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Diego Maradona has hit out at the Argentine Football Association after the nations early exit from the Olympic Games, telling Radio La Red, Argentina run the risk of missing the next two World Cups.Argentina exited the Olympic football tournament at the group stage on Wednesday after a 1-1 draw?with Honduras in Brasilia.The senior national team has come close to success in each of the past three years, reaching the finals of the 2014 World Cup, 2015 Copa America and this summers Copa America Centenario, but a crisis at the AFA -- as well as the prospect of Lionel Messi and other key stars retiring -- has left Maradona with serious concerns.The directors were in Miami sunbathing, and they dont care about Argentine football, said Maradona, who won the 1986 World Cup with Argentina.Honduras cant beat us. [It is] a country for which I have a lot of respect, but they play baseball. They dont know anything about football.Argentina, now coached by Edgardo Bauza after Gerardo Martinos resignation, are third in their 2018 World Cup qualification group.?The federation, led by Julio Grondona since the 1970s, has been in turmoil since the late FIFA senior vice president died in 2014.In June, FIFA stepped in and named a committee to run the federations daily affairs with a mandate that elections must be held by July 2017.Maradona claimed that the current chaos within the Argentina federation was institutional and that Barcelona star Lionel Messi was right to call out the federation during the Copa America Centenario.Lets get to work. What Messi was talking about has gone on forever, he said. How is it possible that the families of the coaching staff get better accommodations than the players?Maradona said he had his doubts about whether Argentina would be able to pull a team together in time for World Cup qualifying in September. Argentina face Uruguay on Sept. 1 and Venezuela five days later.I wish Paton [Bauza] the best of luck, but we are taking a risk with this, he said. It [qualifying] is going to be complicated.Finally, he blasted the new federation administration, saying that Argentina has passed from the leadership of Grondona, which he called the mafia of Grondona, to the current situation, which he called a mafia of Macri in reference to the countrys current president, Mauricio Macri. Macri was a former president at Boca Juniors.He said he would seek out current FIFA president Gianni Infantino to address what he sees as institutional problems.I dont like it, and I plan to do something about it, he said. Cheap Juventus Jerseys China . They were putting most of their energy into a record-setting offensive display. Cheap Liverpool Jerseys China . Bradwell was scheduled to become a free agent Tuesday. 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TORONTO -- The Atlanta Hawks will be back at the Air Canada Centre for the second time in two weeks on Friday night.That has hardly been long enough to erase the pain of their visit on Dec. 3 when the Toronto Raptors trounced them 128-84. The 44-point margin of victory the largest in Raptors history.Not much has changed since then. The Raptors (18-7) continue to roll, having won four in a row and 10 of their last 11 games, including a 123-114 decision over the 76ers in Philadelphia on Wednesday night.The Hawks (12-13) continue to struggle after a 9-2 start to the season.The Hawks took a 131-120 loss at home to the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night after winning their two previous games. It was the highest point total against the Hawks since the Golden State Warriors scored 137 points on March 4, 2008.I dont know exactly how I would describe it but there is some level of frustration, Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said. There is some level of optimism. I do think we are doing some things better. We need to do more things better for more of the 48 minutes. I would say there was a stretch when offensively, we were really, really struggling. We have taken two steps forward there. Maybe we have regressed defensively. We have to be moving forward with both.We definitely had a lot of steps forward to start and then a lot of steps back, said Hawks reserve forward Kris Humphries, a former Raptor. Then a comeback win (over the Milwaukee Bucks) for a step forward. I think you have to look at the next seven games and gauge if our momentum is going the right way and judge how we are playing.dddddddddddd Sometimes, a game like (the loss to the Magic) is hard to judge where you are at. The way they played, they would have beat anyone in the league.The Raptors currently have the highest-rated offense in the NBA, but they were outscored in the fourth quarter Wednesday by the 76ers 40-31 and had a 19-point lead with 5:39 to play cut to six with 41 seconds remaining before they held on for the nine-point margin. Coach Dwane Casey was not pleased.Its a great example: the game is never over until its over, Casey said. Were not good enough to let up and relax. Every team in this league can come back and get you. Thats whats upsetting about a good-going game until the fourth quarter. Gave up 40 points and 50 percent shooting because we took our foot off the gas pedal and you cant do that in this league.DeMar DeRozan had 31 points against the 76ers after scoring 30 against the Milwaukee Bucks in Torontos win on Monday.We just understand what needs to be done, DeRozan said. Not much has to be said. We kind of know after a lot of games what we need to be better at next game. Consciously were going into next practice, next game with that on our minds to be better. Its just the maturity of us and all of the guys that have been on this team carrying it over to the younger guys.Raptors reserve center Lucas Nogueira did not play Wednesday because of a sore right knee. Tests showed no serious injury. ' ' '