Maradona
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Maradona renews Dubai sports envoy contract
Football | Jul 10, 2013, 06:49 AM ISTDubai, July 10: Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona got his contract, as honorary sports ambassador, extended for a second year by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC).The 52-year old former footballer called Dubai his "second
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Maradona's return home surrounded by tumult
Football | May 16, 2013, 11:00 AM ISTBuenos Aires, May 16: Diego Maradona is back in Argentina and, as usual, his return has been surrounded by controversy.The Argentine football great arrived late Tuesday from Dubai with his new girlfriend—Rocio Oliva—on his first
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Maradona may take over as Iraq soccer coach
Football | Dec 21, 2012, 03:23 PM ISTBuenos Aires, Dec 21: An Argentine football official says Diego Maradona is a leading candidate to take over as coach of Iraq's national team. Hernan Tofoni was quoted by Argentina's state-run news agency Telam as
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After Dubai, soccer legend Maradona looks to China
Football | Aug 15, 2012, 07:16 PM ISTBeijing, Aug 15: Chinese state media say Argentine football great Diego Maradona wants to coach in China, where clubs are spending big bucks to lure international names.The 51-year-old Maradona arrived in Beijing on Monday for
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Al Wasl replaces Maradona with Bruno Metsu
Football | Jul 17, 2012, 10:37 PM ISTDubai, Jul 17: Al Wasl replaced Diego Maradona with Bruno Metsu a week after firing the Argentine great, who had a year left with the Dubai club.Metsu signed a two-year contract on Tuesday and is
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Maradona threatens to leave Al Wasl after season
Football | Apr 25, 2012, 02:44 PM ISTDubai, Apr 25: Diego Maradona has again threatened to leave Al Wasl after this season, saying he plans to meet with the club's chief executive next week and demand more money to buy players that
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Maradona Wants To Meet With Italian Tax Officials
Football | Mar 12, 2012, 03:56 PM ISTRome, Mar 11: Diego Maradona wants to clear things up with Italian tax authorities so he can visit his old friends in Naples again.Maradona writes in Naples' Il Mattino newspaper, "I want to return immediately
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Aim Is To Keep Maradona Happy, Says Al Wasl Chairman
Football | Feb 16, 2012, 08:29 AM ISTDubai, Feb 16: The chairman of Al Wasl says his aim is to keep coach Diego Maradona happy.Maradona said last week that he would consider leaving the UAE club if the player budget wasn't increased
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Maradona Cleared To Leave Hospital
Football | Jan 16, 2012, 07:04 PM ISTDubai, United Arab Emirates, Jan 16: Diego Maradona has left a private hospital in Dubai after undergoing surgery to remove kidney stones.A statement released by the Dubai-based club Al Wasl said the coach and former
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Maradona Arrives Home After Mother's Death
Football | Nov 21, 2011, 11:35 AM ISTBuenos Aires, Argentina, Nov 21: Diego Maradona arrived home Sunday to bury his mother Dalma Salvadora Franco de Maradona, who died on Saturday of heart failure. She was 81.The Argentine football great arrived from Dubai,
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Maradona Advised Real Madrid To Sign Aguero
Football | Sep 21, 2011, 02:35 PM ISTDubai, Sept 21: Al Wasl coach Diego Maradona claims he told Real Madrid to sign Sergio Aguero prior to the Argentina striker's offseason move from Spain to Manchester City.The 23-year-old Aguero transferred from Atletico Madrid
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Batista Says He Will Sue Maradona
Football | Sep 16, 2011, 08:24 AM ISTBuenos Aires, Argentina, Sept 16: Former Argentina coach Sergio Batista said Thursday he would sue Diego Maradona—another former Argentina coach—for accusing him of taking bribes from an agent to put certain players on the team.Maradona
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Maradona Loses 1st Match In Charge Of Al Wasl
Football | Sep 16, 2011, 08:18 AM ISTAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sept 16: Diego Maradona's first match in charge of UAE club Al Wasl ended in an agonizing 4-3 defeat by league champion Al Jazira on Thursday after his side conceded
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Maradona Wins 1st Game As Al Wasl Coach
Football | Aug 29, 2011, 08:46 AM ISTDubai, Aug 29: Diego Maradona had a winning start as Al Wasl coach Sunday, seeing his team score two late goals for a 3-1 win over 10-man Ittihad Kalba in a preseason friendly.Maradona's new team
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Maradona Repeats Doping Charges Against Federation Chief
Football | May 28, 2011, 01:01 PM ISTBuenos Aires, May 28 : Argentine legend Diego Maradona has repeated doping allegations against Argentine Football Federation president Julio Grondona, insisting the latter gave the green light for players to take a banned substance ahead
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Maradona Out As Coach Of Argentina's National Team
Football | Jul 28, 2010, 09:08 AM ISTBuenos Aires: Diego Maradona was removed as coach of Argentina's national team on Tuesday, ending an erratic 21-month stint that mirrored his own long history of unpredictable behavior and culminated in a humiliating exit in
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Argentina To Offer Maradona 4-Year Deal
Football | Jul 15, 2010, 10:47 AM ISTBUENOS AIRES : The Argentine Football Association says it will offer Maradona a new four-year contract that would keep him in charge of the national team through the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Ernesto Cherquis