3-5-2 FOOTBALL

Diego Armando Maradona , one of the greatest football players of all time, died on Wednesday at the age of 60, plunging his native  Argentina  and football fans around the world into mourning. Renowned along with  Pele  as one of the finest players ever to grace the field, the Argentine World Cup-winning captain had undergone brain surgery this month and died of a heart attack. Maradona will forever be remembered for his “ Hand of God ” goal against  England  in the 1986  World Cup  quarter-final in Mexico City, when he pushed the ball into the net. Minutes later he swerved through the helpless English defenders for a superb second goal, capping a victory that perfectly encapsulated the mixture of brilliant skill and often outrageous behaviour that ran through his life. Pele described  Maradona  as a “dear friend” and the 80-year-old Brazilian said he hoped they would “play together in the heaven” one day. Gary Lineker , who was a member of the defeated England team in 1986, said Marad

The  Malaysian Football League  (MFL) have called off the  Malaysia Cup . MFL made the decision to cancel the remaining matches of the Malaysia Cup today following the National Security Council's (NSC) decision to reject their appeal to allow the competition to resume in states not under the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO). On Wednesday, Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the NSC could not make an exemption for the Malaysia Cup, although there were only seven more matches left to play to complete the season. "We respect the decision by the NSC. We included options to complete the tournament in accordance to the SOPs in place in our appeal to the NSC. However, we understand that the county is now fighting a battle against Covid-19,"  MFL  CEO Datuk Ab Ghani Hassan in a statement today. "Our board have decided to cancel the competition as we cannot resume the tournament beyond this month. This is because players and coaches are contracted unt