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Diego Maradona passes away at 60

Police in Argentina have searched the house and private clinic of Leopoldo Luque, the doctor of football legend Diego Maradona who died four days ago.

They are trying to establish if there was negligence in the treatment of the footballer - one of the greatest players of all time.

The former star, 60, died of a heart attack at his Buenos Aires home.

Maradona's daughters are said to have demanded to know what medication their father was on.

Maradona had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November and was to be treated for alcohol dependency.

He was captain when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup, scoring the famous "Hand of God" goal against England in the quarter-finals.

Maradona played for Barcelona and Napoli during his club career, winning two Serie A titles with the Italian side. He started his career with Argentinos Juniors, also playing for Sevilla, and Boca Juniors and Newell's Old Boys in his homeland.

He scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for Argentina, representing them in four World Cups.

Maradona led his country to the 1990 final in Italy, where they were beaten by West Germany, before captaining them again in the United States in 1994, but was sent home after failing a drugs test for ephedrine.

During the second half of his career, Maradona struggled with cocaine addiction and was banned for 15 months after testing positive for the drug in 1991.

He retired from professional football in 1997, on his 37th birthday, during his second stint at Argentine giants Boca Juniors.

Having briefly managed two sides in Argentina during his playing career, Maradona was appointed head coach of the national team in 2008 and left after the 2010 World Cup, where his side were beaten by Germany in the quarter-finals.

He subsequently managed teams in the United Arab Emirates and Mexico and was in charge of Gimnasia y Esgrima in Argentina's top flight at the time of his death.

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Lionel Messi paid tribute to the late Diego Maradona after scoring in Barcelona's 4-0 La Liga win over Osasuna on Sunday.

Forward Messi, 33, unveiled a Newell's Old Boys shirt - one of Argentina great Maradona's former clubs - after his side's fourth goal.

The Argentine also looked to the screen showing Maradona's picture at the Nou Camp and raised both hands in the air.

Martin Braithwwaite, Antoine Griezmann and Philippe Coutinho also scored.

Ronald Koeman's side had managed just one win in their previous six Spanish top-flight games.

Maradona, one of the greatest players of all time, died on Wednesday at the age of 60.

Messi was also on the books of Argentine team Newell's Old Boys as a youngster before joining Barcelona. Maradona's playing career included a spell at Barca.

After scoring, Messi lifted his shirt to reveal a red and black replica kit of his hometown club. It was a number 10 shirt, which Maradona wore during his brief spell at the Rosario side in 1993.

Barca had paid tribute before kick-off to Maradona, who played for the Catalan club from 1982 to 1984, hanging a framed, signed shirt of his above the presidential box.

Players held a minute's silence in front of an old Barcelona shirt bearing the number 10.
 
An Argentine senator has proposed putting an image of the late football star Diego Maradona on new banknotes.

Maradona, who led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup title, died two weeks ago at the age of 60.

Senator Norma Durango presented the bill to Congress on Monday to get the late player on the 1,000-peso ($12, £9) note, the highest denomination.

It would feature Maradona's face on one side and a picture of one of his most famous goals on the other, she said.

The bill suggests the notes should "carry the effigy of Diego Armando Maradona on one side and the moment of the second goal against England, scored in Mexico, on 22 June 1986, on the other", newspaper La Nación reports .

The senator also suggested putting his image on commemorative stamps.

"The idea is not just to recognise our most important idol, but also to think of the economic question," Ms Durango said. "We feel that when tourists come here they will want to take a 'Maradona' away with them."

Maradona's two most famous goals came in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final against England.

The player was captain when Argentina won the tournament, scoring the second famous "Hand of God" goal against England in the quarter-finals.

Ms Durango said the final decision would be made by lawmakers, who are expected to hear her proposal early next year.

Obituary - Argentina's flawed football icon
An extraordinary life in pictures
The 60-year-old football legend died of a heart attack at his home late last month.

Maradona had a successful operation on a brain blood clot earlier in November and had been due to be treated for alcohol dependency.

He scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for Argentina, representing them in four World Cups.
 
Maradona wanted to be embalmed and put on show, friend says

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Few people had the power to say no to Diego Maradona in life but his family appear to have put their foot down on an unusual last request.

