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Hamburgers ordered from Diego Maradona's hospital room days after brain surgery

April 30, 2025 5:55 pm

Seven health professionals have been charged with medical negligence in the former Argentina captain's death on November 25, 2020 at the age of 60. A charge of intentional homicide, if proved, carries a sentence of between 8 to 25 years in prison.

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'Abnormally large... 503 grams': Experts on size of Diego Maradona's heart after autopsy

April 02, 2025 3:06 pm

Experts who had conducted Maradona’s autopsy testified that he was suffering from cirrhosis but stated that his body showed no traces of alcohol or drugs at the time of his death.

Diego Maradona’s ex-bodyguard arrested for allegedly lying in his testimony

March 26, 2025 9:06 pm

Coria had earlier testified in court that nurse Gisela Madrid and psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov were present treating Maradona when he arrived into the room. He then said that Cosachov gate ‘mouth-to-mouth resuscitation’ to Maradona.

Neurologist Leopoldo Luque, who served as Diego Maradona's doctor, stands in court on the first day of a trial for alleged homicide by negligence against the medical team who treated the late soccer star in San Isidro on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo)

Argentina puts seven of Diego Maradona’s healthcare professionals on trial for manslaughter

March 11, 2025 11:14 pm

Three judges will decide whether the seven people charged in the case -- including a neurosurgeon, a psychiatrist and several medical staffers -- are guilty of manslaughter. The seven on trial are facing a maximum jail time of 25 years

Victor Osimhen is back for Napoli, Giroud a doubt for Milan in Champions League

April 17, 2023 5:20 pm

Figuring out which team will come out on top after the second leg of their all-Italian Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona may come down to the status of their center forwards.

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'I'm annoyed I missed the penalty,' says Messi. How Maradona helped Messi to take freekicks

December 01, 2022 9:54 am

Scaloni, Argentina’s manager, says Messi will never be substituted during game unless he asks for it

Argentina celebrates Maradona one year after his death

November 26, 2021 12:02 am

Maradona's youngest son, 8-year-old Diego Fernando, visited his father's grave in the Jardín de Bella Vista private cemetery.

Explained: How the dispute over Maradona's inheritance is playing out like a soap opera

May 18, 2021 10:08 am

According to Julio Chiappetta, an Argentine journalist close to Maradona, the footballer’s total earnings through his career were in the ballpark of $500 million but his true net worth was somewhere close to $75-100 million.

Argentine artist channels 'hand of God' with Maradona portraits

April 16, 2021 10:05 pm

Bagnasco, 39, has been using his phone to copy photographs of Maradona, who has cult-like status in Argentina, where he was nicknamed 'D10S,' a play on the Spanish word for 'God' that incorporates the number '10' shirt he wore as a player

How Argentinian football star Maradona became an Indian superhero

December 04, 2020 8:48 am

The rise of Maradona transformed Indians’ predominant sober Brazilian fan identity into aggressive Argentine fandom. The Indian media, too, placed him on such a high pedestal that he replaced Pele as the last word in football.