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‘You have to be here’: Argentina’s love of Maradona overcomes COVID-19 fears
By Maximilian Heath and Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentines in their thousands, wearing soccer jerseys and face masks, packed into snaking queues on the streets of Buenos Aires on Thu...
Nov 26, 2020
God is dead’: newspapers pay tribute to Argentina great Maradona
(Reuters) - Diego Maradona's death dominated the front and back pages of newspapers as the world bid farewell to the 'god of football', with his renowned "Hand of God" quote featuring prominently. Mar...
Nov 26, 2020
Athletics: Kenya’s Kosgei dismisses fears over Delhi pollution, virus
By Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Women's marathon world record holder Brigid Kosgei said on Thursday she was gearing up for New Delhi's half-marathon on Sunday, dismissing fears around the novel co...
Nov 26, 2020
Naples unites in grief over death of adoptive son Maradona
By Gabriele Pileri and Yara Nardi NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) - Fans streamed to Napoli stadium on Thursday to pay their respects to Diego Armando Maradona, grieving a man who achieved god-like status in ...
Nov 26, 2020
Indian fans gather to mourn Maradona – the man who divided a soccer-mad city
By Rupak Chowdhuri KOLKATA (Reuters) - Indian football fans gathered in Kolkata on Thursday to mourn the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, whose mesmerizing performance and feats in t...
Nov 26, 2020
Belarusian medallist, facing crackdown at home, clings to Olympic comeback dream
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - Decathlete Andrei Krauchanka knows that reaching the Olympics is seldom an adversity-free path, but the political crisis in his native Belarus has made h...
Nov 26, 2020
Argentines bid final farewell to Maradona as national mourning begins
By Nicols Misculin and Cassandra Garrison BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentines will formally bid farewell on Thursday to one of the nation's favorite sons, soccer great Diego Maradona, a beloved athlet...
Nov 26, 2020
Top 25 roundup: No. 3 Villanova rallies for opening win
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as No. 3 Villanova rallied from a nine-point, second-half deficit for a 76-67 victory over Boston College on Wednesday in the 2K Empire ...
Nov 26, 2020
Japan’s Olympics minister: not government’s role to look into bid payments
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympics minister Seiko Hashimoto said it was not the central government's role to look into reports about large payments the Tokyo campaign made to various entities in the r...
Nov 25, 2020
Time healed wounds caused by ‘flawed genius’ Maradona, says England’s Steven
By Rohith Nair (Reuters) - Time has healed the wounds that Diego Maradona inflicted on England at the 1986 World Cup and he should be remembered for his achievements in football rather than for scorin...
Nov 25, 2020
