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Al Wasl sack Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona has been sacked as the Al Wasl coach. The decision to terminate the Argentine’s two year deal until the end of the 2012/13 campaign was taken at a special board meeting held at the club’s premises. A club … read more »

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Diego Maradona ready to celebrate Manchester City’s title triumph

Al Wasl coach Diego Maradona claimed Manchester City’s recent 1-0 victory over title rivals Manchester United was the game of the season, and the entertainment it served up bettered even that of the recent El Clásico meetings between Real Madrid … read more »

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City-United a bigger game than El Clasico, insists Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona believes there is now no bigger game in world football than the Manchester derby between City and United, and that’s including ‘El Clasico’. The Premier League’s top two will meet at the Etihad Stadium on Monday night in … read more »

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Maradona labels Pele ‘stupid’ as row rumbles on over Messi-Neymar

Episode 57 of the ongoing feud between football’s two great icons, Diego Maradona and Pele, has seen the controversial Argentine brandish his Brazilian counterpart “stupid”. Maradona, now in charge of UAE Pro League side Al Wasl, made the remark after … read more »

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Diego Maradona urging for calm as Al Wasl host Al Ain

Al Wasl boss Diego Maradona has called for calm from the club’s fans as they prepare to welcome runaway Pro League leaders Al Ain to the Zabeel Stadium on Saturday night. Wasl have landed in hot water with the UAE … read more »

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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi the greatest player ever

Duncan White, Sunday Telegraph Football Correspondent: Lionel Messi is certainly the greatest player I have seen in the flesh and you can make a very compelling case for him being the best player in the history of the game. European … read more »

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Mourinho is a better coach than Guardiola, says Maradona

EXCLUSIVE – Jose Mourinho may not be so ‘special’ in the eyes of some Real Madrid fans, while to Barcelona devotees he is nothing more than a ‘translator’. But to Diego Maradona the Portuguese tactician will always be the “best”. … read more »

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Maradona says could take up English Premier League offer

Diego Maradona said on Sunday he will fly to London next month to study an offer from an English Premier League club, Argentine media reported. Argentina’s two big dailies La Nacion and Clarin quoted Maradona as saying: “In February I’m … read more »

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Argentina enters new political era as Kirchner dies

Tens of thousands of Argentines paid tribute on Thursday to former President Nestor Kirchner, whose death rallied markets but robbed his wife and successor President Cristina Fernandez of her closest adviser. Kirchner, 60, was Argentina’s most powerful politician and a … read more »

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