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	Diego Maradona
		Elected the greatest FIFA soccer player of the 20th century (an honor he shares with Pelé;), Diego Armando Maradona was born in 1960 in a slum outside Buenos Aires, Argentina.
		Maradona was banned from the sport for 12 months after testing positive for cocaine in 1991.
		In 2000, Maradona suffered a severe heart attack triggered by a cocaine overdose.
	www.nndb.com /people/789/000044657 (351 words)

	Diego Maradona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Diego Armando Maradona was born in Villa Fiorito, a shantytown on the southern outskirts of Buenos Aires
		Maradona has won other polls, including a 2002 FIFA poll in which his second goal against England was chosen as the best goal ever scored in a World Cup; he also won the most votes in a poll to determine the All-Time Ultimate World Cup Team.
		Maradona has always had a tendency to put on weight, and suffered increasingly with obesity from the end of his playing career until undergoing gastric bypass surgery in a clinic in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia on March 6, 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diego_Maradona (3357 words)

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		However, Maradona showed the other side of his nature just a couple of minutes later in the same match, by running half the length of the pitch and beating almost the entire English team along the way, to score what is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful goals in football history.
		Maradona spent much of the 1990s battling a cocaine addiction, which included a well-publicized spell in a detox clinic in Cuba.
		Maradona's brother is a soccer player too, and his illegitimate child is now trying to start a career in soccer, but he does not appear to have inherited his father's skills.
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/d/di/diego_maradona.html (516 words)

	CBC Sports Online: Indepth: Maradona
		Maradona arrives on the field in grand style via helicopter and is officially presented to the Napoli fans as his Italian soccer journey begins.
		Maradona snapped a scoreless tie and pulled the wool over the referee's eyes by punching the ball into the English net, a goal he later claimed was guided by God's hand, leading the goal to forever be remembered as "The Hand of God." Amid vehement protest, the disputed goal stood and England reeled.
		Maradona had refused to recognize the child as his own until Italian courts confirmed the boy was his with DNA tests.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/indepth/maradona (2006 words)

	Diego Maradona better
		Argentina's Diego Maradona, one of the most gifted players in soccer history, showed a slight improvement in his condition by Monday night, 24 hours after he was put in intensive care with heart and breathing problems.
		Maradona, the fifth of eight children of a factory worker, was given his first football as an infant and slept with it under his arm.
		Maradona was admitted to a Uruguayan hospital in 2000 for hypertension and an irregular heart beat and has spent much of his time since then in Cuba having treatment for drug addiction.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/apr/20mara.htm (911 words)

	Diego Maradona Encyclopedia Article @ ParksAndWildlife.com (Parks and Wildlife) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One of Maradona's trademark moves was dribbling full-speed as a left wing, and on reaching the opponent's goal line, delivering accurate passes to his teammates that many times proved lethal.
		Maradona (left) got into frequent disputes with Barcelona's directors, especially club president Josep Lluís Nuñez and in 1984 he demanded a transfer out of of the Nou Camp.
		Maradona and Coppola parted ways acrimoniously, and they still refer to the end of their relations as an "open wound".
	www.parksandwildlife.com /encyclopedia/Diego_Maradona (3824 words)

	Diego Maradona
		None came close to his fame and iconic status until the mid-1980s that saw Argentinean Diego Maradona rise in full glory which was only enjoyed by Pele, the legend.
		Diego Maradona’s first goal at 51st minute came off from the sleight of his hand and the goal was allowed.
		Diego Maradona picked up the ball close to his own penalty box and amazingly dribbled past five English defenders and a goalkeeper and sent the ball reeling into the net.
	diego-maradona.net (257 words)

	Diego Maradona
		Maradona afterwards said his first had been "a little bit of Maradona's head, a little bit of the hand of God." The second was pure Maradona.
		Diego Armando Maradona was born on October 30, 1960 in Villa Fiorito in the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
		Maradona also raked in more than $1million in advances for his autobiography, sales of which were boosted by his decision to become head coach of lowly Almagro a month ago, although he has never been to a game, has attended training only once and said this week: 'Don't ask me about Almagro.
	ganeshyamalabittu.tripod.com /heroes/id29.html (4004 words)

