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ARGENTINE SUPERLIGA

Maradona: We're giving everything to keep Gimnasia in top flight

20-09-2019 12:48 Argentine legend says he and his players are "giving everything" to help the club avoid relegation, after last week's 2-1 defeat to Racing left La Plata side rooted to bottom of the Superliga.

ARGENTINE FOOTBALL

Diego takes on daunting challenge with out-of-form Gimnasia

14-09-2019 00:24 Maradona’s coaching credentials may still not convince everyone, but perhaps no other sporting figure on earth is capable of awakening such furore by merely sitting on the bench.

by Dan Edwards

argentina

What we learned this week: September 8 to 13

13-09-2019 23:11 Key stories from the last seven days.

Local football

Emotional Maradona inspires devotion as Gimnasia spell gets underway

09-09-2019 09:21 Footballing legend breaks down in tears as tens of thousands of fans flood La Plata stadium for his unveiling as 'El Lobo's' new head coach.

ARGENTINE FOOTBALL

Maradona agrees deal to become coach of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata

05-09-2019 16:58 Presentation to unveil Argentine footballing legend as new head coach of 'El Lobo' set for tomorrow at a hotel in La Plata.

ARGENTINE LEGEND

Diego Maradona undergoes successful knee surgery

24-07-2019 23:01 Maradona's attorney Matías Morla said the retired Argentine footballing great underwent the procedure on Wednesday at the Olivos private clinic in Buenos Aires.

FOOTBALL

Ex-Albiceleste coach Carlos Bilardo 'in a serious condition' after brain surgery

19-07-2019 13:03 81-year-old, who led the Albiceleste to World Cup glory in 1986, was taken into intensive care on Wednesday, after undergoing severe medical procedure for second time in little more than a month.

ARGENTINA AT CANNES

Asif Kapadia’s documentary captures Maradona’s rise and fall

25-05-2019 09:35 Oscar-winning director tackles Argentina’s most famous footballing son in new film, which premiered this week at Cannes Film Festival.

DIEGO THE DRAMATIC

Maradona proves to be Argentina’s biggest fan – and biggest distraction

30-06-2018 11:20 At this World Cup in Russia , it seems there are as many cameras trained on Maradona during the Albiceleste’s matches as there are on Argentina’s players.

AFTER UAE STINT

Diego Maradona hired as chairman of Belarusian club Dinamo Brest

16-05-2018 09:58 The former Argentina great announced Tuesday that he will become chairman of Belarusian club Dinamo Brest.

FOOTBALL

Maradona leaves UAE team Al Fujairah after missing automatic promotion

30-04-2018 12:48 The former Argentina World Cup winner was managing UAE first division club Al Fujairah, which was bidding for a place in the Arabian Gulf League, the UAE's top flight.

STRIKING ARTWORK

At one football club in Barracas, Maradona is God and Messi is Adam...

28-04-2018 13:26 On the ceiling of one club in the capital, in a painting modelled after Michelangelo’s work in the Sistine Chapel, Maradona is God, extending his hand to Adam – Lionel Messi.

Against Iceland, Croatia and Nigera

Argentina lands comfortably in World Cup Group D

01-12-2017 17:34 The team led by Lionel Messi and coach Jorge Sampaoli will face Iceland, the least populated nation to complete in next year’s cup, on Saturday June 16 at 10 am in the Otkrytie stadium in Moscow.