1. The Argentinian president beseeched Maradona to reconsider.

2. Maradona also praised Javier Zanetti for his reaction to losing captaincy.

3. 22 Maradona sang a song during his debut on a television variety show.

4. Lionel Messi is the heir apparent to the throne left vacant by Diego Armando Maradona.

5. Later, he became a ball boy at the city's stadium while Diego Maradona played there.

6. In 1978 the Argentinian trainer Menotti didnt convoke Maradona, as he considered him too young.

7. Two years later, Maradona donated the Cuban royalties of his book to "the Cuban people and Fidel".

8. The striking self-regard and individual brilliance which had taken Maradona to the top now began to push him into trouble.

9. In August 2007, Maradona went further, making an appearance on Chávez's weekly television show Alo Presidente and saying, "I hate everything that comes from the United States.

10. BUENOS AIRES: A major sports manufacturer launched a campaign on Monday to find 1,703 Argentines named after football icon Diego Armando Maradona, who died last year following a …

11. In March 2009, Italian officials announced that Maradona still owed the Italian government €37 million in local taxes; €23.5 million of which was accrued interest on his original debt.

12. Messi is still only and at that age Maradona crashed out of the 1982 World Cup when he was red-carded for a willful two-footed kick back against a Brazilian.

13. Maradona also noted that he expects world football 's big guns to progress to the knockout stages of the competition and declared that the margin for error is minimal in the latter stages .

14. 2 days ago · A major sports manufacturer launched a campaign on Monday to find 1,703 Argentines named after football icon Diego Armando Maradona, who died last year following a heart attack.

15. Affectionately nicknamed Le Roi, or The King, Michel Platini Bestrode the soccer field with inimitable elegance as the world’s best player of the early 1980s, helping to bridge the gap between the eras of Pele and Diego Maradona.