Bolivia have the worst reputation in South American football, but their home in La Paz remains a church of upsets – just ask Diego Maradona and Argentina
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Young, angry and with talent rarely seen before, Diego Maradona would score 115 goals in 167 games for Argentinos Juniors, most while still a teenager
As multi-talented individuals go, Josep Maria Minguella ranks high. From interpreter to agent, few have been so involved in Barcelona’s biggest decisions
The highs of swinging to the sound of glory during the Diego Maradona years are only matched by the lows of the years after for Napoli
Led by the genius of Maradona, the goals of Careca and the guile of Bianchi, Napoli thundered their way to glory in the 1989 UEFA Cup
From Maradona and Balbo to Batistuta and Crespo, Italian football and Argentine strikers have forged one of the game’s truly unique relationships
Ask any football follower about the greatest players to play the sport and Diego Maradona will gloriously be at the very top of most lists. A career that started and ended in…
This feature is part of Virtuoso It is a testament to the brilliance of Diego Maradona that, when considering his finest performances on the grandest of all stages, more than one springs to…
In June 2014, prior to the World Cup’s grand opening ceremony in Brazil, Julio Humberto Grondona spoke to the German Press Agency. “When I leave FIFA, it will be to go to…
The feeling of scoring a goal is unmatched by most common things in a footballer’s life, from a tap-in for your Sunday league team or the winner for your country in the…
The gathered press waited at the Argentine football headquarters in Buenos Aires ahead of the squad announcement for the 2010 World Cup. An hour late, the Argentina head coach finally rolled in driving…
At this summer’s World Cup, Argentina will hope to end an international drought that stretches all the way back to 1993. It’s hard to imagine that it’s been 25 years since they’ve…
They say art is a subjective matter. What one person finds majestic another can find abhorrent. Tracey Emin’s Unmade Bed, Michelangelo’s statue of David and Banksy’s Raise the Drawbridge are all works of…
“BEAUTIFUL VIEW. Magnificent desolation.” Some will recognise those, considering the circumstances, remarkably sparse words. Many others, for good reason, won’t. Buzz Aldrin’s utterance, moments after becoming the second man to step on…
“WHAT DISTINGUISHES NAPLES from other large cities is something it has in common with the African kraal: each private attitude or act is permeated by streams of communal life. To exist, for…
AS WORLD CUP FINALS GO, the one played out between Argentina and West Germany in 1986 would take some beating for drama. The game seemed won, before being cast into huge doubt,…
For many football fans who enjoyed seeing the Argentine star in his prime, Diego Maradona remains the best player to have ever graced a football pitch. He was a player who quite…
Antônio De Oliveira Filho was born in the city of Araquara in the Brazilian state of São Paulo on 5 October 1960. His nickname, Careca – which roughly translates as ‘bald’ – came…