Goa government

PANAJI: The Goa government will install a life-size statue of late Argentine football legend Diego Maradona in the coastal belt of North district by early next year, a senior minister in the Goa government confirmed Wednesday.

Maradona's statue is already under making with a Maharashtra-based artist working on the mould, Calangute MLA and state Ports Minister Michael Lobo told PTI.

Lobo had announced installation of the statue of Maradona in 2018.

"The statue would be installed somewhere at Candolim or Calangute to inspire the football playing youth," he said.