This is the photograph that encapsulates Diego Maradona. It is not what it seems, but that doesn’t matter. It’s not about what’s real. It’s about the man, the life, the myth and our memory. This is Maradona as we picture him: on the ball, against the world, against the odds. It’s beautiful. The man who … Read more
Napoli light up their San Paolo Stadium to honour Diego Maradona as thousands of fans gather outside the ground to pay their respects as Serie A side claim 2-0 Europa League victory over Rijeka Napoli paid tribute to Diego Maradona during their Europa League tie with Rijeka The Serie A side beat the Croatian team … Read more
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‘s ex-girlfriend was unceremoniously turned away from entering the presidential mansion Thursday before dawn under orders from the Argentine soccer legend’s former wife. Rocio Oliva arrived at Casa Rosada at 4:40am in hopes of saying farewell to Maradona, whose casket is lying in state, and was immediately informed by a security guard behind the gate … Read more
Boca Juniors switch off all the lights at the iconic stadium and leave only Diego Maradona’s box lit up as Argentine giants pay tribute to their former icon after his death at 60 from a heart attack By James Dutton For Mailonline Published: 09:10 GMT, 26 November 2020 | Updated: 10:01 GMT, 26 November 2020 … Read more
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
Australians think MADONNA is dead after mistaking the pop superstar for Argentine football legend Diego Maradona who passed away aged 60 Fans have confused fallen footballer Diego Maradona with pop star Madonna Argentine football icon died from a heart attack in Buenos Aires on Wednesday Madonna was trending on Twitter after a case of mistaken identity … Read more
Football legend Diego Maradona died yesterday, aged 60, after suffering a heart attack at his Buenos Aires home. The hard-living Argentina star, who’d suffered years of ill health, had successful surgery for a blood clot in the brain just two weeks ago. Here, David Jones pays tribute to a very troubled genius… Somewhere amid the … Read more
PETER REID: I tried to catch Diego Maradona but I was like an old horse chasing Frankel! I still have nightmares over his wonder goal for Argentina that dumped England out of the 1986 World Cup Football legend Diego Maradona has died aged 60 following a heart attack Peter Reid played for England against Diego … Read more
That rage, that insatiable, brilliant, magnificent, rage, is at last calmed. Diego Maradona is gone. Nine ambulances, called to his home in San Andres, north of Buenos Aires, could not save him. Three days of national mourning were immediately declared. ‘He leaves us, but does not leave,’ wrote Lionel Messi, ‘because Diego is eternal.’ And … Read more