Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ at the 1986 is one of football’s most iconic and infamous moments. The Argentine deceived the officials by beating England goalkeeper Peter Shilton to the ball with his ...

LONDON — The ball punched in by Diego Maradona for his “Hand of God” goal at the 1986 World Cup has been sold at auction for nearly $2.4 million by the referee who missed soccer’s most famous handball ...

Diego Maradona’s Golden Ball award from the 1986 World Cup is headed to auction in France next month, but like almost everything associated with the Argentine great, it will do so surrounded in ...

Editor's note: Each day between now and the kickoff of the first match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Nov. 20, we'll unveil a different memory from World Cup history. The countdown from 101 continues ...

A version of this piece was published in 2020. It has been updated to run as part of our special World Cup: Reconsidered series… This is a series re-assessing famous individual or team performances in ...

The sport of soccer, or football, is of course all about using your feet (and sometimes your head). Countless exciting, jaw-dropping, and memorable moments have occurred with the ball at a player’s ...

Neymar was sent off in what could be his final appearance for boyhood club Santos after trying to emulate Argentine great Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ by punching the ball into the goal. The Brazil ...

Argentina captain Diego Maradona (l) shakes hands with England captain Peter Shilton (r) as referee Ali Bennaceur (c) checks the match ball is fully inflated and linesman Morera Berny Ulloa (far l) ...

[watching the second goal back on video] "That's me there. Oh no, that's Stevie Hodge! I was well out of position! I'd gone! "All I could see was poor old Peter Reid pumping his legs to try and get ...