The shirt worn by Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona for the infamous “Hand of God” football shirt sold at auction in London on Wednesday for 7.1 million pounds ($9.3 million), setting a new record for any items of sports memorabilia going under the hammer.
On June 22, 1986, a 25-year-old Maradona made history in what is now one of the world’s most famous football matches – the Argentina v England quarter finals of the FIFA World Cup.
Maradona scored two of the most extraordinary, and notorious, goals in the sport. Argentina would go on to win the cup, and that day cemented Maradona’s name permanently in the chronicle of the sport. Now, that shirt has gone under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London.
