Maradona shirt sold for 7.1 million pounds
The Diego Maradona shirt he wore when he scored two of the most famous goals in football history set a new record for auctioning a sporting memorabilia for 7.14 million pounds ($8.93 million) on Wednesday.
Maradona wore Argentina's No. 10 shirt against England in the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.
Six minutes after the start of the second half, he put his country in the lead with what was later known as the "Hand of God" goal.
Four minutes later, Maradona scored one of the greatest goals in the history of the World Cup, after launching the ball from the middle of his team's court, and presented charming technical glimpses with his left foot, to dodge several English players, including goalkeeper and captain Peter Shilton, before calmly depositing the ball into the net.
Former England midfielder Steve Hodge obtained the shirt after exchanging it with Maradona after the match, and he announced last month that it was being offered for sale at auction 19 years after it was displayed in the National Football Museum in England.
"This historic shirt bears an important memory not only in the history of sports but in the history of the 20th century," said Braham Watcher, head of Sotheby's clothing and collectibles unit. Sotheby's said the buyer was unknown.
The sale broke the previous record for sporting goods held in the original manuscript of the Olympic manifesto in 1892, which was sold in 2019 for $8.8 million.
Maradona, who led Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup, is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time.
He died at the age of 60 in 2020 due to a heart attack.
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