3 days to go! Maradona 'Hand of God' World Cup ball sold for sh 293 million

FILE - Argentina's Diego Maradona, left, beats England goalkeeper Peter Shilton to a high ball and scores his first of two goals in a World Cup quarterfinal soccer match, in Mexico City on June 22, 1986. This goal has gone down as the "Hand of God" as Maradona used his left fist to knock a ball past England's Shilton. (El Grafico, Buenos Aires via AP/File)

The ball punched in by Diego Maradona for his "Hand of God" goal at the 1986 World Cup has been sold at auction for nearly $2.4 million [ sh 293 million] by the referee who missed soccer's most famous handball.

Ali Bin Nasser, the Tunisian former match official who refereed the quarterfinal game between Argentina and England in Mexico, owned the 36-year-old Adidas ball that was sold at Graham Budd Auctions in London for 2 million pounds ($2.37 million) on Wednesday.