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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 19 Kane to face Spain in eye-catching Maradona gets new job boots AFP | London Argentine legend will manage second-division side Dorados in Mexico ngland captain Harry EKane will wear gold AFP | Culiacán, Mexico boots in Saturday’s Nations League clash against Spain rgentine legend Diego BETTER to celebrate finishing as the Maradona has been hired World Cup’s top scorer. Ato coach Mexican sec- Kane will be making his ond-division football club Dora- KNOW first England appearance dos in his latest foray into man- since winning the Golden agement, the club announced Boot trophy awarded for Thursday. finishing as the most pro- Maradona’s colorful career Maradona previously lific player in World Cup. has included stints coaching the had short stints Tottenham striker Kane Argentine national team and a coaching clubs in scored six goals during series of clubs around the world, Argentina and the the tournament in Russia, and he had just started a job as United Arab Emirates helping England reach the president of Belarus side Dina- but his longest spell semi-finals. mo Brest in July. Kane tweeted a picture of But after parting ways with in charge was with the boots, provided by Nike, coach Francisco Ramirez Argentina, who he led and wrote: “Buzzing to wear Gamez, Dorados managed to at the 2010 World Cup these tomorrow night. Gold convince 57-year-old Maradona in South Africa boots.” to sign up for a spell in Mex - ico at the club known as “Big Fish”. gasp win over Nigeria in Saint “Dorados of Sinaloa is pleased Petersburg. Algerian Ghoulam to announce Diego Armando Mexico was the scene of Maradona is the new manager Diego Maradona Maradona’s greatest triumph: back for Napoli of the ‘Big Fish,’” the club said leading Argentina to the 1986 after long injury in a statement. son, Dorados president Jorgeal- Fish!” said a message accompa- Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. World Cup title. “Considered by many to be the berto Hank Inzunza told ESPN. nying the video. Maradona himself is no Two moments during that layoff best footballer of all time, Diego “In my conversations with Dorados are currently in 13th stranger to drugs. tournament neatly summed up was known in his playing career him he’s been very excited to place in their 15-team league. He was hit with two doping what made him both controver- AFP | Milan for leading teams with guts and come coach here. Honestly, it bans as a player, and has public- sial and great. fight to carry them to successes was easier to convince him than Drug cartel ly battled with drug addiction, The first was his infamous apoli’s Algerian in - that few believed possible,” it I thought,” he said. Located on Mexico’s Pacific alcoholism and obesity. “hand of God” goal in Argenti- Nternational defender said. The club first confirmed rum- coast, Sinaloa is home to sev- His erratic behaviour in the na’s quarter-final against Eng- Faouzi Ghoulam has been The club wants Maradona to ors of Maradona’s hiring with a eral famous beach resorts and stands at the World Cup in Rus- land, in which he punched the given the all clear to re- stay for the remainder of the brief video posted online. the drug cartel of the same sia led to him needing medical ball into the net for an ill-gotten turn after more than ten 2018 season and all of next sea- “Diego, welcome to the Big name, founded by jailed kingpin assistance after Argentina’s last- goal. months sidelined with in- jury, the Italian club said yesterday. The 27-year-old tore cru- ciate ligaments last Novem- Loew rewarded for his faith in old guard ber and three months later required more surgery af- AFP | Munich, Germany ter breaking his kneecap in training. ermany are trying to move Ghoulam was given the Ginto a new era after their green light to return to disastrous World Cup cam - training after being exam- paign, but Thursday’s 0-0 draw ined by Professor Pier Paolo with France showed the impor- Mariani in Rome. Javi Gracia tance to coach Joachim Loew of keeping faith in the old guard. Watford’s Gracia Loew’s starting line-up at the Allianz Arena against the named manager of world champions featured five Nigeria to play the month members of the German team Liberia after Saudi that beat Argentina in the 2014 Reuters | London World Cup final -- goalkeeper match cancelled Manuel Neuer, centre-backs