Maradona, who died from a heart attack on Wednesday aged 60, told friends during the coronavirus lockdown that when he died he wanted to be embalmed and put on show for fans, according to Martin Arevalo, a journalist who was close to the former Argentina captain.

“When the idea of a statue first came up he said: ‘No, I want them to embalm me’,” Arevalo told TyC sports.

Arevalo, one of the few reporters who enjoyed Maradona’s confidence, confirmed the details of the footballer’s wishes to Reuters, adding that Maradona wanted “to remain with us forever”.

Two other legends of Argentina’s modern history, President Juan Peron and his wife Eva Peron, were embalmed.

One of the people present when Maradona proposed the idea was his lawyer Matias Morla, who suggested the former Napoli and Boca Juniors forward formalise his request with a notary, something he did on Oct. 13, Argentine media reported.

Morla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The family, however, were set to bury Maradona alongside his parents at a cemetery on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.

Tens of thousands of people lined up to say a final farewell to Maradona’s coffin at the presidential palace on Thursday, with the huge crowds causing disorder and clashes with police.

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Diego Maradona had no signs of alcohol or narcotics consumption at the time of his death.

The autopsy said Maradona had problems with his kidneys, heart and lungs.
 
'Justice for Diego': Argentines to march seeking answers over Maradona's death

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Argentines will take to the streets on Wednesday to demand what they say is justice for Diego Maradona after the soccer icon’s death in November sparked investigations into how he died and whether there had been any negligence in his care.

“He did not die, they killed him!,” the organizers of the demonstration said in materials sent out on social media. “Justice for Diego. Trial and punishment of the guilty.”

The march will begin at 18:00 local time (2100 GMT) at the emblematic Obelisco monument in central Buenos Aires.

Maradona, a World Cup winner with Argentina who is regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time, attained almost godlike status in his home country despite long battles with drug and alcohol addiction and poor health.

A medical board, at the request of the justice department, met on Monday to analyze Maradona’s death. The idol, who won the 1986 World Cup, had serious health problems and was recovering from brain surgery when he died in the suburbs of Buenos Aires.

Investigators are looking at whether members of Maradona’s medical team did not adequately treat the former soccer star, who played for teams around the world including Napoli, Barcelona and Boca Juniors.
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The game-used jersey from Diego Maradona's first World Cup appearance in 1982 is about to hit the auction block -- and experts believe it's gonna rake in a fortune!

The Argentinian soccer legend made his W.C. debut on June 13, 1982 in a group stage match against Belgium,

Maradona didn't score a goal in the 1-0 loss -- but the 21-year-old flashed some potential of the superstar he would become.

Now, the folks at GottaHaveRockAndRoll.com tell us they've secured the authentic game used jersey -- which features a signature from Maradona himself.

We're told the consigner is the family of a famous Argentine journalist who received the jersey as a gift from Argentina manager César Luis Menotti after the team returned from the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

The family has kept it for decades -- but now with interest in Maradona collectibles soaring in the wake of the soccer legend's death, they felt the time was right to sell.

We're told the signed Maradona jersey comes with a letter from the journalist's family spelling out the chain of possession behind the item. It's also been certified by the famous JSA authentication company.

The opening bid is $65,000 -- but experts say they expect the jersey to sell somewhere around the $200k range!

Of course, Argentina didn't win the World Cup in 1982 -- shoutout to Italy -- but Maradona and co. went on to win it all in 1986 thanks to some help from "The hand of God."

Maradona was an international superstar -- he scored 34 goals in 91 career appearances for Argentina ... and was recognized alongside Pelé as FIFA's Player of the Century.

Maradona passed away in November 2020 after suffering a heart attack. He was only 60 years old.

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Argentine football icon Diego Maradona received "deficient and reckless" health care before his death, a panel of medical experts has concluded.

Prosecutors in Argentina asked the panel to investigate Maradona's medical team after the footballer's death in November last year.

Maradona died of a heart attack at his Buenos Aires home, aged 60.

He had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November and was to be treated for alcohol dependency.

One of the greatest football players of all time, Maradona had a troubled personal life marked by cocaine and alcohol addiction.

The death of Maradona, who captained Argentina to World Cup glory in 1986, plunged the footballing world into mourning, and raised questions about his medical treatment.

A few days after his death Argentine prosecutors launched investigations into the doctors and nurses involved in his care.

