Legendary former Argentinean playmaker Diego Maradona has been named coach of Dubaï's Al-Wasl, a statement from the club announced Monday. The 50-year-old ex-manager of Argentina, who was fired in 2010, signed a two-year contract.
England enter the South African World Cup with the usual burden of expectation. While their fans expect Steven Gerrard & Co to cruise through Group C, rivals USA, Algeria and Slovenia will be keen to prove they are no pushovers.
Argentina are always ranked among the favourites before every World Cup. In South Africa, Maradona's side (photo) will face Nigeria, Greece and South Korea -- hardly an impossible task, on paper.
FIFA on Friday announced it would open a disciplinary investigation into coach Diego Maradona. After Argentina's qualification for the 2010 World Cup, El Pibe de Oro celebrated the victory by telling journalists to "suck it and keep sucking it".
The Washington Post reports that President Hamid Karzai’s portion of the vote in the recent election has been reduced to 47%. If confirmed, this would trigger a runoff between him and his closest competitor.
The controversy over his son’s probable election to a top administrative job was just one of the issues touched on by Nicolas Sarkozy in an interview he gave to this morning’s Le Figaro.
Argentina's worst defeat in 60 years was termed a 'humiliation' and 'beating' in the sports press after losing 6-1 to Bolivia in a South American World Cup qualifier on Wednesday. It was the first defeat under coach Diego Maradona.
Argentine soccer player Juan Roman Riquelme withdrew from the national soccer team for the second time in three years on Tuesday. Requelme quit due to disagreements with the team's coach Diego Maradona.
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