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Pope Francis called it world's 'most beautiful game' and it wasn’t tennis
Pope Francis often fondly recalled his childhood days playing football on the streets of Buenos Aires, using a ball made of rags
21 April,2025 05:39 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Maradona's daughter says doctors deceived family in negligence trial
"They promised us a home hospitalization that never happened," said Dalma, the eldest of the former Argentina captain's five children and the first of them to testify in court
18 April,2025 07:55 PM IST | Buenos Aires (Argentina) | AP
Maradona’s heart abnormally large: Forensic experts
Vega said that Maradona suffered from “long-standing ischemia,” due to “lack of blood flow and oxygen”
03 April,2025 08:30 AM IST | Buenos Aires | AP
Bodyguard held for false testimony
Julio Coria, who was present in the house when Maradona died was adjudged to have lied under oath
27 March,2025 08:46 AM IST | San Isidro (Argentina) | AFP
Bodyguard arrested for 'contradictions' in testimony at Maradona trial
Julio Coria left the courtroom in the Buenos Aires suburb of San Isidro in handcuffs after judges ruled in favor of the prosecution's claim that he had lied under oath.
26 March,2025 08:39 AM IST | Argentina | AFP
Medics who treated Maradona before his death go on trial for homicide
Maradona had struggled with drug addiction, obesity and alcoholism for decades, and reportedly came close to death in 2000 and 2004
11 March,2025 04:41 PM IST | Buenos Aires (Argentina) | AP
Football great Maradona’s children unveil memorial site plans
“We want our father to be close to the love of the people, and to grant the wish of all those who want to bring him a flower,” his daughter Dalma Maradona said during a presentation broadcast on YouTube Thursday
02 November,2024 07:42 AM IST | Buenos Aires | AFP
Maradona’s heirs to sue over auction of stolen trophy
The trophy rewarding the best player of the tournament had been missing for decades and recently resurfaced. It is set to be auctioned in Paris next month, the Aguttes auction house said. Maradona’s heirs say the trophy was stolen and claim the current owner cannot be entitled to sell it
15 May,2024 06:17 AM IST | Paris | AFP
Maradona’s children want to shift his body from cemetery to mausoleum
They made the request to a court in San Isidro in a letter quoted on Thursday by local media in which they indicated that it comes from “all the heirs” of the football star, who died in 2020
04 May,2024 08:34 AM IST | Buenos Aires | AP
Late Maradona’s medical report aims to undercut homicide case against medics
Maradona, famous for leading Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup and back to the final four years later, died from a heart attack in 2020
01 May,2024 06:13 AM IST | Buenos Aires | AP