{"id":1687483,"date":"2022-10-13T06:06:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T10:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1687483"},"modified":"2022-10-13T06:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T10:06:13","slug":"soccer-ball-from-maradonas-hand-of-god-match-expected-to-fetch-at-least-2-8-million-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soccer-ball-from-maradonas-hand-of-god-match-expected-to-fetch-at-least-2-8-million-at-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer-Ball from Maradona\u2019s \u2018Hand of God\u2019 match expected to fetch at least $2.8 million at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsoccer-ball-from-maradonas-hand-of-god-match-expected-to-fetch-at-least-2-8-million-at-auction%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1687483&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>(Reuters) \u2013     The football that was at the feet \u2013 and hand \u2013 of Diego Maradona as he shocked the world with acts of both brazen gamesmanship and breathtaking skill in Mexico 36 years ago has been put up for auction and is expected to sell for at least 2.5 million pounds ($2.8 million).<\/p>\n<p>The ball in question is from the 1986 World Cup quarter-final between Argentina and England, in which Maradona scored six minutes into the second half by sneakily punching the ball over England goalkeeper Peter Shilton into the net, a goal he said afterwards had been helped by the \u201cHand of God\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Just four minutes later he dribbled from his own half past a number of England players to score a sublime second that regularly tops polls as the greatest goal in World Cup history.<\/p>\n<p>The ball is being sold by Tunisian referee Ali Bin Nasser, who officiated the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis ball is part of international football history \u2013 it feels like the right time to be sharing it with the world,\u201d Bin Nasser said. \u201cI hope the buyer is in a position to put it on display or share it with the public in some other way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The auction will be conducted by auctioneers Graham Budd and will take place on Nov. 16, with bidders able to register and bid online from Oct. 28.<\/p>\n<p>The shirt worn by Maradona in the same match was sold for 7.14 million pounds earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Maradona, regarded as one of the world\u2019s best ever footballers, died in November, 2020 aged 60.<\/p>\n<p>($1 = 0.9029 pounds)<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; 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