Maradona's "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986World Cup lives in soccer lore in part because it was explicitly illegal, though he would score another goal in the match to set the stage for Argentina's run to the title.
John Ingles looks back forty years to a summer of sport when Dancing Brave completed the Eclipse-King George double. The summer of ’86 ... Meanwhile in racing, July 1986 belonged to one horse - Dancing Brave ... .
On 5 May 1986, Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyov sealed the hatch of the newest space station in orbit, climbed into Soyuz T-15 and pushed away from Mir with another station waiting roughly 2,500 kilometres ahead.
But if there was ever such a collectable up for sale – at least in the eyes of England fans – it's the captain's armband Diego Maradona was wearing when he punched the ball into the England net during the World Cup on 22 June 1986... ....