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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
• Dutch coach told to expect approach from Argentina • Hiddink also linked with return to Chelsea next season Guus Hiddink could be set for a surprise move to become the joint coach of the Argentina national team with Diego Maradona. Hiddink's Russia failed to reach the 2010 World Cup finals last week but the Dutch coach has been told to expect an approach from the Argentine federation to...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Diego Maradona, football coach, 49 ON HAVING A BALL TO KICK It's the most beautiful thing that football can give one (1981) ON WATCHING BOCA JUNIORS I feel like my chest burns. It's like sleeping with Julia Roberts (2006) ON BEING ORDERED TO PAY MAINTENANCE FOR HIS SIX-YEAR-OLD SON, DIEGO JNR They can order me to pay him money, but they can never order me to love him (1991) ON HAVING CHE GUEVARA'S...
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says people are wrong to celebrate Diego Maradona's 'hand of God' goal for Argentina in 1986. read more
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Niall Quinn claims Thierry Henry has eclipsed Diego Maradona as architect of sport's "biggest injustice".
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thierry Henry's calculated handball showed football is all about getting away with what you can when you can It is understood that the canonisation of Thierry Henry has been postponed indefinitely. During his eight years at Arsenal Henry came to represent what football ought to be about, yet in the space of barely a heartbeat at the Stade de France on Wednesday night he managed to show what in reality...
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
What Thierry Henry did was instinctive. Cynically instinctive, without question, but the impulse of a goalscorer approaching a moment of desperation. You could argue that Diego Maradona’s infamous deed was worse because the fate of the 1986 match had yet to become finely balanced — in which case Robbie Keane would also have to be placed in front of Henry in football’s hall of shame....
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
What Thierry Henry did was instinctive. Cynically instinctive, without question, but the impulse of a goalscorer approaching a moment of desperation. You could argue that Diego Maradona’s infamous deed was worse because the fate of the 1986 match had yet to become finely balanced — in which case Robbie Keane would also have to be placed in front of Henry in football’s hall of shame....
Dolton's Domain (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The big controversy in the football world this week has been France's qualification for next year's World Cup, after they beat Ireland in a two legged play off . Arsenal's William Gallas bundled home the decisive goal in Wednesday's 1-1 draw in Paris, but it was obvious to all that Barcelona striker Thierry Henry handled the ball twice in the build up to the goal. The Irish FA are understandably outraged...
Sify (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Paris: Thierry Henry was compared to the great Diego Maradona, although not the way he may have wished, and coach Raymond Domenech faced further criticism after France controversially scraped past
The Independent (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Irish and English football fans find themselves united in sporting disgruntlement. In 1986 England were eliminated from the Mexico World Cup with the help of an outrageous Diego Maradona handball. And this week the Republic of Ireland were bundled out of their World Cup qualification play-off against France in Paris when the French striker, Thierry Henry, controlled the ball with his palm to set up...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
DIEGO MARADONA ARGENTINA v England, World Cup quarter-final, 1986 Maradona's 'Hand of God' put his side into the lead as he punched the ball past England
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
From being an icon to millions and a near deity to fans of Arsenal, Barcelona and France, Thierry Henry will awake this morning as perhaps the most vilified footballer on the planet. On Wednesday night Henry was seen by millions of TV viewers – but not, alas, by the match referee – creating the winning goal for his country against Ireland with the help of a deliberate handball, in the...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I screamed at the telly on Wednesday night as Ireland were cheated out of the World Cup finals by Thierry Henry’s hand. But would I have done the same thing in his position? Yes, I would.What Henry did made me sick. It was more blatant than Diego Maradona’s Hand Of God. And I’m gutted for the Irish, who deserved to win against the worst French side I've ever seen. I’m disgusted...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
• French have a 'moral obligation' to grant rematch • Irish urge Fifa to display their belief in 'fair play and integrity' The Republic of Ireland have told Thierry Henry and France that they have a moral obligation to grant them a rematch of Wednesday night's World Cup play-off second-leg, from which France progressed to the finals in South Africa following Henry's controversial "Hand...
Norfolk Single Dad (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
You have to laugh…. Twenty three years ago Irish football fans revelled in England’s elimination from the Quarter-Finals of the 1986 World Cup at the hands (or hand) of Argie cheating drug-fiend Diego Maradona. I remember it well. Along with the Scotch and the Welsh, the Irish loved it, and reminded us English football fans at every opportunity. There were even t-shirts produced, commemorating...
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