	Who is Diego Maradona: Argentinean football
		Read about the life of Diego Maradona, the Argentinean whose skill at football was sadly overshadowed by a sinister cocaine addiction.
		Diego Maradona is quite possibly the greatest football player the world has ever seen.
		Maradona found it difficult to cope and it was whilst in Spain that he first took cocaine.
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	Talk:Diego Maradona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		First, Maradona himself recently (22 Aug 2005) admited in his TV show "La noche del 10" he used his hand on purpose, it was NOT a reaction, and second, blaming the referee for that goal is like blaming a murder on the police because they failed to catch the killer, i.e.
		Maradona did only that when he scored with his hand, as almost any player would do if given the chance to help their national teams win.
		Maradona was the better player by far because he could do better things against better teams.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Diego_Maradona (4988 words)

	CNN.com - Diego Maradona - Jun 7, 2006
		Football's flawed genius, Maradona was a combustible mix of the heroic and the tragic who first shone and was later shamed on the World Cup stage.
		Maradona's performance against Belgium in the semifinals was no less emphatic and two more outstanding individual efforts sealed a comfortable 2-0 win.
		As a 17-year-old, Maradona was painfully left out of the 1978 squad that won on home soil, and when he finally made his tournament debut in Spain four years later he was sent off in disgrace for a wild lunge during Argentina's defeat by Brazil in the second round.
	www.cnn.com /rssclick/2006/SPORT/football/05/01/worldcup.dreamteam.maradona/index.html?section=cnn_latest (419 words)

	Reference for Diego Maradona - Search.com
		Diego Armando Maradona was born in Villa Fiorito, a shantytown on the southern outskirts of Buenos Aires,
		Maradona has won other fan polls, including a 2002 FIFA poll in which his second goal against England was chosen as the best goal ever scored in a World Cup; he also won the most votes in a poll to determine the All-Time Ultimate World Cup Team.
		Maradona has always had a tendency to put on weight, and suffered increasingly with obesity from the end of his playing career until undergoing gastric bypass surgery in a clinic in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia on March 6, 2005.
	www.search.com /reference/Diego_Maradona (4513 words)

	Maradona Tribute Site
		Maradona was barely 12 years old when he said on TV that his greatest ambition was in his own words ''to play in the world cup and be a champion''.
		Maradona's professional football career started shortly after a trial match in which a coach amazed by his footballing skills assumed he was hiding his age.
		Maradona's footballing career had more than the usual share of the ups and downs but his passion for football is probably the greatest addiction.
	www.diegomaradona.co.uk (451 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Football Career of Diego Maradona
		Maradona was born on 30 October, 1960, the fifth child of eight to Diego Maradona and Dalma Salvadora Franco, in Lanus, on the edge of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
		Maradona spent the first few years of the new millennium in various clinics to attempt to cure his addiction to cocaine.
		Some Argentine fans are so in awe of Diego Maradona they worship him as a god, with their own 'Maradonian' religion; ten commandments (one of which is to call your son Diego); and Hand of God church.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A11848557 (1909 words)

	Diego Armando Maradona
		Diego Armando Maradona was born on October 30, 1960, in Villa Fiorito, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
		Diego took the ball behind the midfield line and after avoiding all the English players who were trying to stop him, he kept going and scored.
		Maradona left the Napoli team in 1992, after a prohibition of 15 months, for failing drugs controls.
	www.easybuenosairescity.com /biografias/maradona1.htm (1015 words)

	Diego Maradona Rumours and Transfers
		Maradona is considered the greatest footballer of all time by some, to others he is too contraversial to hold that title.
		Maradona amazingly returned to the pitch in 14 weeks, though it is said during this time he was introduced to the drug that blighted his later career when he suffered an addiction to it, cocaine.
		Diego Maradona was stopped by airport police Sunday after arriving on a flight from Italy, taken before a judge and told he faced a civil case involving injuries in a transit accident, local reports said.
	www.football-rumours.com /diegomaradona.html (1607 words)

	Diego Armando Maradona - Biography
		Diego Armando Maradona is arguably the greatest footballer that has ever put on a pair of boots.
		Maradona's influence on his teammates was carried over to his club side Napoli, as they reached unprecedented heights, winning their very first and second Scudetto (1997 and 1990) and the UEFA Cup in 1988/99.
		Diego plays his farewell match on the 10th of November 2001 against a select team comprised by some of the greatest footballers in the game including Ferrara, Suker, Stoichkov, Cantona, Higuita, and Romario.
	www.expertfootball.com /players/maradona/biography.php (823 words)

