The Monday, August 24, 2026 Edition
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£2.5 million
The auction price fetched by the ball Diego Maradona punched past England for his infamous 1986 'Hand of God' goal. Four decades after one of soccer's most notorious moments, a single match ball from that quarterfinal now commands a multimillion-pound price.
Source: BBC
Today: The U.S. Open gets underway in New York, where Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz pair up in the mixed doubles championship.
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- 1814British forces burn Washington, D.C., setting fire to the White House and Capitol
- 1989Pete Rose accepts a lifetime ban from baseball over gambling allegations
- 2006The International Astronomical Union demotes Pluto to dwarf planet status
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