Tag: Maradona
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Maradona’s body arrives presidential palace in Argentina
Diego Maradona’s coffin arrived at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires for a period of lying in state, TV reports showed, following the death of the Argentine football legend aged 60 on Wednesday. Hundreds of people were already lining up to pay their respects to Maradona, who died while recovering from a brain operation, the…
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Maradona’s coronavirus test is negative, his lawyer says
Former Argentine football player Diego Maradona tested negative for COVID-19 on Monday, his lawyer said on Monday. His announcement helped to allay fears the Argentina football legend had contacted the virus after hugging a colleague who was later found to have tested positive. The man who led Argentina to the World Cup in 1986 took…