	Diego Maradona - Wikipédia
		Diego Armando Maradona, né le 30 octobre 1960 à Buenos Aires, est un ancien footballeur argentin, surnommé El Pibe de Oro (Le gamin en or).
		Maradona débuta sa carrière en Championnat d'Argentine avec le club d'Argentinos Juniors de 1976 à 1981 (Ballon d'or argentin 1978 et Champion du monde Juniors 1978), puis il fut recruté par Boca Juniors où il joua une saison avant d'être repéré par le FC Barcelone.
		Maradona conduisit également l'équipe d'Argentine à la finale en Coupe du monde 1990 de nouveau contre l'Allemagne, mais perdant 1-0 sur un penalty au cours d'un match bien terne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/fr%3ADiego_Maradona (732 words)

	Diego Maradona
		Diego Armando Maradona is by many regarded as the greatest player in the history of the game.
		The tournament didn't end as Maradona had hoped and he was sent off against Brazil in the second phase, as Argentina bowed out.
		Maradona retired from international football after that with a gallery of good and bad memories.
	www.rajuabju.com /elat/diego_maradona.htm (487 words)

	Diego Maradona
		Diego Maradona var 17 år gammel og havde allerede i en tid tryllet i den argentinske 1.
		Diego Maradona blev kort efter solgt til Barcelona for en rekordpris.
		Ved sejren i 1986 blev verdens måske største fodboldspiller gennem tiderne, den lille trinde Diego Maradona, nærmest opfattet som en gud.
	www.soccermania.dk /legender_maradona.php (540 words)

	Hand of God goal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Diego Maradona took the ball down the pitch and crossed it to his team-mate Jorge Valdano whose shot was blocked by defender Steve Hodge.
		At the press conference after the game, Maradona further infuriated the English by claiming the goal was scored "a little bit by the Hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona".
		Decades later Maradona did admit that the ball came off his hand, but maintains that it was an accident, in spite of the widely-shown video evidence.
	www.fact-index.com /h/ha/hand_of_god_goal.html (340 words)

	Diego Maradona - Diego Maradona Biography, Life, History, Profile, Football Players.
		Maradona was born in Villa Fiorito, Buenos Aires, Argentina to a family of humble origin.
		However, Maradona showed the other side of his nature just a couple of minutes later in the same match, by running half the length of the pitch and beating almost the entire English team along the way, to score what is widely regarded as the most exceptional goal of all time.
		Maradona's brother is also a soccer player and his alleged illegitimate child is now trying to start a career in football, but he does not appear to have inherited his father's skills.
	www.famouspeople.co.uk /d/diegomaradona.html (1067 words)

	Diego Maradona profile
		Diego Armando Maradona was born in Lanús, on 30th October 1960 in the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
		Maradona returns home a national here, and is hailed by many football watchers as the greatest player ever.
		In May 2000, Maradona was released from a Cuban hospital after undergoing treatment for heart complications, as a result of drug and alcohol abuse.
	jamesb007mi6.tripod.com /genius/maradona.htm (1154 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Diego Maradona timeline
		Born Diego Armando Maradona on 30 October 1960 in the poor district of Lanus in Buenos Aires.
		Maradona plays a key part in the 1982 World Cup finals in Spain and enjoys a good tournament until he is sent off in a 31 defeat by archrivals Brazil who send Argentina out.
		Maradona attributed his controversial opener to the BHand of God B. "The first goal was dubious the second was a bloody miracle" said England manager Bobby Robson.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/football/3640799.stm (1332 words)

	Diego Maradona: A Who2 Profile
		Diego Maradona is the Babe Ruth of Argentinian soccer, a stocky, charming and hard-partying star who dominated his country's favorite sport.
		Maradona is best remembered for helping Argentina win the 1986 World Cup with two goals in a quarterfinal match against England; on the first he punched the ball in with his hand, a sneaky maneuver that went unseen by the referee.
		Photos of Maradona looking bloated and decidedly unathletic were commonplace in the 1990s, and he survived a heart attack in 2004, but he never quite lost the public's affection.
	www.who2.com /diegomaradona.html (300 words)

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