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Lobotka’s passes have been the motor that makes Napoli tick
1 year, 8 months ago

Lobotka’s passes have been the motor that makes Napoli tick

Associated Press  

CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy — Throughout his entire soccer career, from youth levels on up, Stanislav Lobotka had never seen what he now sees at Napoli nearly every match. … When I feel these feelings, I can show my quality.” Lobotka added that since Spalletti wears soccer boots on the touchline for every game, sometimes it feels like “he wants to …

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Pelé, who rose from a Brazilian slum to become the world’s greatest soccer player, dies at 82
1 year, 11 months ago

Pelé, who rose from a Brazilian slum to become the world’s greatest soccer player, dies at 82

LA Times  

Pelé is carried off the field by his teammates after Brazil won the 1970 World Cup in Mexico City. I’m going to win the World Cup for you.’” Eight years later the joke became a prophecy when a 17-year-old Pelé scored six goals — including two in the final game — to carry Brazil to the first of its record …

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Messi wins World Cup, Argentina beats France on penalties
2 years ago

Messi wins World Cup, Argentina beats France on penalties

Associated Press  

LUSAIL, Qatar — Lionel Messi, wearing a black Qatari robe over his blue-and-white Argentina shirt, kissed the World Cup, shuffled toward his teammates and hoisted the golden trophy high in the air. In probably the wildest final in the tournament’s 92-year history, Argentina won its third World Cup title by beating France 4-2 in a penalty shootout after a 3-3 …

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Lionel Messi and Argentina defeat France in penalty kick shootout for World Cup title
2 years ago

Lionel Messi and Argentina defeat France in penalty kick shootout for World Cup title

LA Times  

Argentina’s Lionel Messi lifts the trophy after winning the World Cup final match against France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on Sunday. “For us in Argentina, it’s something more.” Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring during a shootout at the end of the World Cup final match against France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on Sunday. …

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Rise of the GOAT: From Muhammad Ali and LL Cool J to Lionel Messi and Tom Brady
2 years ago

Rise of the GOAT: From Muhammad Ali and LL Cool J to Lionel Messi and Tom Brady

New York Times  

Until the 21st century, no athlete wanted to be viewed as the goat. But they both have one more match left to play at this World Cup — one that could cement Messi’s GOAT status, in the eyes of some. While “Tom Brady GOAT” had seen upticks in the two previous Februarys, his fifth Super Bowl title in the New …

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Gold-Plated FIFA World Cup Trophy Replica, Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona Jersey to Go Under Hammer
2 years ago

Gold-Plated FIFA World Cup Trophy Replica, Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona Jersey to Go Under Hammer

News 18  

With the FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and France a few days away, a new champion to be spotted on Sunday as the organisers have tried to catch on to the football fever and give away a replica of the FIFA World Cup trophy. “Taking advantage of the World Cup fever, we are auctioning off an exact replica of …

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FIFA World Cup 2022: After Maradona, who will be Qatar’s Sorcerer Supreme?
2 years, 1 month ago

FIFA World Cup 2022: After Maradona, who will be Qatar’s Sorcerer Supreme?

The Hindu  

There he was, jumping in his seat — drawing more attention than the players on the field — throwing his limbs around like a frantic Bangkok traffic cop. One of the most enduring images from the Russia World Cup came from football’s Sorcerer Supreme — as entertaining in the stands as he was on the field. And the football World …

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Argentine Football League Restarts With Tributes to Diego Maradona
4 years ago

Argentine Football League Restarts With Tributes to Diego Maradona

News 18  

The Argentine league restarted on Saturday following the country’s emotional goodbye to Diego Maradona, with players, coaches and even referees expressing their love and gratitude to the country’s best-known football star. The main domestic competition was hastily renamed the Diego Maradona Cup, and games in the first stage of group matches kicked off across the country after a minute’s applause …

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Diego Maradona’s Off Field Life of Many Facets
4 years ago

Diego Maradona’s Off Field Life of Many Facets

The Quint  

For the Argentine great, who was at the peak of his powers in 1986, trouble started following him in 1991 when he was handed a 15-month ban from football for doping – the same year when he was called for trial in Naples for alleged links with a criminal activity. The lowest point in his career would be in 1994 …

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'I Represent the Nobodies': Even Off Field, Maradona Was a Hero For the City of Naples
4 years ago

'I Represent the Nobodies': Even Off Field, Maradona Was a Hero For the City of Naples

News 18  

Few places will mourn the death of Diego Maradona as much as Naples, the downtrodden, gritty Italian city that clasped the troubled Argentine to its heart at his time of need and was repaid with the best years of perhaps the greatest footballer to ever play the game. “I feel like I represented a part of Italy that didn’t count …

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Diego Maradona | A roller coaster life in pictures
4 years ago

Diego Maradona | A roller coaster life in pictures

The Hindu  

Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time, died at his home in Argentina after suffering a heart attack on November 25. In what is still regarded as one of the greatest goals of all time, against England in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Maradona dribbled past nearly half the England team before …

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Diego Maradona passes away: Troubled genius was famous for composure on football and for frequent lack of control off field
4 years ago

Diego Maradona passes away: Troubled genius was famous for composure on football and for frequent lack of control off field

Firstpost  

Buenos Aires: Diego Maradona was football’s archetypal troubled genius, a world-beating player whose life and career scaled the most dazzling heights but also plumbed the darkest depths. pic.twitter.com/jcsGP3GlNI — 🇦🇷 Selección Argentina ⭐⭐⭐ November 25, 2020 The following year, under Menotti, Maradona led Argentina to victory in the under-20 World Cup in Japan, winning the Golden Ball for the tournament’s …

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Appreciation: Diego Maradona lived the way he played, with reckless joy
4 years, 1 month ago

Appreciation: Diego Maradona lived the way he played, with reckless joy

LA Times  

Diego Maradona holds up his team’s trophy after Argentina’s 3-2 victory over West Germany at the World Cup final at Atzeca Stadium in Mexico City on June 29, 1986. Five years ago, an overweight Diego Maradona played in a charity soccer match in Colombia to promote world peace. Obituaries Diego Maradona, Argentine soccer legend, dies at 60 Diego Maradona, who …

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Sourav Ganguly mourns Diego Maradona's death: My hero no more, watched football for you
4 years, 1 month ago

Sourav Ganguly mourns Diego Maradona's death: My hero no more, watched football for you

India Today  

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly led the outpouring of condolence messages as Argentina great Diego Maradona died of a heart attack at his residence in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Sourav Ganguly, who is known for his love for the beautiful game, took to social media on Wednesday and said: "My hero no more.my mad genius rest in peace.I watched football …

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