Mario Kempes, the legendary striker and 1978 World Cup champion with Argentina, offered his candid opinion on the heated debate between Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona. Mario Alberto Kempes, one of ...

Ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026, here is a look at Mexico's record during the two previous times the nation has hosted the global finals.

Azteca was the first stadium to host two World Cup finals, won by Pele's Brazil in 1970 and Diego Maradona's Argentina in 1986. Mexico is sharing the 2026 World Cup with the United States and ...

He played for the club’s senior team from 1976 until 1981 (Hulton Archive) Maradona in action during the FIFA 1986 World Cup match against Bulgaria (Hulton Archive) One of Maradona’s most ...

LET'S HOPE JUSTICE WILL BE DONE' Maradona's death rocked the South American nation where he was revered for leading Argentina to World Cup glory in 1986, prompting an outpouring of grief and ...

Verónica Ojeda, mother of Diego Fernando and former partner of Maradona, thanked the people who gathered at the courthouse, approaching those who sang for the 1986 FIFA World Cup champion and ...

Diego Maradona was in "agony" in the hours before his death, a court has heard. The 1986 World Cup winner, one of football's greatest-ever players, died in a house outside Buenos Aires in November ...

Argentina will begin a trial this week into the medical team of late soccer icon Diego Maradona over homicide by negligence, a case that has charged up emotions in the country where the World Cup ...

Widely perceived as one of the sport's greatest players, Maradona famously led Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup and inspired his compatriots with a rags-to-riches story that vaulted him ...

Argentina will begin a trial this week into the medical team of late soccer icon Diego Maradona over homicide by negligence, a case that has charged up emotions in the country where the World Cup ...