Follow for live updates from Mexico-England World Cup game! It is a play that is a crucial part of soccer history, and one ...

Diego Maradona was born in Lanus, Buenos Aires Province and grew up in Villa Fiorito, an impoverished town on the southern outskirts of Buenos Aires. He was the first son after four daughters born to ...

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 ...

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The Argentinian’s afterlife – a horror story of allegations and legal wrangles – has taken another turn The noise from the middle tier of the stand at the Spartak Stadium was strangely persistent, ...

The religion is calcio and the God is Diego. As I scoured the city streets for an evening espresso I came across a small cafe called ‘Bar Nilo.’ It was draped in memorabilia and even the coffee cups ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Dec. 22, 2020, but is being republished to mark the one-year anniversary of Diego Maradona’s death, with the inclusion of new anecdotes from ...

A new trial to determine who bears responsibility for the death of football icon Diego Maradona has started in Argentina under public scrutiny, nearly a year after the original case ended in a ...