Selecting 20 greatest moments in sports history is a bit difficult. Nevertheless, here is an attempt at it.
The Foot Of A Human And The Hand Of God
The quarter final match between Argentina and England in the 1986 Soccer World Cup in Mexico will be forever remembered for the famous "hand of god" goal by Diego Maradona. The match had become chaotic because of the political skirmishes between England and Argentina over Falklands Islands. Argentina won the match 2-1. Maradona scored both the goals for Argentina. The first goal was through a header. But replays showed that Maradona stealthily punched the ball to beat the much taller English goal keeper Peter Shilton. Maradona, ever as adept in churning out quotable phrases as in producing defense-splitting passes, termed it as "the hand of god".
But soccer connoisseurs will always remember the game for the second goal scored by Maradona. He got the ball near the center circle and dribbled past six players, including the goal keeper, to virtually escort the smooth traffic of the ball to the English goal post.
A Boxing Fight Of Races
The second in the 20 greatest moments in sports history is the famous and controversial bout between Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston in 1964. Clay was a budding Black boxer and showman then and Liston was the symbol of White aristocracy. Clay won the fight in six rounds.
When Hitler Was Beaten Even Before The World War II
The Berlin Olympics in 1936 was supposed to be a showpiece event for the infamous Aryan Supremacy theory of Adolph Hitler. But Jesse Owens, the champion Black athlete from the USA, won four gold medals