Diego Maradona News

The children of football legend Diego Maradona announced the launch of a foundation to honour the Argentine player's legacy, which would include a memorial site planned in the heart of Buenos Aires.

Argentina football legend Diego Maradona comes to life in an immersive exhibit underway in Barcelona, featuring a hologram of the late player and a reconstruction of his childhood home.

Maradona died in November 2020 at age 60 while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot, after decades of battling cocaine and alcohol addictions.

Until 2022, no piece of sports memorabilia had ever broken the symbolic $10-million mark, but that year saw both the Mantle card and a jersey worn by basketball great Michael Jordan blow past the threshold

Emiliano Martinez was recently in Kolkata for an event and in a video on social media, he can be seen jokingly recreating the infamous moment on stage.

Lionel Scaloni, 44, led Argentina to the Copa America title in 2021 - the Albiceleste's first international trophy since 1993.

Pele played in four World Cups, winning three times, a record not yet beaten and giving him one more than Maradona and Messi combined

FIFA World Cup: The catchy tune, which alludes to deceased Argentine superstar Diego Maradona looking down from heaven on modern-day hero Lionel Messi,had also reverberated through the stadiums of Qatar

FIFA World Cup: Vast crowds of ecstatic fans cheered on their heroes along every meter of the planned 30-kilometer parade route from a Buenos Aires suburb to the center of the capital

Following Argentina's win, an emotional moment between Lionel Messi and his mother Celia Maria Cuccittini was captured by the cameras