The ball with which legendary Argentine forward Diego Maradona scored a goal using his hand against England during the 1986 World Cup has been sold at auction for £2.5 million ($3.4 million), the BBC reports.
Maradona diverted the ball with his left fist, scoring against England in the 51st minute of the quarter-final match. Argentina won the game 2–1. After the match, Maradona declared that he had scored the goal with the "Hand of God."
Ali Bin Nasser, the Tunisian referee of that match, had come into possession of the ball and sold it for $2.34 million in 2022. In 2023, a special examination confirmed that this was the only ball used during the match. The new owner attempted to sell the ball in 2023, but no one offered the set price, and the auction proved unsuccessful.
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