INDIA: SOCCER: Maradona visits Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity headquarters in India

Record ID: 1372202

  • Title: INDIA: SOCCER: Maradona visits Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity headquarters in India
  • Date: 8th December 2008
  • Summary: KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA (DECEMBER 7, 2008) (ANI) TRAFFIC, PAST HEADQUARTERS OF MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY A BOARD READING 'MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY (MoC)' SECURITY PERSONNEL SISTERS OF MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY WAITING FOR DIEGO MARADONA FANS OF SOCCER LEGEND DIEGO MARADONA IN STREET SISTERS OF MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY FANS OF MARADONA CHEERING AMIDST TIGHT SECURITY MARADONA AND GIRLFRIEND VERONICA ODEJA ARRIVING IN CAR MARADONA ALIGHTING FROM THE CAR AND WAVING MARADONA'S GIRLFRIEND VERONICA OJEDA ALIGHTING MARADONA AND VERONICA ENTERING MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY HEADQUARTERS FANS OF MARADONA ATOP A TREE
  • Embargoed: 23rd December 2008 14:40
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  • Location: India
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Religion,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA8Y2S9DKY96EAZS4QUOL6I8ZWY
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: Argentine national soccer coach Diego Maradona visits the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata to pay homage to its founder, the late Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa.
    Thousands of Indian fans turned out in Kolkata on Sunday (December 7) to see Argentina coach Diego Maradona when he visited the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity to pay homage to its founder, the late Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa.
    On Saturday, he inaugurated a private soccer academy on the outskirts of Kolkata and watched an exhibition match in his honour. Maradona led Argentina to a 1986 World Cup triumph and took charge as national coach in November.
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