Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ ball sells for £2.5m

The football with which Diego Maradona scored his famous 'hand of God' goal at the 1986 World Cup has sold at auction for £2.5m.

The football with which Diego Maradona scored his “Hand of God” goal against England at the 1986 World Cup has sold at auction for US$3.35 million. The sale price achieved by Heritage Auctions in the United States was around US$6.7 million below the US$10 million estimate. The Dallas-based auction house had placed a US

The football with which Diego Maradona scored his 'Hand of God' goal against England at the 1986 World Cup has sold at auction for $3.35m (€2.9m).

The football with which Diego Maradona scored his "Hand of God" goal against England in 1986 has been sold at auction for £2.5m.

Match ball from 1986 World Cup quarter-final against England falls far short of £7.3m estimate

Maradona scored a controversial goal against England in the 1986 World Cup

The football with which Diego Maradona scored his famous 'hand of God' goal in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final victory over England is sold at auction.

Maradona’s 1986 World Cup ball sold for $3.35m. He used his hand to score against England, dubbing it the ‘Hand of God’.

Diego Maradona’s Hand of God ball sells for $3.3m at US auction  The Times

Heritage Auctions estimated the ball would sell for $10 million.

Despite predictions of a record breaking sale, the ball fell well short of its estimate, but still sold for more than it previously did.

The football that Diego Maradona punched into the net for his infamous "Hand of God" goal is under the hammer this weekend. The historic ball from that infamous quarter final World Cup match between Argentina and England in 1986 is expected to fetch over 10 million dollars. Details by Camille Knight.