Diego Maradona

Outside the Box: Thank God Butcher didn't have to hand over Maradona trophy

Diego Maradona is unlikelyto forget his debut as an international coach after the hero's welcome he received in Scotland, which included being presented by the 'Daily Record' with a crystal glass trophy of a ball being touched...

Sport on TV: I'm a celebrity... Can you teach me to be less narrow-minded?

Sometimes there really is nowhere to run. Just ask Scott Carson, trapped inside a recurring nightmare but one that the whole country can share. Next time he plays for England, he'll probably find himself running on to the pitch...

Richard Bath: WADA testing may inject doubt into assertion that football is clean

Published Date: 23 November 2008 WHEN SIR ALEX FERGUSON objected to football's induction into the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA), his intervention looked like good old-fashioned common sense. Ferguson's argument is that it is...

Pat Nevin: Danger of wasting McFadden's talent unless he takes a step back

Published Date: 23 November 2008 OUR WORST fears looked ready to be realised but in the end the national team saved face on Wednesday night after what was an alarming first 30 minutes. The Manchester United player spent the...

Maradona’s pregnant daughter released from hospital

BUENOS AIRES: Diego Maradona says his daughter Giannina was released on Thursday from a Madrid hospital, where she was admitted after complaining of pregnancy pains. Giannina Maradona is carrying the son of Argentina striker...

Football: Aston Villa v Man Utd - as it happened

A desperately disappointing game ended goalless to end Villa's 14-game losing streak against United The four faces of contemporary male modelling: Derek Zoolander (pose: Blue Steel), Tom Lutz (???), Scott Murray (???) and...

Paul Lewis : Maradona at helm fated to end in tears

Diego Maradona as manager of Argentina. What next - Pol Pot in charge of an orphanage? Hansie Cronje as head of the fraud squad? John Hopoate as a proctologist? Quite what possessed Argentina to name this odious little man as...

Saturday profile: Johnston on a wing and a prayer as he bids to clear his name

Published Date: 22 November 2008 IT IS the morning after the night before. This is place of refreshment called the Port Brae, although it might as well be named Willie Johnston's Bar, since he has grown so synonymous with the...

On Saturday: Burley bashing unfair on manager who accepted commercial reality

Published Date: 22 November 2008 THE reactions to Scotland's 1-0 defeat by Argentina on Wednesday were predictably varied, ranging from disapproval of George Burley and his team to the view that it was, in the circumstances, an...

Martin O'Neill delighted with Aston Villa contingent's role in win in Germany

Initially frustrated by the timing of England's midweek friendly in Germany, Martin O'Neill was all smiles and encouragement when Gabriel Agbonlahor and Ashley Young sped into Aston Villa's training centre enthused by their...

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