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Artists paint pesos to illustrate Argentina's currency and inflation woes
1 year, 3 months ago

Artists paint pesos to illustrate Argentina's currency and inflation woes

Hindustan Times  

A jaguar lies beside George Washington. Artists paint pesos to illustrate Argentina's currency and inflation woes The backdrop is a US dollar and an Argentine 500-peso note joined like a book, a clear allusion to the rapid depreciation of the local currency, the peso. Artist Sergio Díaz and other Argentine artists' Money Art movement uses moderately priced brushes and acrylics …

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From flags to tattoos, Naples turns blue as title fever grows
1 year, 8 months ago

From flags to tattoos, Naples turns blue as title fever grows

The Hindu  

Napoli hasn’t won the title yet, but Naples is already in party mode. In anticipation of the club’s first Italian football league title for three decades, the city is celebrating and decorating its streets with blue -- Napoli’s colour. “I decided to put aside my superstition and tattoo the third Scudetto,” Russo said, showing off his forearm bearing an image …

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Messi: Argentina football’s undisputed great wins FIFA World Cup
2 years ago

Messi: Argentina football’s undisputed great wins FIFA World Cup

The Hindu  

A sea of bobbing heads dressed in Albiceleste — the blue-and-white colour of the night — had taken over the Lusail Boulevard. But, that Lionel Messi would fulfill his destiny, rising from the Arabian desert to finally attain absolution, was always the end result of this expensively assembled World Cup, alongside a belief that their land — adopted or own …

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‘Diego encouraged us from heaven’: Messi pays tribute to Maradona
2 years ago

‘Diego encouraged us from heaven’: Messi pays tribute to Maradona

The Hindu  

Lionel Messi, who inspired Argentina to its third World Cup trophy, said, “it is Diego who encouraged us from heaven.” Argentina, on Sunday, defeated France 4-2 in a penalty shootout after both teams drew at 3-3 following extra-time, with Messi scoring twice and then another in the shootout as Albiceleste ended their 36-year wait for football’s greatest prize. Talking about …

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A non-enthusiast feels the thrill of football fans
2 years, 1 month ago

A non-enthusiast feels the thrill of football fans

Live Mint  

Uttam Saha is the founder and secretary of the Argentina Football Fan Club in Kolkata. “But we still needed four-five people to distribute it all night long.” When Maradona visited Kolkata in 2008, Saha erected a 30ft statue to him. “Ninety-nine per cent of the funding for Argentina Football Fan club comes from me,” he says. The other day his …

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Diego Maradona gets a tribute at Argentina's Copa America match
3 years, 6 months ago

Diego Maradona gets a tribute at Argentina's Copa America match

India TV News  

Diego Maradona's life was honored in a tribute featuring lights and projections onto the pitch before Argentina's Copa America opener against Chile. No fans were present at the Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro for the latest tribute to the Argentine football great, this one organized by South American soccer body CONMEBOL. The tribute video featured a holographic of …

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Three funeral workers fired after posing with 'thumbs-up' sign alongside Diego Maradona's coffin
4 years ago

Three funeral workers fired after posing with 'thumbs-up' sign alongside Diego Maradona's coffin

India TV News  

Three funeral home workers were fired after they posed for photos alongside the coffin of Diego Maradona just before his funeral. Claudio Fernández confirmed to the local radio station, Radio Diez, that he had lost his job at the funeral home, along with son Ismael and Diego Molina. The owner of Sepelios Pinier funeral parlour in Buenos Aires told local …

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Three funeral workers fired for posting pictures alongside Diego Maradona's coffin
4 years ago

Three funeral workers fired for posting pictures alongside Diego Maradona's coffin

Firstpost  

The images distributed across social media created outrage, even death threats, across a nation that venerated Maradona, who died Wednesday of a heart attack at age 60. Buenos Aires: Three funeral workers have been fired for posing for photos alongside the body of football star Diego Maradona shortly before his funeral. Claudio Fernández confirmed to Radio Diez on Friday that …

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Tearful thousands bid farewell to Maradona in Argentina - Football News - Sportstar
4 years ago

Tearful thousands bid farewell to Maradona in Argentina - Football News - Sportstar

The Hindu  

Tens of thousands of fans, many weeping but eager to honour Diego Maradona, filed past the coffin of Argentina’s most iconic football star on Thursday, some confronting police who tried to maintain order at the country’s presidential mansion. Shortly before noon Argentina President Alberto Fernandez arrived and placed on the casket a shirt of Argentinos Juniors, Maradona’s first club as …

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'Shocked': Tributes Pour in for Popstar Madonna After Football Legend Maradona's Death
4 years ago

'Shocked': Tributes Pour in for Popstar Madonna After Football Legend Maradona's Death

News 18  

Soon after the demise of football legend Diego Armando Maradona, pop superstar Madonna started trending on social media with her fans thinking she has died, and started sending their tributes. “My mom showed me a text her friend sent her that said that Maradona died and I was like oh wait that’s not Madonna,” a user wrote. “Maradona the footballer …

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Why Madonna trended after Maradona's demise
4 years ago

Why Madonna trended after Maradona's demise

India TV News  

Soon after the demise of football legend Diego Armando Maradona, pop superstar Madonna started trending on social media with her fans thinking she has died, and started sending their tributes. "My mom showed me a text her friend sent her that said that Maradona died and I was like oh wait that's not Madonna," a user wrote. "Maradona the footballer …

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Who Loves Maradona More? A Social Media War Has Begun Between Bengal and Kerala Fans
4 years ago

Who Loves Maradona More? A Social Media War Has Begun Between Bengal and Kerala Fans

News 18  

Few things affect Bengalis as much as football. It thus came as no surprise that when living football legend Diego Maradona or ‘El Diego‘ passed away, the community was left in shock and feeling a rather personal feeling of loss. In his Facebook post, the CM wrote, “The people of Kerala are also mourning along with football lovers around the …

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Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor Khan Pay Tribute to Diego Maradona
4 years ago

Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor Khan Pay Tribute to Diego Maradona

News 18  

Iconic footballer Diego Maradona, who led Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup, died after suffering a cardiac arrest on Wednesday. Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor Khan and many others remembered the football legend as they put out messages on social media, mourning his loss. Shah Rukh wrote, “Diego Maradona….you made football even more …

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