News of maradona

Maradona 1986 shirt auction opens with bid of US$5 million

20-04-2022 16:04 Online auction for the shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored twice against England in the 1986 World Cup begins with US$5-million bid.

Prosecutors call for Maradona's medical staff to face trial

14-04-2022 16:25 Prosecutors investigating the 2020 death of football legend Diego Maradona request that the eight medical professionals who treated him be tried for negligent homicide.

Judge shelves abuse case by Maradona’s ex-girlfriend

04-03-2022 01:15 An Argentine judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit over alleged people-trafficking brought by Mavys Álvarez Rego, a Cuban ex-girlfriend of the late football icon Diego Maradona.

House, BMW among unsold items in Maradona auction

04-01-2022 14:38 Online auction of some 90 items owned by the late football icon Diego Maradona has closed with a house and BMW unsold, but most other keepsakes spoken for.

Still in the headlines: Diego Maradona’s ongoing legal disputes

25-11-2021 22:21 Diego Maradona’s death on November 25, 2020 has prompted a series of legal cases ranging from the determination of responsibility for his alleged killing to the distribution of the star’s multi-million-dollar inheritance.

World remembers Diego Maradona on first anniversary of his death

25-11-2021 21:52 Commemorative events take place across Argentina and the rest of the world, as supporters mark the first anniversary of Diego’s passing.

Emotion, ovations and plenty of tears as Argentine football remembers Maradona

05-11-2021 18:09 Local football marked what would have been the late Diego Maradona’s 61st birthday with a series of tributes to the superstar captain of Argentina’s 1986 World Cup-winning side.

Amazon's new series on life of Maradona set to premiere in Argentina

27-10-2021 16:56 A new television series chronicling the life of football idol Diego Maradona premieres in Argentina on Thursday.

Sorrentino taps Naples boyhood, Maradona in latest film at Venice

02-09-2021 15:44 Italian director Paolo Sorrentino presents new semi-autobiographical film at Venice, recalling Diego Maradona and a heartbreaking story about growing up in 1980s Naples.

Maradona's daughters deny harassing his ex-lawyer in court testimony

19-08-2021 15:32 Two daughters of Diego Maradona investigated for alleged digital harassment for their messages on social networks against the lawyer Matías Morla in the middle of a dispute over the use of the brand 'Maradona.'

Maradona's doctor questioned as probe into star's death continues

28-06-2021 15:26 Prosecutors question Diego Maradona's personal physician, Leopoldo Luque, who stands accused, along with six other medical professionals, of having neglected the ailing football icon in his final days.

Prosecutors to question Maradona's doctor in manslaughter probe

27-06-2021 08:58 Prosecutors will on Monday question Maradona's personal physician Leopoldo Luque, who is implicated with six other medical professionals in having neglected the ailing football icon in his final days.

Maradona's nurse first to be questioned over his death

14-06-2021 19:19 Maradona's nighttime carer is suspected of lying when he claimed the World Cup winning captain was sleeping and breathing normally hours before he died — an autopsy revealed he was dying at that time.

Maradona's doctor, six others, to be questioned over footballer's death

14-06-2021 10:04 Diego Maradona's personal physician and six other caregivers accused of neglecting the football icon in his final days will be questioned by prosecutors in Argentina from Monday.

Expert panel says Maradona was left to ‘fate’ ahead of death

30-04-2021 22:17 Diego Maradona received inadequate medical care and was left to “fate” for a "prolonged, agonising period" before he died last year, an expert medical panel concluded Friday.

Maradona lawyer blasts late star's daughters over inheritance dispute

06-04-2021 14:31 Matías Morla, Maradona's former lawyer, hits back at the late Argentine football legend's daughters, Dalma and Gianinna, after his offices were raided by anti-fraud police, accusing them of abandoning their father.

Maradona's daughters give testimony to probe into footballer's death

01-03-2021 16:42 Maradona's daughters, Gianinna and Jana, have contributed fresh witness testimonies to the involuntary manslaughter probe into their father's death.

What we learn this week: February 20-27

27-02-2021 08:53 Our pick of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Argentine football continues to come back in torrents

06-02-2021 09:16 The dust has barely settled on the Copa Diego Armando Maradona but in just one week's time, the 26 Primera teams will lock horns once more in a brand-new tournament.

by Dan Edwards

Pope recalls his youth playing football, dubs Maradona "poet"

03-01-2021 16:16 The first pope from Latin America called Diego Maradona a "poet" on the field, as he weighed in on the joys of sport in an interview with Italian newspaper.