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Messi's Barca deal worth 555 million euros: report

January 31, 2021

Messi's Barca deal worth 555 million euros: report

The deal over four years is the biggest signed by any athlete in sports history, says a report in Spanish newspaper El Mundo.

January 02, 2021
Pope terms Maradona a fragile poet

In a wide-ranging interview with Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport, Pope Francis recalled his own days playing soccer as a child with a ball made of rags and laid bare his scorn for doping cheats.
December 31, 2020
Argentina votes to legalize abortion, triumph for women's rights campaigners

In a vote of 38-29 with one abstention, the Senate backed the government proposal to allow terminations through the 14th week of pregnancy.
December 28, 2020
Messi hints at playing in Major League Soccer

From January, Messi will be free to negotiate his next move as he will enter the final six months of his contract with Barcelona.
December 24, 2020
Maradona autopsy shows no trace of alcohol, narcotics

The 1986 World Cup-winner died of a heart attack aged 60 on November 25, less than a month after undergoing surgery in the Argentina capital to remove a blood clot on his brain.
December 09, 2020
Former Argentina coach Sabella dies aged 66

Sabella’s death came less than two weeks after the passing of Maradona, who played with Sabella for the Argentine national side in the 1980s.
December 02, 2020
Probe into Maradona's death: Argentina cops search office of second doctor

By order of the attorney general's office of San Isidro, officers entered an apartment used by Agustina Cosachov for consultations in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, while another group of police searched her private home.

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