Maradona can rejoin team as coach: AFA
Buenos Aires, Aug 4: Diego Maradona can return to Argentina football team as coach only if he accepts the association's conditions and agreed to the changes to the coaching staff, said AFA President Julio Grondona.Argentine Football Association (AFA) in Jul 2010,.....
To be or not to be, Maradona faces the question
Buenos Aires: The controversial Argentine coach, Diego Maradona, is expected to announce his decision on whether he would continue as the coach or not can be expected next week.The head of the country's football association informed on Wednesday, Jul 21 that.....
Maradona is no longer the Argentine coach
Buenos Aires, Jul 28: Argentine Football Association (AFA) sacked the controversial coach Diego Maradona following the national squad's devastating exit from World Cup 2010 in the quarterfinals against Germany.Despite the public support that Maradona had garnered, the AFA voted unanimously to.....
Don't let the fans down: Maradona tells his boys
Cape Town, Jul 3: Argentina coach Diego Maradona has admitted that it will not be a cake walk for his boys in the quarterfinals against Germany.The coach said on Friday, Jul 3 that he will be asking his team to play.....
Argentine captain Mascherano to join Barcelona?
Barcelona, Aug 13: Unofficial reports claimed that Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano is likely to join Spanish football club Barcelona.Reports revealed that Barcelona signed a deal with the Liverpool for the Argentina captain.Ole reported that the deal will be comprised of a.....
Capello waves goodbye to 'too old' Beckham
London, Aug 12: Looks like it is the end of the road of global football icon, David Beckham, as England manager Fabio Capello has decided not to let him play any more of the competitive matches as "he is a little.....
Argentinians vote against Maradonna
Buenos Aires, Oct 10: In an opinion poll conducted by a sports publication, Ole, majority of the Argentinians did not want Diego Maradona continue as the national coach even if the team qualifies for the 2010 World Cup.Nearly 64 per cent of the 88,000 participants voted against the 48-year-old footballer in the survey conducted on the internet. However, 36.1 per cent still continued to be loyal to Maradonna.The 1986 world champ was appointed as the coach a year.....
Maradona's FIFA disciplinary hearing on Nov 15
Argentina, Nov 13: Argentina coach Diego Maradona could miss out the 2010 World Cup if FIFA displinary committee slaps a stadium ban on him on Sunday, Nov 15 for his foul-mouthed rantings after Agentina lost to Uruguay in the world Cup qualifier in Oct, 2009. The hearing by the disciplinary committee which is scheduled to start at 1:00 pm will be headed Marcel Mathier."The disciplinary hearing related to the head coach of Argentina, Diego Armando Maradona, and the.....