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Messi vs Mikel Obi: When Nigeria Last Played Argentina in the FIFA U-20 World Cup

Messi vs Mikel Obi: When Nigeria Last Played Argentina in the FIFA U-20 World...

Nigeria’s U-20 side, aka the Flying Eagles, will take on the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosts, Argentina, in the Round of 16. This blockbuster fixture will take place on Wednesday at the Estadio...
FIFA U-20 World Cup: Group Stage Fixtures and Results

FIFA U-20 World Cup: Group Stage Fixtures and Results

The 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina concluded its group-stage fixtures on Sunday, 28 May. Intriguing results, late goals, high-scoring encounters, and surprising exits made the FIFA U-20 World Cup group stages a...
Pele, Maradona, Ronaldo, Messi: Who is the greatest fraud in Football History?

Pele, Maradona, Ronaldo, Messi: Who is the greatest fraud in Football History?

Pele and Maradona are good examples of what football mastery entails as much as the like of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo has done as well. It is widely notable as to why they are...
Amid injuries, Messi and Dybala make Argentina World Cup qualifying squad

Amid injuries, Messi and Dybala make Argentina World Cup qualifying squad

Lionel Messi and Paulo Dybala have been called up into the Argentine squad for the oncoming World Cup qualifiers amidst injury concerns for both players. There were doubts about the two players because of injuries...
Lionel Messi Smashes Another South-American Men’s Goals Record

Lionel Messi Smashes Another South-American Men’s Goals Record

Lionel Messi scored all three goals in Argentina's 3-0 trumping of Bolivia on Thursday in a World Cup qualifying match to surpass the South American men's record held by Brazil legend, Pele. This means that...

Brazil, Argentina Face Disciplinary Sanction From FIFA

FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Brazil and Argentina after their suspended World Cup game on Sunday. Following Sunday's controversy in Brazil, FIFA on Monday promised to take disciplinary actions based on the report it...
FIFA Unhappy With Chaotic Scenes In Brazil Vs Argentina Match

FIFA Unhappy With Chaotic Scenes In Brazil Vs Argentina Match

FIFA has on Monday regretted the chaotic scenes that took place before the suspension of the World Cup Qualifier tie between Brazil and Argentina on Sunday. The match at Sao Paulo's Neo Quimica Arena was...

Messi Wins First Trophy As Argentina Beat Brazil In Copa America

Lionel Messi has won his first trophy with his national team as Angel Di Maria’s goal gave Argentina a 1-0 win over hosts Brazil in the Copa America final on Saturday. The victory at Rio...
5 National Teams With Most Number Of World Cup Champions In History

5 National Teams With Most Number Of World Cup Champions In History

In the list of World Cup champions in history, Brazil is the national team with the most number of crowns. Join us through the teams that have won the throne in the most prestigious...

Diego Maradona’s Body To Be Dug Up And Displayed With Trophies For Fans

Diego Maradona's body could be exhumed and displayed alongside his trophies as per the player's request. The Argentine football legend wrote in a letter to his lawyer Matias Morla that he wanted a similar tribute...
Nigeria Squad Atlanta 1996 Olympic, Lineups And Results

Nigeria Squad Atlanta 1996 Olympic, Lineups And Results

Undoubtedly, the Nigeria squad for the Atlanta 1996 Olympic football competition remains one of the very best teams the country has ever produced. Some Super Eagles squads in recent times are not even as...

Diego Maradona Personal Doctor’s Home Raided, Charged For Manslaughter

Diego Maradona's personal doctor is facing investigation for potential manslaughter of the Argentinian icon. The 60-year-old was recovering brain surgery after going under the knife last month following a bleed on the brain. And his personal...

Diego Maradona Nurse Admits He’d Been Murdered

Diego Maradona's nurse has reportedly admitted that she lied about giving the football legend a check-up on the day he died. A team of nurses had been taking care of the football legend after he...

