Shirt sells for record £7.1m

THE blue shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored two momentous goals to knock England out of the 1986 World Cup, including the so-called ‘Hand of God’ goal, has sold for a record-breaking £7,142,500 at auction.

The Argentinian described his opening goal in the quarter-final, where he punched the ball into the net, as “a little with the head of Maradona, and a little with the hand of God”.

England midfielder Steve Hodge swapped shirts with his rival after the game and has owned it ever since.

The shirt went under the hammer at Sotheby’s yesterday afternoon, and sold for a new auction record for any item of sports memorabilia.