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Montevideo, May 8th 2025 - 09:47 UTC

Tag: Diego Maradona

  • Wednesday, March 12th 2025 - 09:43 UTC

    Gruesome picture of Maradona's dead body shown on first day of trial

    The medical team is being held accountable for letting Maradona develop those lethal conditions instead of keeping him hospitalized

    A gruesome picture of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona with his torso visibly swollen was shown Tuesday as prosecutors intended to prove that the patient could have stood a better chance of survival had he remained hospitalized and not set up at a house he rented for what was going to be his recovery after brain surgery. This image caused an emotional reaction in the courtroom, particularly among Maradona’s daughters Dalma and Gianina, who were present. Verónica Ojeda, Maradona's ex-partner, also had an incident when she rebuked one of the accused doctors before the beginning of the hearings.

  • Monday, March 10th 2025 - 15:05 UTC

    Trial of Maradona's medical team starting this week

    About 100 witnesses are expected to be questioned throughout the proceedings

    Seven healthcare professionals treating Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona will stand trial for manslaughter and negligence resulting in death starting this week. The proceedings are expected to last four months. If convicted, each defendant faces between eight and 25 years in jail. One nurse will be tried separately, starting in July, since she chose a trial by jury.

  • Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 10:15 UTC

    Argentine court allows Maradona's heirs to place the body at mausoleum in Buenos Aires

    Maradona would have turned 64 on Oct. 30

    An Argentine court in San Isidro, on the northern outskirts of Buenos Aires, has allowed the body of former footballing virtuoso Diego Maradona to be transferred from the private cemetery where he is buried to a mausoleum in the Puerto Madero district, inside the country's capital.

  • Saturday, November 4th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

    Maradona's medical team to be tried for manslaughter

    Maradona died at the age of 60 on Nov. 25, 2020.

    A Court of Appeals and Guarantees in the district of San Isidro in the province of Buenos Aires upheld this week a decision to try for manslaughter the healthcare team involved in the death of football legend Diego Armando Maradona, it was reported Friday in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, April 19th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    How long might Maradona's reckless doctors spend in jail?

    Neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque might be convicted of “simple homicide with eventual malice”

    A Court of Appeals in San Isidro on the outskirts of Buenos Aires Tuesday ruled that neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and six other health care practitioners must stand trial for the death of football star Diego Armando Maradona.

  • Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 22:16 UTC

    Hand-of-God ball sells for US$ 2.4 million

    It was also the ball Maradona used to score the Goal of the Century

    The ball Argentine football star Diego Maradona punched through English keeper Peter Shilton's fists to score the opening goal of the quarterfinal match the eventual champions went past during the Mexico 1986 World Cup sold Wednesday at auction for £2 million (US$2.4 million).

  • Monday, October 31st 2022 - 09:30 UTC

    Maradona world's biggest mural unveiled in Buenos Aires

    The painting is 45 meters high and 40 meters wide

    On the day football legend, Diego Maradona was to have turned 62, thousands gathered Sunday in the Constitución neighborhood in Buenos Aires to see a mural dedicated to him unveiled.

  • Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 20:56 UTC

    Maradona's medical team to stand trial for aggravated manslaughter

    Maradona's chances of survival could have been higher had he remained hospitalized at a clinic, the prosecution found

    Eight healthcare professionals, including two physicians, have been formally charged with negligence in the death of Argentine iconic footballer Diego Armando Maradona, it was announced at the San Isidro Courthouse in the northern outskirts of Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

    Naples to build large-scale 3-D statue of Maradona's left foot

    The sculpture will be six meters long by four meters high

    The Italian city of Naples took the worship of the late Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona to an unprecedented level Monday when it decided to launch plans for a statue of the late player's left foot in the local district of Scampia.

  • Thursday, May 5th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

    Maradona's iconic shirt sold to last-minute bidder for £ 7,142,500

    There were two jerseys that day; the one Sotheby's had was from the goalless first half, Maradona's family argues

    The Argentine national team jersey worn by Diego Maradona against England in the 1986 Mexico football World Cup finals has been auctioned off Wednesday for £ 7,142,500 after nearly ten bids.

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