In March, prosecutors convened a panel of 20 medical experts to examine Maradona's cause of death and to determine if there had been any negligence.

The panel's findings were reported by local media in Argentina on Friday.

In a 70-page report, the panel said Maradona had become seriously ill about 12 hours before his death. During this period he was "not properly monitored", the report said.

Citing the report, Argentine newspaper Clarín said the panel accused Maradona's medical team of leaving his survival "to fate".

The medical experts said Maradona may have had a better chance of survival had he been treated at a medical facility rather than his home, the newspaper reported.

The panel concluded that the action taken by Maradona's health team was "inadequate, deficient and reckless", according to Reuters news agency, which obtained a copy of the report.

Maradona's personal doctor Leopoldo Luque, 39, and his psychiatrist are among the medical professionals being investigated by prosecutors.

Now the medical panel has released its report, prosecutors will decide whether to bring any charges. Clarín said manslaughter could be among the charges being considered.

Police raid house and clinic of Maradona's doctor

The legal proceedings were prompted by a complaint filed by two of Maradona's daughters. They raised concerns about their father's treatment after the brain operation.

Dr Luque has not been charged. He denies any wrongdoing.

media captionDiego Maradona's doctor gave a tearful interview after the footballer's death
In an emotional press conference in November, Dr Luque cried, saying he had done all he could to save the life of a friend.

At one point, the doctor shot back at reporters: "You want to know what I am responsible for? For having loved him, for having taken care of him, for having extended his life, for having improved it to the end."

The doctor said he had done "everything he could, up to the impossible".

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this is wrong on so many levels. Doctors will have to stop treating patients if they will face possibility of facing charges if some patient dies.
 
Seven people who treated Diego Maradona in the days before his death have been charged with involuntary manslaughter.

The Argentine football legend died of a heart attack aged 60 last November - two weeks after undergoing brain surgery.

A report prepared by a medical board and passed to prosecutors earlier this month found the former Barcelona and Napoli player was in agony for more than 12 hours, did not get adequate medical attention, and could still be alive if he had been properly hospitalised.

Following Maradona's death, his lawyer Matias Moria tweeted: "The ambulance took more than half an hour to arrive, which was a criminal idiocy."

Neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque and psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov were among those charged - alongside a psychiatrist, a doctor, two nurses and a nurse coordinator.

Following Maradona's death, Dr Luque spoke publicly about how he had tried to help the aging soccer player.

The 1986 World Cup winner had struggled with substance and alcohol abuse problems in later life.

After Maradona died, Mr Luque told a local television station: "I did the best I could with Diego. He needed help."

The medical panel's report said "the patient's signs of risk of life were ignored" and that Maradona "showed unequivocal signs of a prolonged agony period" for upwards of 12 hours.

Maradona was living in a rented home at the time of his death.

The care he received there "did not fulfil the minimum requirements" for someone with his past health problems, and he would have survived with "adequate hospitalisation", the report added.

Mr Luque's lawyer said earlier that the contents of the report were flawed and "biased... with no scientific foundation".

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Cuban woman has accused former Argentina football captain Diego Maradona of raping her two decades ago when she was a teenager. Mavys Alvarez told a news conference on Monday that the Argentine player had raped her when she was aged 15 and "stolen her childhood."

The 37-year-old Alvarez gave testimony last week to an Argentine Ministry of Justice court that is investigating her allegations of trafficking against Maradona's former entourage, linked to events when she was 16.

Maradona, widely considered one of the greatest ever football players of all time, died a year ago on November 25, 2020.

The complaint relates to a journey Alvarez took to Argentina with Maradona in 2001, when he was around 40 and she was 16.

Alvarez said that she first met the football star shortly before the trip, when he was in Cuba to undergo drug addiction treatment.

At a news conference in Buenos Aires, Alvarez said Maradona had raped her in the clinic in Havana where he was staying, while her mother was in the next room.

"He covers my mouth, he rapes me, I don't want to think about it too much," Alvarez said.

"I stopped being a girl, all my innocence was stolen from me. It's hard. You stop living the innocent things that a girl of that age has to experience."

Matias Morla, Maradona's lawyer before his death, did not respond to a request for comment. Reuters could not identify other legal representatives for Maradona in the case.

