I robbed England: Maradona

ARGENTINA football legend Diego Maradona yesterday admitted for the first time that he had deliberately used his hand to score a controversial goal against England in the 1986 World Cup.

The intervention, which Maradona infamously dubbed at the time as the “hand of God”, was the first goal in a 2-1 win over England at quarter-final stage of the competition.

“I don’t for a second regret scoring that goal with my hand,” Maradona said on his own television chat show, called “Number 10 Night” in tribute to the days when he was lighting up football pitches in the number 10 shirt.