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Published: 11:49 am,Friday 27 November 2020

Maradona laid to rest

Argentine soccer icon Diego Armando Maradona was interred Thursday alongside his parents at a cemetery on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, reported EFE. Only around 30 people were permitted inside the gates of Jardin Bella Vista, where the elder Diego Maradona was buried just five years ago, for the

Published: 23:40 pm,Thursday 26 November 2020

Fans bid farewell to soccer legend, national hero Maradona

Diego Maradona’s body is lying in repose at the government headquarters in Buenos Aires, where thousands of people are bidding farewell to the legendary soccer player, who died from a heart attack on Wednesday, reported EFE. The highways into the Argentine capital were jammed with traffic as thousands of

Published: 03:36 am,Thursday 26 November 2020

Tributes pour in after death of Diego Maradona

Tributes flooded in from around the soccer world and beyond following the death on Wednesday of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the greatest player of all time. Argentine head of state Alberto Fernandez declared three days of mourning in memory of the 60-year-old hero of

Published: 01:26 am,Thursday 26 November 2020

Italy, Naples mourn Maradona´s death

Maradona, who played the peak years of his career in Italy, died of a heart attack in Tigre, Argentina on Wednesday. His death came nearly four weeks after his 60th birthday, and just three weeks after being released from the hospital for surgery on a blood clot.

Published: 01:11 am,Thursday 26 November 2020

Pele mourns death of Maradona

Brazilian football great Pele mourned the death of Argentine legend Diego Maradona on Wednesday, reported Xinhua. "What sad news. I lost a great friend and the world lost a legend. There is still much to be said, but for now, may God give strength to the family members," said

Published: 01:01 am,Thursday 26 November 2020

Maradona was `the greatest of them all`: Argentine president

Football legend Diego Armando Maradona was "the greatest of them all," Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said on Wednesday, following the sports figure's death earlier in the day, reported Xinhua. "You took us to the world's peak. You made us immensely happy. You were the greatest of them all.

Published: 00:49 am,Thursday 26 November 2020

Timeline of Argentine football legend Maradona's life

Following is the timeline of the life of Diego Maradona, who died of a heart attack on Wednesday at the age of 60, reported Xinhua. On October 30, 1960, Maradona was born at the Polyclinic Evita Hospital in Lanus, Buenos Aires Province, to a poor family that had moved

Published: 19:12 pm,Wednesday 25 November 2020

Maradona is no more

Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona died Wednesday at his home in Buenos Aires province at the age of 60, reported EFE-EPA, quoting his press agent. "Diego died," Sebastian Sanchi told Efe. Earlier, at around 1 pm local time, some local media outlets reported that Maradona had suffered a heart

Published: 02:47 am,Tuesday 24 November 2020

Southampton, Wolves draw; Burnley climb out of relegation zone

Southampton settled for a 1-1 away draw against the Wolverhampton Wanderers at the close of Matchday 9 action on Monday, missing out on a chance to move up to third in the Premier League standings, reported EFE-EPA. The visiting Saints opened the scoring at Molineux Stadium in the 58th

Published: 02:29 am,Tuesday 24 November 2020

Vlhova clebrates slalom double in Levi

"It's in!" Petra Vlhova of Slovakia let out a scream as she crossed the finish line in the second slalom race of the women's World Cup series in the Finnish resort of Levi on Sunday, repeating her dominant victory on Saturday, reported Xinhua. Unlike Saturday, when the track

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