Diego Maradona
Catalan domination as Barca complete quadruple over Real
Barcelona matched a 42-year-old record on Sunday by eating archrivals Real Madrid for the fourth time in a single season, securing a thrilling 4-2 victory at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.
11 May 2025, 16:12 PM
'Defiant' Maradona refused hospitalisation, doctor informs death trial
One of the questions at the heart of the trial is whether the decision to allow him to convalesce in a private home instead of a medical facility endangered his life.
25 April 2025, 02:37 AM
Maradona's daughter says doctors could have prevented his death
Maradona died on November 25, 2020, aged 60, while recovering at home from brain surgery for a blood clot. He had battled cocaine and alcohol addiction for decades.
16 April 2025, 04:31 AM
Maradona was ‘in agony’ for over 12 hours before death, forensic expert tells court
Maradona died on November 25, 2020 at age 60, while recovering at home from brain surgery for a blood clot. He had battled cocaine and alcohol addiction for decades.
28 March 2025, 04:33 AM
Bodyguard arrested for 'contradictions' in testimony at Maradona trial
Julio Coria left the courtroom in the Buenos Aires suburb of San Isidro in handcuffs after judges ruled in favor of the prosecution's claim that he had lied under oath.
27 March 2025, 04:44 AM
No 'medical items' around Maradona deathbed, policeman tells court
Officer Lucas Farias testified in the trial of seven health professionals accused of homicide for their alleged role in what prosecutors have described as the "horror theater" of Maradona's final days.
19 March 2025, 01:44 AM
Maradona medical team on trial for 'horror theater' of his death
Maradona died on November 25, 2020, aged 60, while recovering at home from brain surgery for a blood clot, after decades battling cocaine and alcohol addictions.
12 March 2025, 03:23 AM
Maradona medical team on trial four years after icon's death
Seven medical professionals who cared for Argentine football legend Diego Maradona during his final days go on trial Tuesday accused of criminal negligence over his death.
11 March 2025, 07:40 AM
Trial of Maradona's medics to start four years after star's death
More than 100 witnesses, including members of Maradona's family and doctors who tended to him down the years, will take the stand over the course of the four-month trial, which starts Tuesday in the Buenos Aires suburb of San Isidro.
7 March 2025, 11:37 AM
'Diego Lives': Immersive Maradona exhibit hits Barcelona
Argentina football legend Diego Maradona comes to life in an immersive exhibit underway in Barcelona, featuring a hologram of the late player and a reconstruction of his childhood home.
9 October 2024, 02:10 AM
Argentine court authorizes transfer of Maradona's remains
An Argentine court on Tuesday authorized the transfer of football legend Diego Maradona's remains, at his daughters' request, from a cemetery to a mausoleum to be built for him in central Buenos Aires.
2 October 2024, 06:35 AM
Argentine court authorizes transfer of Maradona's remains
Maradona died in November 2020, aged 60, while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot, and after decades of battling addictions to cocaine and alcohol.
2 October 2024, 04:41 AM
Trial over Maradona's death postponed until 2025
The footballing great, who led Argentina to a second World Cup title in 1986, died aged 60 in November 2020 from heart failure after undergoing brain surgery days earlier.
13 September 2024, 04:11 AM
Butcher, Ardiles reflect on Maradona's Golden Ball as trophy heads to auction
Ardiles, reminiscing about his friend, called the trophy "the pinnacle of the World's greatest player" and a symbol of Maradona's unmatched skill
16 May 2024, 15:17 PM
Maradona's Golden Ball trophy goes to auction
The auction house expects it to fetch millions on June 6.
7 May 2024, 12:08 PM
Former Argentina World Cup winning coach Menotti dead at 85
Cesar Luis Menotti, who famously coached Argentina to their first World Cup triumph in 1978, has died at the age of 85, the country's football federation (AFA) announced Sunday.
5 May 2024, 22:24 PM
Maradona's children call for moving body to mausoleum for safety and tribute
Maradona's remains lie in a private cemetery on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
3 May 2024, 01:55 AM
Maradona cleared of tax evasion years after his death
Italy's highest court cleared the late Agentine soccer legend Diego Maradona of tax evasion charges, ending a 30-year-long legal battle between the ex-Napoli striker and revenue authorities.
6 January 2024, 06:29 AM
‘Argentina future No. 10 shirt in good hands’
Turning in a stunning performance in Friday’s quarter-final against Brazil at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia, Claudio Echeverri’s hattrick helped Argentina beat the four-time winners of the competition for the first time in the age group.
25 November 2023, 16:30 PM
Maradona's final hours
It has been three years since the death of Diego Armando Maradona. The news that was known on November 25, 2020 shocked the world and led the Argentine government to decree three days of national mourning.
25 November 2023, 06:23 AM