Havelange maradona biography
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Diego Maradona: Cunning cheat or unplayable genius? Inside the Argentine's World Cup glory
England's plan was never to man mark Maradona, although the selection of Terry Fenwick - the no-nonsense central defender with a record number of yellow cards in a World Cup - certainly sent a message.
England manager Bobby Robson reportedly said to him: "Don't worry Terry, he's little, tallrik and he's only got one foot." Words that probably would have haunted him for the rest of his days.
Brown summed up the feelings of many of the Argentine players. "You get to the centre of the pitch and they play the national anthem and I'm telling you, it was like I put a knife between my teeth. I wanted to see if I could get revenge by winning a match," he said.
"I left my normal life behind. And we all thought the same thing. We never talked about the problems of Las Malvinas, but we all transformed."
For a game that will forever be remember
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João Havelange
Brazilian businessman, athlete and football administrator
João Havelange | |
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Havelange in | |
| In office 8 May &#;– 8 June | |
| Preceded by | Stanley Rous |
| Succeeded by | Sepp Blatter |
| Born | Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid de Havelange ()8 May Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | 16 August () (aged&#;) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Resting place | Cemitério São João Batista, Rio de Janeiro |
| Alma mater | Fluminense Federal University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid "João" de Havelange (Brazilian Portuguese:[ʒuˈɐ̃waviˈlɐ̃ʒi], French:[ʒɑ̃maʁifostɛ̃ɡɔdfʁwadəavlɑ̃ʒ]; 8 May – 16 August )[1] was a Brazilian lawyer, businessman, and athlete who was the seventh president of FIFA from to His tenure as president is the second longest in FIFA's history, behind that of Jules Rimet. He received the title of honorary president when leaving office,[2] but resigned in April [3] He wa
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ZURICH: FIFA president Joao Havelange wanted to hush up Diego Maradona’s notorious dope test failure at the World Cup finals in the United States, according to Sepp Blatter, then the world federation’s general secretary writes KEIR RADNEDGE.
Blatter, currently under suspension by the FIFA ethics committee, describes events surrounding the incident which prompted worldwide headlines in his new autobiography**.
Maradona had been Argentina’s inspirational Cup-winning captain in , had led them to the final and remained the biggest name in the game despite his well-catalogued problems with drugs going into the tournament.
During the group stage he failed a dope test after Argentina’s win over Nigeria.
Blatter says: “Maradona tested positive for ephedrine as well as four other banned products. He claimed innocence and that he had taken medicine after a cold.
“Joao Havelange, the organising committee chairman Guillermo Canedo from Mexico, and the Argentinian FA president Julio G