Boca Juniors switch off all the lights but leave Maradona’s box lit

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: 10:11 GMT, 26 November 2020 … 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

Australians think MADONNA is dead after mistaking the pop superstar for Diego Maradona

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

DAVID JONES: Maradona had the Hand of God, but he was far from a saint

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

MARTIN SAMUEL: Diego Maradona was the people’s footballer whose genius will outlive his notoriety

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

PETER REID: I tried to catch Diego Maradona but I was like an old horse chasing Frankel!

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

MARTIN SAMUEL: Diego Maradona was the people’s footballer whose genius will outlive his notoriety

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

Maradona’s five children may face will fight with rumoured offspring

Diego Maradona’s death could spark a family feud over his estate as he leaves behind five children he recognised as his and six others he has been linked to. Before he died one of his daughters joked he could make up a starting eleven with his kids after a 23-year-old Argentinian was named as the … Read more

Tributes flood in for Maradona: Mike Tyson, Brian May, Piers Morgan and The Pope pay respects

Tributes have flooded in for footballing legend Diego Maradona, who has died aged 60. Celebrities and sports stars paid their respects to the Argentinian, who was out of hospital recovering from surgery after a blot clot on his brain. Piers Morgan, Brian May, The Pope, Duran Duran and Mike Tyson shared touching messages to ‘El … Read more

Tributes flood in for Maradona: Mike Tyson, Brian May, Piers Morgan and The Pope pay respects

Tributes have flooded in for footballing legend Diego Maradona, who has died aged 60. Sports stars and celebrities paid their respects to the Argentinian, who was out of hospital recovering from surgery after a blot clot on his brain. Barcelona icon Lionel Messi, Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Brazilian great Pele were among the footballers to … Read more