AFP | Abuja, Nigeria atford manager Javi Mats Hummels and Jerome WGracia has been Boateng, midfielder Toni Kroos igeria will play Liberia named August’s Premier and forward Thomas Mueller. Nin a friendly in Monro- League manager of the That quintet, with over 400 via next week after the 2019 month after guiding the caps between them, made up Africa Cup of Nations qual- club to a winning start this the spine of the team that would German football fans are making a heart shape tribute to their team prior to kick off in the UEFA Nations League football ifier against the Seychelles, season. have beaten France were it not match Germany against France the team announced yes- Watford recorded three for some exceptional saves terday. wins out of three in August, from visiting goalkeeper Al - knocked out in the group stage. grate new players. We always perience and their quality. The The Super Eagles had beating Brighton and Hove phonse Areola, notably from The only changed face was need to be pushing to do that, youngsters will get their oppor- originally been scheduled Albion, Burnley and Crystal Marco Reus, Mueller and then Leroy Sane, the Manchester but it is a process that will not tunity.” to play Saudi Arabia in a Palace. Matthias Ginter in the second City winger coming off the happen overnight,” Loew said Loew also opted to start with friendly but the fixture was Their 2-1 victory over Tot- half. bench late on having been con- after the match. Ginter and Antonio Ruediger, cancelled because of con- tenham Hotspur last week- All of Germany’s starting troversially left out of the 23 “We saw that against a team centre-backs by trade, in the cerns about logistics. end ensured Gracia’s side line-up for their first match for the World Cup. The likes of as strong as France, players like full-back positions, a decision The Super Eagles were are the first in the club’s his- in the inaugural UEFA Nations Thilo Kehrer and Kai Havertz Hummels, Boateng and Kroos that was rewarded as Germany eliminated in the group tory to record four straight League had been part of their stayed on the bench. are extremely important, be- kept Kylian Mbappe, Antoine stage at the World Cup in wins at the start of a top- squad in Russia, when they were “Of course we need to inte- cause of their class, their ex- Griezmann and company at bay. Russia. flight campaign. “I am very pleased,” Gra- cia told the Premier League website. “We are enjoying (it). You never know what will happen. Sarri found out he was sacked as Napoli coach on TV “Don’t look only at the end of the road. Try to enjoy AFP | Milan mer Chelsea and Real Madrid the contract and it wasn’t some- ples. Conte here has won (Pre- day by day. Try to enjoy the boss Carlo Ancelotti was ap - thing I had asked for. The timing mier League 2016-2017) and it is very good atmosphere, the ew Chelsea manager Mau- pointed as new coach of the Se- wasn’t respected. difficult to take his place,” said workers who are helping Nrizio Sarri revealed yester- rie A runners-up. “Now I hope that Ancelot - Sarri. us, the supporters in all the day that he found out he was The 59-year-old Sarri told Il ti can achieve what I came so “Here it is totally different: games are amazing. sacked as coach of his previous Mattino: “We were having din- close to.” it is an absolute party, it is a “I think altogether we can club Napoli on television. ner ... discussing whether or not Napoli won their last Serie A pleasure to arrive in the stadi- achieve very good things.” Sarri had two years left on his to stay. We turned on the TV title during the days of Diego ums and see the fans with dif- It is Gracia’s first Pre - contract after leading his home- and we saw Ancelotti entering Maradona in 1990. ferent shirts drinking a beer mier League manager of the town club to challenge cham- Filmauro (the headquarters of Sarri -- who took over from together. month award and the sec- pions Juventus for the title last Napoli owner Aurelio De Lau- another Italian Antonio Conte “I sign autographs for the ond to be won by a Watford season. rentiis). at Chelsea -- has won his first fans of the opposing team on boss after Quique Sanchez But after Sarri asked for more “I had some doubts, that’s four games in England. the sidelines, before and after Flores in December 2015. time to consider his future, for- Maurizio Sarri fair, but there was a clause in “I didn’t win anything in Na- the match. .