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Maradona, tortured genius on celluloid in Cannes (AFP)

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Tyson, Maradona tub-thump films

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May 20, 2008
        

Web Exclusive: Both men fight personal demons in documentaries -- There are few more iconic names in the arena of world sport than former boxer Mike Tyson and soccer player Diego Maradona. Both men, who have fought personal demons including drug addiction came to Cannes to tub-thump separate...

                   

Maradona would cut off "Hand of God" for actress (Reuters)

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May 20, 2008
        

CANNES, France (Reuters) - Argentinian soccer legend Diego Maradona said on Tuesday he would be prepared to cut off the hand that scored one of his most famous goals for a sight of film star Julia Roberts. Maradona, in Cannes to promote a new documentary about his life by Serbian film director...

                   

Maradona would cut off "Hand of God" for Julia Roberts (Reuters)

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May 20, 2008
        

CANNES, France (Reuters) - Argentinian soccer legend Diego Maradona said on Tuesday he would be prepared to cut off the hand that scored one of his most famous goals for a sight of film star Julia Roberts. Maradona, in Cannes to promote a new documentary about his life by Serbian film director...

                   

Film shows the divine world of Diego Maradona - Feature

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May 20, 2008
        

Cannes, France - Sarajevo-born director Emir Kusturica's frank documentary about football legend Diego Maradona is as much about sport as it is about the highly-charged mixture of politics, religion and drugs. After bringing football glory to his hom...

Maradona lashes out at 'undignified' Pele (AFP)

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May 20, 2008
        

CANNES, France (AFP) - Argentina's Diego Maradona, notorious for his drug-taking, warned fellow soccer icon Pele Tuesday to stop criticising him because he too had a "dark side" and had done things he wants kept secret. "He too has a dark side," Maradona said of Pele in Cannes after a press...

                   

Tortured genius Maradona hits the big screen in Cannes (AFP)

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May 20, 2008
        

CANNES, France (AFP) - Diego Maradona, the Argentinian soccer genius notorious for a "hand of God" goal and a post-football descent into drugs, hits the big screen in Cannes Tuesday in a documentary that also shows him as a staunch critic of the United States.

                   

Tortured genius Maradona hits the big screen in Cannes

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May 20, 2008
        

Diego Maradona, the Argentinian soccer genius notorious for the "Hand of God" goal and a post-football descent into drugs, hits the big screen in Cannes on Tuesday in a documentary that also shows him as a staunch critic of the United States. Maradona is revered as a god-like figure in his home...

                   
wspsoccer.com: A documentary on Argentine footballer Diego Maradona, seen here, is to be released at the Cannes Film Festival wspsoccer.com

Maradona, tortured genius on celluloid in Cannes

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May 19, 2008
        

Diego Maradona, star of Bosnian director Emir Kusturica´s documentary to be released Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival, was a footballing genius upon whom Argentina fans bestowed godlike status even before he starred in their 1986 World Cup success.

                   

CINEMA - FOOTBALL: Maradona, footballing genius and hero of documentary

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May 19, 2008
        

Maradona, footballing genius and hero of documentary Diego Maradona, star of Bosnian director Emir Kusturica's documentary to be released Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival, was a footballing genius upon whom Argentina fans bestowed godlike status. Diego Maradona, star of Bosnian director Emir...