Tag: Diego Maradona
Pele’s Obituary: From Humble Origins to Immortality
by Michael Place RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) — Pele was three months shy of his 10th birthday when he made a promise to his father Dondinho. The pair had just listened to a radio broadcast of Uruguay’s 2-1 victory over Brazil in the deciding match of the 1950 World Cup at Rio de […]
Argentina’s all-too-white soccer team is falling on Qatar’s watchful radar
The World Cup finalists do not have enough black players for an American professor’s taste Now that Western virtue signals have successfully hoisted the LGBTQ flag over the World Cup, they have decided to turn their critical gaze to race. As the people of Argentina celebrate the ongoing success of their national team in Qatar, […]
World Cup: The most iconic performances of all time
The World Cup often delivers some truly captivating moments that live on in the memory long after each tournament has ended. The latest edition in Qatar is sticking to the script, with many games providing plenty of excitement for the fans in the stadium and those watching at home. While it is unclear who will […]
Maradona’s doctors are being investigated for causing another person’s death
Buenos Aires police are investigating the doctor who treated Diego Maradona during his last days in life for crimes. On Sunday morning, the house was searched in the doctor’s home and his clinic, reports the Argentine daily ClarÃn. The raids were carried out early in the morning and came after testimonies from Diego Maradona’s three […]
Grief where Maradona got her breakthrough
The death of football legend Diego Maradona leaves behind a nation in mourning, political battles in the capital and several criminal investigations. At a store opposite the football stadium La Bombonera, where Maradona had his breakthrough, Edoris Ocampo mourns. Edoris Ocampo shows the place where the table stood, when a young Maradona in the early […]
Sport Round-Up: Denmark mourns Diego Maradona
THE GOAT is gone A controversial figure during and after his playing days, only a few can argue for Maradona’s brilliance. Who else could score the biggest and most infamous goals in world championship history … just four minutes apart in the same game! Maradona only played against Denmark once: in a penalty shootout victory […]
The Foreign Chronicle
London, Friday. I was sitting in the car last night when the news came that the Argentine football star Diego Maradona had passed away. I drove the more than 45 miles from the northeastern parts of england down to london in the november darkness, large sections of the stretch were driven on the wide and […]
Tens of thousands of Argentines queue to say goodbye to Maradona
Tens of thousands of Argentines have lined up to say goodbye to football icon Diego Maradona, who died yesterday in a heart attack. Maradona is located on the trust de parade in the Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires. Argentina’s grief is boundless today. Maradona is adored here like few others and the government believes that […]
Maradona vs. Pele – who is the greatest of them all?
Who is the best football player in history? Nowadays, some may claim Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, but none of the record-breaking pair have ever won the World Cup. Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday at the age of 60, and Pele each won the sport’s greatest prize and was undoubtedly the kings of its […]
Reactions after Maradona’s death: “One day we will play football again, in heaven”
The reactions following the news of the death of football star Diego Maradona come one by one. “One day we will play football again, in heaven” So says the Brazilian legend Pelé to Reuters. Leo Messi, Barcelona’s Argentine superstar writes on Instagram “A very sad day for all Argentines and for football. He leaves us, […]
Diego Maradona is dead
Diego Armando Maradona, one of the greatest football players of all time, is dead. It reports Argentina’s largest morning newspaper ClarÃn. He is said to have suffered a cardiac arrest on Wednesday morning. He turned 60 years old. Maradona was the biggest star of his time on the football field. He is best known for […]
