Diego Maradona was ‘unmanageable’ and should have been sent to rehab, said his personal surgeon who is being investigated over involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors in San Isidro, near Buenos Aires, said they were investigating Leopoldo Luque over possible medical negligence and police raided his doctor’s surgery and home on Sunday. But Luque said the footballing icon … Read more
Diego Maradona‘s doctor has tearfully denied any wrongdoing in his care of the late footballing icon as the police investigation into his death continues. Leopoldo Luque is being probed over medical negligence and police are treating the footballer’s death as a possible culpable homicide. But in his first media interview since police raided his home … Read more
Diego Maradona‘s doctor has reportedly been charged with medical negligence and police are treating his death as possible manslaughter. Police raided the home of Leopoldo Luque on Sunday as investigators seek to establish whether the footballer had a wrongful death. The dramatic twist in the probe into Maradona’s death followed overnight reports he had rowed … Read more
A teenager who claims he is Diego Maradona‘s lovechild has demanded the football great’s body be drug up for DNA tests to prove his case. Santiago Lara, 19, instructed his lawyer to make the appeal less than 24 hours after the Naples and Barcelona star was buried. Jose Nunez lodged a written request with a … Read more
Diego Maradona ‘died poor’ with ‘almost nothing left in his bank account’, it has been claimed. Maradona, who died from a heart attack at the age of 60 on Wednesday, squandered much of his vast fortune through a combination of a life of excess and having his money ‘stolen’ by people who took advantage of … Read more
Diego Maradona‘s death will be investigated by Argentinian police to decide whether it was a case of medical negligence, judicial sources have revealed. Recordings from neighbourhood security cameras have been requested by three prosecutors working on the case. Maradona died of ‘acute lung edema and chronic heart failure’, according to a preliminary autopsy report, in his … Read more
‘See you soon’: Diego Maradona’s daughter Dalma, 33, pays emotional tribute to Argentina legend with a sweet photo of herself pulling up her father’s football socks as as child Actress Dalma Maradona, 33, posted a photograph with her father Diego She wrote a touching caption to pay tribute to her father after his recent death … Read more
Diego Maradona cuts a forlorn figure as he turns and waves to a little girl calling his name in the last ever footage taken of the football legend days before he died. The 60-year-old can be seen walking with difficulty as he puts his right hand on the shoulder of one of the two men … Read more
Salt Bae has permanently reserved Diego Maradona‘s favourite table at his iconic Dubai restaurant to honour the late footballer. Internet sensation Salt Bae, whose real name is Nusret Gökçe, shared video of the table which featured a framed picture of the sporting great and a sign reading ‘reserved’. Mr Gökçe also shared footage of Maradona dining at the table, … Read more
French president Emmanuel Macron has praised Diego Maradona for defeating ‘Margaret Thatcher’s England’ with his ‘Hand of God’ goal in an official tribute to the Argentinian football legend, who died on Wednesday. The Elysee hailed Maradona’s contribution in ‘the most geopolitical match in football history’ – Argentina’s 2-1 win over England in the 1986 World … Read more