Alvarez has previously described the relationship in media interviews as consensual, but also said that Maradona had at least on one occasion forced himself upon her.

She said that her family had only allowed a relationship with the star to happen, despite the large age gap, because of Maradona's friendship with the late Cuban President Fidel Castro.

"My family would never have accepted it if the Cuban government had not been involved," she said. "They were forced in another way to accept a relationship that was not good for them, or for anyone."

Cuba's government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Alvarez said she had filed the complaint "in order to help all women, all victims of trafficking, of crime," she said. "To be able to help them in whatever way I can. That's my idea."

She said it was hard to be back in Argentina, where Maradona remains a hero to many.

"It's hard to be in his country, to see that he is everywhere, he is an idol and at the same time everything I remember about him as a person feels ugly," she said.

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Would these revelations colour people's impressions of Maradona?

Expect they won't given that Maradona was happy to display his vices to the world and that never made any difference. People loved him more because of his moral failings.

In any event, the case is no different to the allegations around groupie culture in the film and music industries back in the day.
 
Napoli unveiled a statue of club great Diego Maradona at the start of their Serie A match against Lazio

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Football legend Diego Maradona’s watch, allegedly stolen in Dubai, was recovered from Assam’s Sivasagar district on Saturday morning, following which a person was arrested, police said.

The accused person was working as a security guard at a company in Dubai in UAE that was storing the belongings of the late Argentinian footballer, they said.

The accused is suspected to be involved in the theft of a safe in which the limited edition Hublot watch was also kept, Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said.


After working for a few days at the company, the accused returned to Assam in August, taking leave stating that his father was unwell, he said.

The Assam Police swung into action after the Dubai Police reached out to India with information about the accused, the officer said.

Subsequently, the accused was arrested from his residence at 4 am and the watch was recovered, he said.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said it was an operation involving international coordination between the police forces of the two countries.

Further legal action was being taken against the accused, he added.

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More woe for the Maradona family.

Hugo Maradona, the brother of Argentine legend Diego Maradona, has died of a heart attack at the age of 52.
 
The Argentina shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored his infamous 'Hand of God' goal against England at the 1986 World Cup is to be auctioned.

The iconic blue away shirt, currently owned by former England midfielder Steve Hodge, is expected to fetch more than £4m.

Maradona also scored one of greatest World Cup goals in that game on the way to winning the tournament.

After Maradona died in November 2020, Hodge said the shirt was not for sale.

In December that year Hodge said he had "people knocking on my door non-stop", and that reports he was looking to sell the shirt were false. "I find it disrespectful and totally wrong," he added at the time. "It's not for sale. I am not trying to sell it."

Midfielder Hodge, 59, who appeared in two World Cups for England and won 24 caps, has been in possession of the shirt since swapping it with Maradona in the tunnel after the 1986 quarter-final which Argentina won 2-1.

Hodge loaned the shirt to the National Football Museum, where it has been for housed for 20 years, but it will now be auctioned at Sotheby's in London with bidding open from April 20 to May 4.

The current record price for a shirt worn during a game is held by New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth's baseball jersey, which sold for $5.6m (£4.4m) in 2019.

Maradona is widely considered one of the greatest ever footballers, playing a hugely significant role in Argentina's World Cup win at Mexico '86.

He played for Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys in a glittering club career, but it was at Napoli between 1984 and 1991 that he cemented his reputation as the world's best player of his generation.

He captained them to their first ever Italian Serie A title in 1986-87, and followed it with a second in 1989-90, as well as winning the Uefa Cup, Coppa Italia and Italian Super Cup with the club.

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<b>Maradona’s daughter claims wrong jersey is up for auction</b>

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Diego Maradona's eldest daughter claims that the Argentina shirt being auctioned is *not* the one her late father wore when he scored the infamous "Hand of god" goal against England.

Dalma Maradona said the shirt was actually worn by her father during the goalless first half of the 1986 World Cup quarter-final.

Steve Hodge, the former England player who says Maradona swapped shirts with him at the end of the game in Mexico City, is selling the shirt, which is set to fetch more than £4 million ($5.2 million).

Auctioneers Sotheby's said they hired an external company that had provided a "conclusive photomatch" that proved it was authentic.

Dalma Maradona claimed the jersey her father wore in the second half, when he also scored one of the greatest goals in World Cup history, was in the hands of another owner, but she declined to name them.

