Diego Maradona: New footage days before he died surfaces for the first time  

Diego Maradona slurs his words and admits: ‘I’m bruised’ in a shocking last video of the Argentina icon taken just days before he died. The former Naples and Barcelona star, his head still bandaged after an operation on a brain blood clot, appears to struggle to find his words at times as he sends a … Read more

Maradona is laid to rest after thousands of fans lined the streets of Buenos Aires

Diego has been laid to rest after thousands of fans lined the streets of Buenos Aires to pay their respects as his coffin was driven to the cemetery on Thursday.  The 1986 World Cup winner was taken by hearse to the Bella Vista cemetery on the outskirts of the capital – where his parents are buried … Read more

Diego Maradona dead: Front pages from around the world pay tribute

‘God is dead’: Front pages from around the globe pay moving tributes to Diego Maradona as the world mourns a footballing icon By Jack Bezants for MailOnline Published: 06:33 GMT, 26 November 2020 | Updated: 09:18 GMT, 26 November 2020 The world of football is in mourning after the death of icon Diego Maradona at … Read more

Diego Maradona’s coffin arrives at Argentinian president’s mansion

Diego Maradona’s body arrived at the presidential palace in Argentina today as a grieving country prepares to pay its last respects to the flawed football genius who died on Wednesday at the age of 60.   As a crowd of weeping fans gathered outside, Maradona’s coffin was lifted out of an ambulance and brought into the … Read more

‘God is dead’: Europe’s papers pay moving tributes to Diego Maradona

‘God is dead’: Europe’s papers pay moving tributes to Diego Maradona with the world of football in mourning after the death of the Argentina icon By Jack Bezants for MailOnline Published: 06:33 GMT, 26 November 2020 | Updated: 08:02 GMT, 26 November 2020 The world of football is in mourning after the death of Argentina … Read more

Diego Maradona tributes: Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcus Rashford and Harry Kane lead messages

Tributes from the world of football are flooding in after Diego Maradona died at the age of 60 after suffering a cardiac arrest on Wednesday. The football legend had a heart attack at his home just two weeks after leaving hospital where he underwent surgery on a blot clot in his brain.  Maradona, regarded as … Read more

Diego Maradona dead: Football legend dies of a heart attack just two weeks after hospital release

Diego Maradona has died from a heart attack less than a month after turning 60. The Argentinian football legend died at home, his lawyer said, just three weeks after having surgery on a blood clot in his brain. Maradona won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986, having knocked England out of the tournament in … Read more

Pianist calmly plays while anti-lockdown rioters start fires and clash with police in Barcelona

Is this burning an eternal flame? Astonishing moment pianist calmly plays Bangles classic while anti-lockdown rioters start fires and clash with police in Barcelona Video uploaded by busker on Sunday morning following night of violence Second night of anti-lockdown riots in the city after new rules brought in Riot police clashed with up to a … Read more

Protesters in Rome clash with police amid rising tensions in Barcelona and Berlin

Anti-lockdown demonstrations intensified around Europe on Saturday night as protesters in Rome hurled Molotov cocktails, bottles and rocks at police and there were also rising tensions in Barcelona and Dresden.  Early Saturday evening in Rome, a sit-in at the famed Campo dei Fiori ended in a clash with police as some in a crowd of … Read more

Anti-lockdown protesters throw bricks at Barcelona police in clash over Spain’s new Covid-19 rules

Anti-lockdown protesters in Barcelona have clashed with police over Spain‘s state of emergency restrictions, throwing bricks at officers and setting bins alight.  The demonstration began peacefully in St Jaume de Barcelona Square before descending into smaller violent clashes on Friday.  At least two people have been arrested according to the Mossos d’Esquadra, Catalonia’s police force.  … Read more