BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Children of the late soccer star Diego Maradona have asked a court in Argentina to authorize the transfer of his body from the private cemetery where he is buried to a mausoleum under construction in Buenos Aires to allow fans from around the world to pay tribute to him....
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazilian football icon Pele, a three-time World Cup winner who transformed the "beautiful game" and is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, died on Thursday, Dec. 29, at the age of 82. In this file photo taken on December 08, 2005, Brazilian football...
Cuban Mavys Alvarez, who had a sentimental relationship with late Argentine football star Diego Maradona (1960 - 2020) when she was a minor, shows a picture of her hugging Diego Maradona in Cuba, after delivering a press conference to international news agencies in Buenos Aires, Argentina on...
Supporters of Argentina's Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata gather outside the private clinic where Argentine former football star Diego Maradona underwent a brain surgery for a blood clot, in Olivos, Buenos Aires province, on November 4, 2020. (Photo by Javier Gonzalez TOLEDO / AFP) Argentina football...
A father and her daughter, fans of Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona, mourn as they gather by the Obelisk to pay homage on the day of his death in Buenos Aires, on November 25, 2020. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) Diego Maradona's death last month shook the world of sport in a year...
In this file photo taken on June 09, 2016, former Argentinian football international Diego Maradona (left) and former Brazilian footballer Pele pose after a football match organised by Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot at the Jardin du Palais Royal in Paris, on the eve of the Euro 2016 European...
Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi vies with Osasuna's Spanish defender Oier Sanjurjo (right) during the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and CA Osasuna at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, on November 29, 2020. (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP) Barcelona on Sunday followed...
This photograph taken on November 28, 2020, shows a banner with a portrait of Diego Maradona to pay homage to the late Argentinian football legend ahead of the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Girondins de Bordeaux at the Parc de Princes stadium in Paris. (Photo by FRANCK...
BUENOS AIRES (Xinhua) -- Diego Maradona Jr., son of the late Argentine football great Diego Armando Maradona, bid an emotional farewell to his father on Friday, with a moving message on Instagram. "How happy I was with you ... you couldn't imagine, just looking at you next to me made me feel...
Photo released by Telam showing fans crowding next to the hearse carrying the late Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona on its way from Casa Rosada presidential palace to the cemetery, in Buenos Aires, on November 26, 2020. (Photo by Raul FERRARI / TELAM / AFP) / Argentina OUT /...
Fans gather outside the morgue where the late Argentine football star Diego Maradona's body will undergo an autopsy "to establish the cause of death" -as public prosecutor John Broyard said-, in San Fernando, Buenos Aires province, on November 25, 2020. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) Diego...