"It's not that one. I don't want to say who has it because it's crazy. He (Diego Maradona) said it. He said, 'How am I going to give him the shirt of my life?'" she told reporters.

"This former player thinks he has my dad's second-half jersey, but it's a mix-up, he has the one from the first half.

"We wanted to clarify that so that people who want to buy it know the truth," Dalma said in separate comments to Channel 13 television.

A Sotheby's spokeswoman told AFP: "There was indeed a different shirt worn by Maradona in the first half, but there are clear differences between that and what was worn during the goals.

"And so, prior to putting this shirt for sale, we did extensive diligence and scientific research on the item to make sure it was the shirt worn by Maradona in the second half for the two goals."

The photomatching process had involved matching the shirt "to both goals examining unique details on various elements of the item, including the patch, stripes, and numbering".

It added that Maradona himself had acknowledged the provenance of the shirt himself, in his book "Touched by god", and he recalls giving it to Hodge at the end of the match.

The online auction is scheduled for April 20 to May 4.

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The shirt Diego Maradona wore when he scored the 'Hand of God' goal and much vaunted 'goal of the century' for Argentina against England at the 1986 World Cup has sold for a record £7.1m.

It is the highest price ever paid for a piece of sports memorabilia.

Former England midfielder Steve Hodge put it up for auction 36 years after he swapped it with Maradona following the famous quarter-final in Mexico.

After Maradona died in November 2020, Hodge said the shirt was not for sale.

In December that year Hodge said he had "people knocking on my door non-stop" and that reports he was looking to sell the shirt were false.

"I find it disrespectful and totally wrong," he added at the time. "It's not for sale. I am not trying to sell it."

Auction house Sotheby sold the shirt for more than its estimated price, which was between £4m and £6m.

"This is arguably the most coveted football shirt to ever come to auction, and so it is fitting that it now holds the auction record for any object of its kind," said Brahm Wachter, Sotheby's head of streetwear and modern collectables.

The previous highest fee paid for a shirt worn during a sports match was held by New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth's baseball jersey, which sold for $5.6m (£4.4m) in 2019.

In the same year the original Olympic manifesto, penned in 1892, sold for $8.8m (about £7m) to become the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia.

Ex-Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Leeds and Tottenham midfielder Hodge, 59, who appeared in two World Cups for England and won 24 caps, had owned the iconic blue Argentina away shirt since swapping it with Maradona in the tunnel at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City after the game, which Argentina won 2-1.

There has been some confusion about the shirt since Sotheby's in London put it up for auction in April, with Maradona's family claiming it was not the shirt he had on when he scored the infamous 'Hand of God' goal.

During the past 36 years, the shirt, manufactured by Le Coq Sportif, has been publicly displayed as the one worn by the Argentine great. It was most recently housed at the National Football Museum in Manchester.

Sotheby said in its listing online that the shirt was matched to images of Maradona wearing it for both goals.

The two he scored against England are among the most famous goals by Maradona, who is widely regarded as one of football's greatest-ever players.

His punching of the ball beyond goalkeeper Peter Shilton to score the controversial opening goal in the second half came minutes before he netted what was years later voted the goal of the century in a poll by football's world governing body Fifa.

Maradona went on to inspire his country to win the trophy, beating West Germany 3-2 in the final

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Iconic shirt, will be worth double this in a decade.

Maradona imo the Greatest player of all time.
 
James said:
Without a doubt.

C Ronaldo and Zidane possibly 2 and 3.

IMHO.
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My top 3 are

Maradonna
Pele
Zidane

All 3 have won the World Cup and were pivotal. Maradonna was in an average team, what he did in 86 was one of the greatest player performances over any tournament in history.
 
Eight doctors, nurses, and a psychologist who cared for football legend Diego Maradona will be tried for homicide.

Maradona, who captained Argentina's 1986 World Cup-winning team, died in November 2020 at the age of 60.

The star, who underwent surgery for a subdural haematoma a few weeks prior to his death, died due to cardiac arrest.

Prosecutors now claim his death was the result of "omissions" by his caregivers.

In the 236-page document seen by Reuters, the judge in charge of the case questioned "the behaviours - active or by omission - of each of the accused which led to and contributed to the realisation of the harmful result".

