Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona is dead. This is at once unsurprising, since he had so spectacularly destroyed himself in his 60 years on earth, and inconceivable. That he skipped old age to go straight to eternal cannot, and does not, surprise his fans, and yet the evidence that he was not immortal…

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ByReutersYesterday at 22:23 | Updated a day agoNapoli won their first match since the death of club legend Diego Maradona as they beat Rijeka 2-0 in the Europa League.On an emotionally-charged evening, the Napoli team took the field for the Europa League game wearing number 10 shirts with Maradona's name…

The La Liga on Thursday confirmed that the Spanish top two divisions would hold a minute silence across all 21 games this weekend in order to honour the late Argentine legend, Diego Maradona. Maradona, who is widely considered the greatest footballer of all-time, died on Wednesday afternoon at the age…

Diego Maradona (photo by Mark Leech/Offside/Getty Images) Kevin Keegan hailed "unplayable" Diego Maradona on Thursday, describing the diminutive Argentine sporting genius as a giant on the pitch as the world mourned his death.Tributes have poured in from around the globe after Maradona, 60, died from a heart attack on Wednesday…

Soccer superstar Diego Maradona was buried Thursday in a private ceremony attended by only two dozen people - a stark contrast to earlier in the day when tens of thousands of weeping fans filed past his coffin for hours in an observance that mixed head-of-state-like honours with the chaos of…

Diego Maradona's death dominated the front and back pages of newspapers as the world offered a fond farewell to the 'god of football', with his renowned "Hand of God" quote featuring prominently.Maradona died after suffering a heart attack at his home in a suburb of Buenos Aires on Wednesday, less…

Footballing legend Diego Maradona passed away on Wednesday at the age of 60. The Argentine, who is regarded as one of the best players to ever play the game, had an illustrious 21-year playing career while also going on to manage eight teams including his country at the 2006 World…

We have Europa League action this evening as we take on Norwegian side Molde, a side we beat 4-1 in our last outing in this competition (also our biggest win so far this season). With Wolves on Sunday, and this game taking place on an artificial pitch, I suspect we’ll…

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