Diego Maradona ‘hand of God’ shirt sold for record £7.1m at auction
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Blue Argentina No 10 jersey kept by England player Steve Hodge beats mark set by 1892 Olympic manifesto
The shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored twice - including the hand of God" goal - to knock England out of the 1986 World Cup has sold for a record-breaking sum at auction.
The Argentinian described his opening goal in the quarter-final as a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God". For his second he dribbled past a host of England players and beat Peter Shilton to score what would later be voted the goal of the century.
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