It said that eight people, including doctors, nurses, and a psychologist who cared for Maradona at the time of his death, are accused of "simple homicide" - which means taking a life with intent.

The charge carries a sentence of between eight and 25 years in prison.

A medical team appointed to investigate Maradona's death in 2021 said the star's medical team acted in an "inappropriate, deficient and reckless manner".

The defendants named in the ruling were Maradona's neurosurgeon and personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, psychologist Carlos Diaz, nurses Gisella Madrid, and Ricardo Almiron, their boss Mariano Perroni, and doctors Pedro Di Spagna and Nancy Forlini.

They have all denied responsibility for Maradona's death and the judge said that lawyers for some of them had requested the case be dismissed.

'A guilty party is being sought at all costs'

Vadim Mischanchuk, an attorney for Cosachov, said they would appeal the decision, adding the psychiatrist's area of care had no relation with Maradona's cause of death.

"A guilty party is being sought at all costs and objectivity is being lost," the lawyer said.

Mario Baudry, a lawyer for one of Maradona's sons, told Reuters that the World Cup winner was "in a situation of helplessness" by the time of his death.

Following his death, there were three days of national mourning before Maradona was laid to rest in a cemetery near Buenos Aires.

Maradona had long struggled with his health, including alcohol and cocaine addiction.

Maradona was also admitted to hospital just before his death because he was "not well psychologically".

In 2005, he had a gastric bypass operation to lose weight and was treated in 2007 for life-threatening alcohol-induced hepatitis.

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The ball used by Diego Maradona to score two of the most famous goals in football history is to go on auction.

The match ball used in the famous 1986 World Cup quarter final between England and Argentina carries an estimated price of £2.5m to £3m.

It is being sold by Ali Bin Nasser, the Tunisian referee who allowed Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal during the game.

Bin Nasser said: "This ball is part of football history - it is the right time to be sharing it with the world."

The ball was used for the full 90 minutes of the match, which remains one of the most defining and controversial contests in World Cup history.

Maradona scored the opener by punching the ball past England goalkeeper Peter Shilton.

Bin Nasser did not spot the handball and allowed the goal to stand, with the player later describing it as being "a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God".

Maradona's second strike of the match has become known as the 'goal of the century', where he dribbled past five England outfield players and slotted past Shilton.

Bin Nasser relives 'Hand of God' match
Argentina went on to win the match 2-1 and eventually win the World Cup in Mexico.

The ball is being sold at auction on 16 November as part of a World Cup special event. It will be streamed live and prospective buyers can register their bids online from 28 October.

"The timing of the match, the history between the two teams and the handball have all led to this match going down as one of the most famous and emotive matches in football history," said Graham Budd, chairman of Graham Budd Auctions.

"With the history surrounding the ball, we are expecting this lot to be hugely popular when it comes up for auction."

Several items of sporting memorabilia have broken records at auctions recently. The shirt Maradona wore during the 1986 quarter final was sold in May for $9.3m (£7.4m), a new world record.

This was beaten just three months later when a Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6m (£10.3m) in August.

In September, Michael Jordan's 1998 NBA finals jersey sold for $10.1 (£8.7m), a new world record for any 'game worn' sporting memorabilia.

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Napoli unveiled a Diego Maradona statue ahead of today's game

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Can’t see a footballer ever reaching his heights again. A flawed genius and imo the Goat.
 
An England fan in Italy had his match ticket torn up by the FA after he was seen with a flag mocking the death of legendary footballer Diego Maradona.

The man was seen posing next to a St George's flag that had the words 'Diego's in a box' in the four white quadrants while on a train ahead of Thursday night's game in Naples.

The tasteless flag would likely not be taken well by people in the city, where the Argentinian footballer - who died in 2020 - is widely revered for his exploits for local team Napoli as a player.

The match between the Three Lions and the Azzurri had already been flagged for potential crowd trouble and was being held in the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium which is named after the footballing icon.

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Eight healthcare professionals will stand trial over the death of football great Diego Maradona in 2020, an Argentinian court has ruled.

The date of the proceedings has yet to be set, but they are unlikely to begin before next year, the court said Tuesday.

A medical board’s report previously given to prosecutors concluded that Maradona was in agony for more than 12 hours, did not receive adequate treatment and could still be alive if he had been properly hospitalized.

