The late, great Diego Maradona was born 65 years ago. FIFA pays tribute to the Argentinian with anecdotes, achievements, highlights, quotes and stats. The Godfather may have been decorated by the ...

Follow for live updates from Mexico-England World Cup game! It is a play that is a crucial part of soccer history, and one that certainly would never happen today. Diego Maradona ran onto the end of ...

Every time someone wanted to plan a scenario for how to act in the face of huge breaking news, all newsrooms in Argentina used the same example: “What do we do the day Diego Maradona dies?” Sadly, ...

As part of our buildup to the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, we are publishing excerpted chapters from The Soccer 100, The Athletic’s definitive book on the 100 ...

Diego Maradona against England and lifting the trophy Photos: Getty Images; design: Eamonn Dalton This is the 13th in a series by The Athletic looking back at the winners of each men’s World Cup.