Maradona

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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Legendary Argentine footballer Diego Maradona has died after suffering a cardiac arrest on Wednesday, as reported by Argentine media. Earlier this month, Maradona had successfully undergone surgery for a blood clot on his brain. As per international media reports, the footballer died at his home in Buenos Aires just days…

Diego Maradona owned 1986. Never before, never after, has an individual influenced the outcome of a single edition of the world cup in quite the same fashion. With the passing of the football legend today, we republish a story from our archives on his greatest moment in history, and the…