Three judges from an appeals court in San Isidro, outside Buenos Aires, confirmed the charges brought by prosecutors of homicide by negligence against the members of Maradona’s medical team.

Neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque and psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov are accused of failing in their care for Maradona. Maradona’s medical team also included psychologist Carlos Díaz, doctors Nancy Forlini and Pedro Di Spagna, nursing coordinator Mariano Perroni and nurses Ricardo Almirón and Dahiana Madrid.

Maradona, who won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986, died of a heart attack on 25 November 2020, at a rented residence outside Buenos Aires following brain surgery two weeks earlier. He was 60.

Maradona’s autopsy showed he died of natural causes.

One of Maradona’s daughters, Dalma, wrote on Instagram in Spanish: “Many times the process is painful and slow, but here we are and we will not stop until justice is done! Each one who stopped doing their job (at someone’s request or because of ineffectiveness) will be judged for that!”

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^ Sad to read.

The Legend should have been given the best care. I hope his family finds some justice in this.
 
Maradona's 'stolen' Golden Ball to be auctioned off

Diego Maradona's "stolen" Golden Ball trophy, awarded for being named the best player at the 1986 World Cup, has been found and will be auctioned off in France on 6 June.

The Aguttes auction house announced on Tuesday that the item had resurfaced and they expect it to be sold for "millions".

Maradona, who died in 2020, won the award after leading Argentina to World Cup victory in Mexico.

"There are a lot of stories and legends, like it was stolen by the mafia to make gold," the Aguttes auction house sport expert Francois Thierry told BBC Sport. "We did all the necessary checks and called the police about it.

"We have had the ball for about one year. We did a lot of research about it since there are a lot of details in terms of manufacturer comments until we could say it was a good one."

The Golden Ball was bought by the anonymous seller in 2016 at an auction in France. However, he was unaware what item he had purchased.

"He bought it with many other things, at the beginning he did not know it was something important," Thierry added.

"In the case he bought there were a lot of trophies. He then searched on the internet and found it could be the Golden Ball.

"He tried to call Maradona and Fifa, but had no luck."

The 1986 World Cup arguably is best remembered for Maradona's two goals against England in the quarter-finals.

Maradona outjumped England keeper Peter Shilton to punch his first goal into the net with a raised fist, which was later described by the Argentine as being scored by the "Hand of God".

His second was voted as the "Goal of the Century" in a Fifa poll, Maradona dribbling from his own half past five English players to score.

Both the jersey he wore that day, along with the ball from the match, have previously been sold at auction for millions.

"The trophy symbolizes the pinnacle of his career and he is the player of the century," Thierry said.

"We can see there were some results from before when his jersey against England in 1986 being sold for I think £9m and the ball of the game went for £2m, so we expect millions."


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Trial to begin for Maradona’s medical staff accused in footballer’s death​


Four years after the death of Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona, seven healthcare professionals will go on trial accused of negligence during his final days.

More than 100 witnesses, including members of Maradona’s family and doctors who tended to him over the years, will take the stand over the course of the four-month trial, which starts on Tuesday in the Buenos Aires suburb of San Isidro.

The seven defendants risk between eight and 25 years in jail if convicted.

Diego Armando Maradona died on November 25, 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot, after decades of battling cocaine and alcohol addictions.

He was found dead in bed at a rented house in an exclusive Buenos Aires neighbourhood where he was brought after being discharged from hospital two weeks after surgery.

He was found to have died of a heart attack.

The night nurse said he had seen some “warning signs” but had “received orders not to wake him up”.

Maradona’s death, which came in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, plunged Argentina into deep mourning.

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Trial to begin for Maradona’s medical staff accused in footballer’s death

Seven medical professionals are accused of providing ‘reckless’ and ‘deficient’ treatment to Maradona, who died in 2020.
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FearlessRoar said:

Trial to begin for Maradona’s medical staff accused in footballer’s death​


Four years after the death of Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona, seven healthcare professionals will go on trial accused of negligence during his final days.

More than 100 witnesses, including members of Maradona’s family and doctors who tended to him over the years, will take the stand over the course of the four-month trial, which starts on Tuesday in the Buenos Aires suburb of San Isidro.

The seven defendants risk between eight and 25 years in jail if convicted.

