Tag: Diego Maradona

• Tuesday, March 29th 2016 - 06:37 UTC

  FIFA chief Infantino arrives in Uruguay; supports 2030 World Cup in River Plate

  

  FIFA President Gianni Infantino who on Tuesday will be in Uruguay, gave tentative backing to a joint World Cup bid by Argentina and Uruguay on Monday, suggesting the history of the two South American nations made them serious candidates to host the tournament in 2030.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 06:29 UTC

  Maradona thanks the Queen and Houses of Parliament for their confidence

  

  Diego Maradona has thanked the Queen and the Houses of Parliament for giving him the chance to provide “true justice” as head of an organization designed to help young children.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2015 - 05:29 UTC

  Maradona announce he intends to run for FIFA's presidency

  

  Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has thrown his hat into the ring for the FIFA presidency, according to reports. Reuters quoted Uruguayan journalist and author Victor Hugo Morales saying that Maradona, 54, had revealed his plan on Sunday.

• Tuesday, January 13th 2015 - 07:20 UTC

  Fidel sends letter to Maradona to quash rumors about his alleged death

  

  Fidel Castro has sent a letter to his friend and Argentine football great Diego Maradona, a Venezuelan-based TV network said, adding that the missive quashed rumors that the former Cuban leader might have died.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 06:57 UTC

  Interreligious soccer match had Maradona as one of the outstanding stars

  

  Diego Maradona and Roberto Baggio were among a host of former soccer stars who played in an interreligious charity match backed by Pope Francis on Monday night. The Argentine pope, an avid soccer fan, did not attend the match but had an audience with both teams earlier in the day and also broadcast a message on the big screens at Rome's Olympic Stadium ahead of kickoff.

• Saturday, October 19th 2013 - 15:36 UTC

  Italy tax collectors formally notified Maradona of his debt: 39 million Euro

  

  Italy’s tax collection agency says it has formally notified Diego Maradona that it will begin procedures to freeze his assets in Italy to pay off his tax debt of 39 million Euros or 53 million dollars.

• Friday, April 12th 2013 - 06:42 UTC

  Maradona launches “Cristina 2015” re-re-election in Caracas next to Maduro

  

  Argentina’s football legend Diego Maradona was present on Thursday afternoon in down-town Caracas at the closing campaign rally of Venezuelan incumbent presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro but with a special touch: a red t-shirt promoting the re-re-election of Cristina Fernandez in 2015.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 18:25 UTC

  Maradona joins the Venezuelan campaign in support of Chavism and Maduro

  

  Venezuelan incumbent presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro’s closing campaign rally will have a special guest on Thursday with football legend Argentine Diego Maradona giving a celebrity boost to the colourful presidential elections that will test Hugo Chavez’s populist legacy.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 00:24 UTC

  Argentine leaders’ ‘creative lies’ according to a leading Italian newspaper

  

  A leading Italian newspaper has published a very critical piece on Argentina, its honesty and what it describes as the succession of ‘creative lies’ in the country’s recent history going back to the myth about Evita Peron, the blood thirsty generals, Maradona, Carlos Menem one peso/one dollar, Cristina Kirchner and the latest the clash with the IMF over manipulation of official inflation and GDP stats.

• Wednesday, January 16th 2013 - 06:15 UTC

  Maradona declares devotion to Cristina, as he did to all previous presidents

  

  Diego Maradona came on stage in the United Arab Emirates to defend President Cristina Fernández saying that “all Argentines must be proud of the government we have” and attacked some members of the opposition arguing they “can’t even cook a decent stew”.