Funeral Worker Begs For Taking Selfie With Diego Maradona’s Body

Sadness turned to anger this week after pictures taken by a funeral worker next to Diego Maradona’s open casket were widely shared online. In one image, a man is seen to make a thumbs-up gesture...
All Diego Maradona’s Backroom Staff At Gimnasia Y Esgrima Resign En Masse

All Diego Maradona’s Backroom Staff At Gimnasia Y Esgrima Resign En Masse

The last Argentine club coached by Diego Maradona at the time of his death, Gimnasia y Esgrima, faced another blow on Friday as the star's backroom staff resigned en masse. ''It is a decision we...

Diego Maradona Buried In Private Ceremony In Buenos Aires

Diego Maradona has been buried on Thursday in a private ceremony attended by only two dozen people. Only family members and close friends were permitted at Jardin Bella Vista cemetery for the final religious ceremony...

Maradona’s Ex-Wife Villafane Stops Former Lover From Attending Wake

Diego Maradona’s former lover has claimed the Argentine’s ex-wife had stopped her entering a family wake. Rocio Oliva called the ban 'a disgrace' in an emotional interview outside the doors of Argentina’s equivalent of the...

Investigation To Commence On Maradona’s Death As Foul Play Is Discovered

Diego Maradona's lawyer and close friend, Matias Morla, has demanded an investigation into the Argentine star's death slamming the response of medical services after it allegedly took an ambulance "a half an hour" to...
Cause Of Maradona’s Death Has Been Revealed With Autopsy Report

Cause Of Maradona’s Death Has Been Revealed With Autopsy Report

Diego Maradona’s autopsy report leaked to Argentine media said he died in his sleep after suffering heart failure, only two weeks after leaving hospital following surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain.   Medics...
Diego Maradona’s Son Rushed To Hospital With Complications

Diego Maradona’s Son Rushed To Hospital With Complications

Diego Maradona's son has been hospitalised after suffering complications from coronavirus. Diego Armando Maradona Sinagra revealed earlier this month he had been forced to postpone his trip to Argentina so he could visit his soccer...
Diego Maradona Completes Successful Brain Surgery, In Recovery

Diego Maradona Completes Successful Brain Surgery, In Recovery

Diego Maradona was in recovery after successful surgery to treat a subdural haematoma, a blood clot on the brain, the former World Cup winner’s doctor said. The operation was to address the clot, often caused...
Diego Maradona Condition Worsens, Can No Longer Eat Nor Talk

Diego Maradona Condition Worsens, Can No Longer Eat Nor Talk

Diego Maradona is in a private clinic in the Argentinian city of La Plata an hour’s drive south of the capital Buenos Aires. The official line is that the legend was admitted to Ipensa Hospital...

Angel Di Maria Gets Into Serious Age Battle With Lionel Messi

Paris Saint-Germain winger Angel Di Maria has expressed disappointment about his exclusion from the latest Argentina squad. The 32-year-old has been deemed surplus to requirements by manager Lionel Scaloni for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers...

Argentina Ban On Lionel Messi Ahead Of World Cup Qualifiers

Lionel Messi was given his marching orders controversially last year in June in a Copa America third-place play-off against Chile and was handed a one-game ban. The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) stated that Messi...
Argentina Coach Ayala Puts Lionel Messi & Diego Maradona In Different Boxes

Argentina Coach Ayala Puts Lionel Messi & Diego Maradona In Different Boxes

Legendary pair of South Americans Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona cannot and should not be compared, says Roberto Ayala. Ayala, who currently forms part of Lionel Scaloni’s coaching team with the Argentina national side, is...
CR7 Reacts Strangely When Dybala Told Him How Much Argentines Hate Him

CR7 Reacts Strangely When Dybala Told Him How Much Argentines Hate Him

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has dominated football for the past decade and he’s loved by many and loathed by others, and it seems it's the latter in his Juventus team-mate Paulo Dybala's home country...
Maradona Finally Reveals Full Truth Behind ‘Hand Of God’ Goal

Maradona Finally Reveals Full Truth Behind ‘Hand Of God’ Goal

Diego Maradona has admitted how terribly he felt after his ‘Hand of God’ goal at the 1986 World Cup. The legendary No10  infamous punch past Peter Shilton is still one of the most, if not...