Diego Armando Maradona died on November 25, 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot, after decades of battling cocaine and alcohol addictions.

He was found dead in bed at a rented house in an exclusive Buenos Aires neighbourhood where he was brought after being discharged from hospital two weeks after surgery.

He was found to have died of a heart attack.

The night nurse said he had seen some “warning signs” but had “received orders not to wake him up”.

Maradona’s death, which came in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, plunged Argentina into deep mourning.

www.aljazeera.com

Trial to begin for Maradona’s medical staff accused in footballer’s death

Seven medical professionals are accused of providing ‘reckless’ and ‘deficient’ treatment to Maradona, who died in 2020.
www.aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com
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Why are the healthcare professionals facing trials for this? That's absurd.

Maradona had a very unhealthy lifestyle. Blame lies with Maradona alone.
 
Argentina starts trial over death of soccer icon Maradona

Argentina began a long-awaited trial on Tuesday of the medical team for soccer star Diego Maradona, over four years after his death in 2020, in a case that has riled emotions in the South American country where the World Cup winner is still revered.

Maradona's family, lawyers and his former nurses, brain surgeon and psychiatrist accused of homicide by negligence, arrived at the court on the outskirts of capital city Buenos Aires in what promises to be a drama-filled and lengthy saga.

Outside the San Isidro appeals court, fans held up placards with the message "Justice for D10S," using a nickname based on Maradona's shirt number and the Spanish word for God.

"They killed him, and today they will have to deal with it here," Maradona fan Sergio Gimenez said outside the court.

Maradona, immortalized in Argentina in huge murals and tattoos, is considered one of the greatest soccer players ever.

Seven members of the medical team are due in court in a trial expected to last several months. An eighth member faces a trial by jury in July.


 
Even though I am a fan of Argentina and Maradona, I didn't like his "hand goal" against England in 1986 WC. That was cheating. That shouldn't be glorified.
 
Maradona's ex-bodyguard arrested for alleged lies in testimony at trial of late star's medical team

A former bodyguard of the late Diego Maradona was arrested Tuesday for allegedly withholding information and telling lies during his testimony at the trial of the soccer great's medical team.

Seven healthcare professionals are on trial at an Argentine court accused of negligence in Maradona's death in a house outside Buenos Aires on Nov. 25, 2020.

On Tuesday, following a request from the prosecutor’s office, the criminal court in the Buenos Aires suburb of San Isidro ordered Julio César Coria to be investigated for false testimony. He was arrested and remained in custody Tuesday afternoon.

Coria was one of the people who attempted to resuscitate Maradona.

According to the prosecution, the accused professionals didn’t provide adequate medical care.

Coria testified in court on Tuesday that when he entered Maradona’s room, he saw nurse Gisela Madrid and psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, both defendants in the case, performing CPR. He added that Cosachov gave Maradona “mouth-to-mouth resuscitation” for a while.

The trial prosecutor, Patricio Ferrari, warned the witness of contradictions in his statement.

The prosecution warned Coria that he lied when he denied in court having spoken with another of the defendants, neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque.

“There are countless chats between Luque and Coria, which demonstrate a cordial and almost friendly relationship, and the witness denied having had any conversation,” Ferrari said.

Luque, Maradona’s personal physician for the last four years of his life, performed surgery to remove a blood clot from the former footballer’s brain just weeks before his death.

The 28-year-old daughter of Maradona, Jana, testified Tuesday that Luque and Coria suggested “home hospitalization” when the clinic authorities recommended that Maradona remain hospitalized.

SOURCE: https://www.ctpost.com/sports/article/maradona-s-ex-bodyguard-arrested-for-alleged-lies-20240942.php
 
Mistrial ruled in case against Diego Maradona's medical team, lawyers say

The homicide case against Diego Maradona's medical team was declared a mistrial, their lawyers said on Thursday.

The soccer star's 2020 death from heart failure while recovering from surgery shook his home nation of Argentina, while fans worldwide were stunned.

Seven members of his medical team were charged with negligent homicide in a trial that began on March 11.

Maradona led the Argentine team to a World Cup victory in 1986, when he scored two of the sport's most memorable goals against England - including the so-called "Hand of God" - and took his Italian club Napoli to its first two Serie A titles.


 
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