They don't come much bigger than the great Diego Maradona, and the pair met at the Vatican in 2014, six years before the iconic footballer died at the age of 60. The Pope remembered Maradona in his ...

From meetings with Diego Maradona to the passion for his beloved Buenos Aires club, San Lorenzo, Pope Francis was an avid ...

Pope Francis welcomed some of greatest stars of football, from Lionel Messi, late Diego Maradona to Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gianluigi Buffon, at the Vatican ...

His predecessor loved Mozart, but Pope Francis’s passion was football, and for him “the most beautiful game” was also a ...

The Italian football federation (FIGC) announced that all games across professional and amateur football on Monday would be ...

Pope Francis on Diego Maradona: praise for his talent, criticism of the 'Hand of God', and reflections on the football icon’s ...

Pope Francis once weighed in on the GOAT debate, praising Messi as a gentleman and naming Pelé alongside Maradona as legends ...

Serie A, the first division of Italian football, have confirmed that all matches scheduled for Monday have been postponed ...

Hugo Orlando Gatti -- whose nickname was 'El Loco,' or the mad man -- held the record for most number of games played in ...

Hugo Orlando Gatti, a legendary Argentine goalkeeper and former star of the national team, died Sunday at the age of 80 ...