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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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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'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.

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