Diego Maradona once said that his enduring fame owes much to the 'Hand of God'. "That goal became part of soccer history," he wrote in his autobiography. "There are still 10-year-old kids out ...

The ball that soccer legend Diego Maradona handled to score his infamous "Hand of God" goal for Argentina against England in the 1986 World Cup sold at auction on Wednesday for $2.4 million.

his death has provided the opportunity to dig up the old humbug about the Hand of God goal at the 1986 World Cup, which involved Maradona’s fist essentially knocking the ball into England’s goal.