Diego named Dubai's sports ambassador

Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, who was fired as coach of Dubai's Al Wasl Football Club in July, has been appointed an honorary sports ambassador of the sheikhdom, the Dubai Sports Council said yesterday

Maradona, 51, signed a contract for one year with the Dubai Sports Council. His curtly career as a trainer of Al Wasl ended after one season due to the club’s poor results, Xinhua reports.

Diego Maradona

An honorary sports ambassador’s task is to represent the sheikhdom in order to improve Dubai’s publicity in relation to its readiness to host major international sports events.

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