay next on June 19 and later face guests Qatar on June 23.

19 Jun 2019 5:54 AM GMT

Diego Maradona won the FIFA World Cup in 1986. (Photo: AFP)

If Manchester United need a coach, I'm the man to do it': Diego...

Maradona was a fan of the Red Devils during the Alex Fergusson-Era.

5 Jun 2019 11:42 AM GMT

Argentinas Lionel Messi holds the trophy after winning the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec.18, 2022. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Winners all: Messi, the beautiful game, Qatar

Besides a final for the ages, there was plenty of action of the modern kind in a more open and positive game that many...

19 Dec 2022 6:40 PM GMT

Diego Maradona poses with a T-shirt reading I love you but Im a mess from the grandstand during the match between Argentina and Croatia. (Photo: AFP)

Nizhny NovgoGRAVE for Argentina

The performance was so pedestrian that it would have been better had they not qualified for the World Cup like Italy and...

22 Jun 2018 8:51 PM GMT

Maradona was seen rounding off the ensemble for Argentinas tournament opener with a fat cigar as well. (Photo: AP)

FIFA World Cup: Diego Maradona attends Argentina vs Iceland wearing 2...

Maradona almost did not make it to the tournament after being admitted to a hospital in Colombia earlier this month.

16 Jun 2018 2:22 PM GMT

FIFA World Cup 2018: Diego Maradona memes break the internet

From his VIP box in the stands Maradona reigned supreme as the undisputed centre of attention.

27 Jun 2018 7:25 AM GMT

In this file photo, Diego Maradona of Argentina celebrates with the cup at the end of the 1986 Mexico World Cup in the Atzeca Stadium, in Mexico City, Mexico. Argentina defeated West Germany 3-2 to take the trophy. The English will never forgive him for his Hand of God goal en route to winning the World Cup. AP Photo

Football legend Diego Maradona invokes 'Hand of God' to end pandemic

Argentina league, like most others in South America and Europe, has been stopped since since March 20 due to the...

30 April 2020 3:41 AM GMT

Maradona last year branded the AFAs management a mafia .

Argentina in crisis as World Cup dream takes a hit

A power struggle broke out after the death of former AFA president Julio Grondona in 2014.

30 March 2017 10:29 PM GMT