Defender Micky van de Ven scored a spectacular goal this Tuesday (4th) in a Champions League match. The Dutchman from Tottenham pulled off a move reminiscent of Diego Armando Maradona, dribbling past ...

Relive the runs in 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994 that helped Diego Maradona become an Argentinian icon and a FIFA World Cup legend. In 1982, Diego Maradona was lightning fast. He flew across the pitch, ...

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 ...

Diego Maradona practised his famous ‘Hand of God’ goal against England at the 1986 World Cup on the training ground before the match, his former team-mate Jorge Valdano has claimed in a new book.