Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ ball fetches £2 million at auction

Legendary Football player Diego Maradona’s infamous “Hand of God” ball fetches £2 million at auction. The ball he used in goal for Argentina against England in the 1986 World Cup sold at auction on Wednesday for £2 million ($2.4 million).

The white Adidas “Azteca” ball, owned by the Tunisian match referee Ali Bin Nasser, had been tipped to fetch up to £3 million ($3.6 million) when it went under the hammer at UK-based Graham Budd Auctions.

Six months after the jersey Maradona wore in the historic quarter-final in Mexico City sold at auction for nearly $9.3 million — more than twice the value predicted by Sotheby’s. The shirt auctioned in May will be on display in Qatar during the 2022 World Cup, which kicks off on Sunday.