His description of the goal he scored with his hand against England reads: “I don’t know how I jumped so high I raised my left fist and moved my head backwards. Shilton had no idea what was happening and it was Fenwick, who was heading back towards goal, who was the first to call for a hand ball.”He recounts how his team-mate Jorge Valdano told him to keep quiet: “All the English were protesting to the referee and Valdano, who had passed me the ball, put his finger to his mouth, saying ’ssshhh’ as if he were a nurse in a hospital.”Maradona insists that his second goal, when he dribbled the ball from his own half before rounding Shilton, was the best of his career. He also says that the Falklands War was still in the minds of the Argentinian team. “We knew that many young Argentines had died there, and that they had been killed like flies,” he said.Maradona, 39, also names his 100 greatest players He includes Pele, Johan Cruyff, George Best. Maradona also includes Shilton as one of the few goalkeepers in his list, although he says he was disappointed at not being invited to Shilton’s testimonial match.SpainThe often tempestuous nature of Spanish football was underlined at the weekend by two outbreaks of violence. Players of the Third Division side Xerez were attacked by rival fans at the end of an Andalucian derby against San Fernando. The Xerez goalkeeper, Ramon, was thrown to the ground and kicked when fans invaded the pitch after their team had won 1-0 on Sunday evening He received treatment for cuts and bruises.

On the same night, the president of another Third Division side, Cadiz, was assaulted – by fans of his own club. Rafael Mateo was kicked to the ground before a game against Guadix.. Beth Daniel and Brandie Burton are the two wild card selections for the American “Dream Team” to play Europe in the Solheim Cup at Loch Lomond next week. Beth Daniel and Brandie Burton are the two wild card selections for the American “Dream Team” to play Europe in the Solheim Cup at Loch Lomond next week.
The 10 automatic qualifiers for the event – the women’s equivalent of the Ryder Cup – are Julie Inkster, Meg Mallon, Dottie Pepper, Rosie Jones, Sherri Steinhauer, Pat Hurst, Kelly Robbins, Michelle Redman, Nancy Scranton and Becky Iverson. Scranton, Redman and Iverson will be making their debuts.Pepper is the only player in the team to have competed in all five Solheim Cups to date.

The highly-competitive American shares the record for most points gained in the competition with Europe’s Laura Davies.. Nick Faldo has received a surprise call-up to next week’s 12-man field at the Cisco World Matchplay Championship at Wentworth. Nick Faldo has received a surprise call-up to next week’s 12-man field at the Cisco World Matchplay Championship at Wentworth.
Without a solo tournament win since March 1997 and in danger of falling outside the world’s top 200 earlier this season, Faldo joins a line-up which for the first time in the event’s 36-year history contains only one American, Bob May, who has never won on the US Tour. He came closest when beaten by Tiger Woods in a play-off for the US PGA title last month.There are seven Europeans, including Darren Clarke, who originally stated he would miss the event because his wife, Heather, is expecting their second child. With the birth due this week, however, he has had a change of heart.The others are Faldo, who last played in the tournament in 1994, the defending champion Colin Montgomerie, Lee Westwood, Padraig Harrington, Thomas Bjorn and Sergio Garcia, who last year made a controversial first-round exit, almost hitting the match referee when he took off a shoe and kicked it.Completing the line-up are the Masters champion and 1997 winner, Vijay Singh, the world No 2 and three-time winner Ernie Els, Retief Goosen and the 20-year-old Australian rookie Adam Scott.Clarke’s presence gives him the chance to complete a World Matchplay double this year. In February he beat Woods in the final of the Andersen Consulting World Championship version involving the game’s top 64.Faldo did not come close to qualifying for that, but he is guaranteed £50,000 even if he goes out in the first round. Winner of the title in 1989 and 1992, the 43-year-old Faldo is now back up to 113th in the world.