Maradona, who died in 2020 at age 60, captained Argentina in its 3-2 win over West Germany in the 1986 final in Mexico City. In a quarterfinal win over England he scored the "Hand of God" goal and ...

Constructed from archive material, "Maradona '86" is an ode to this ultimate footballing idol, basking in the operatic intensity of his performance in Mexico as he wrote his name on football ...

Doing the rounds on social media this week were clips of Maradona’s semi-final performance against Belgium in 86, where he scored the two goals that sealed Argentina’s World Cup final place.

Football fans have voted for the top 20 greatest World Cup moments of all time – including Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” at Mexico ‘86, Geoff Hurst’s hat trick in ‘66, and Gordon ...

But none of that mattered to Maradona in ‘86; he dragged a sub-elite team to a title. Messi, consumed by public pressure to do likewise, often wilted on similar stages. "We shouldn't deify Messi ...

Maradona would reply ... was a 'sparring' partner for the Argentine team that won the World Cup in '86, and they boasted ...

Matthäus exchanged the shirt with Maradona at halftime during the World ... during the England-Argentina quarter-finals of Mexico '86, which went down in history for his ‘hand of god’ goal ...

MADRID—The jersey Diego Maradona wore in the 1986 World Cup final was back in Argentine hands Thursday thanks to German great Lothar Matthäus. Matthäus, who swapped jerseys with Maradona at ...