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Pope Francis hails poetic Maradona; decries doping cheats
By Reuters, 015, January 4, 2021 (EAT)
Pope Francis has hailed fellow Argentine Diego Maradona as a “poet” on the pitch, but also acknowledged his frailty away from the sport. In a wid...

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Court rules Maradona’s body ‘must be conserved’
By Reuters, 1110, December 17, 2020 (EAT)
The body of late soccer great Diego Maradona “must be conserved” in case his DNA is needed in a paternity case, an Argentine court ruled on Wednes...

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Italy’s World Cup hero Rossi dies aged 64
By Reuters, 1039, December 10, 2020 (EAT)
Paolo Rossi, Italy’s goalscoring hero from their victorious 1982 World Cup campaign, has died at the age of 64. His death comes with the soccer wor...

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Former Argentina manager Sabella dies
By Agencies, 951, December 9, 2020 (EAT)
Former Leeds and Sheffield United player and Argentina national manager Alejandro Sabella has died at the age of 66. Sabella, who guided his countr...

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Argentine senator tables bill in Congress seeking to introduce Maradona bank note
By Agencies, 1601, December 8, 2020 (EAT)
An Argentine senator has proposed putting an image of the late football star Diego Maradona on new banknotes. Maradona, who led Argentina...

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Maradona’s 1986 World Cup shirt not for sale
By Agencies, 1028, December 2, 2020 (EAT)
Former England midfielder Steve Hodge says Diego Maradona's iconic shirt from the 1986 World Cup quarter-final is not for sale after an "uncomfortable...

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Argentina rugby captain, players suspended over racist social media posts
By Reuters, 1754, December 1, 2020 (EAT)
Pablo Matera has been stripped of the Argentina captaincy and suspended along with team mates Guido Petti and Santiago Socino for posting racist comme...

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Argentines celebrate ‘eternal love’ for Maradona with tattoos
By Reuters, 2010, November 30, 2020 (EAT)
Under his shirt, pizza shop owner Guillermo Rodriguez is a walking shrine to Diego Maradona. His entire back is covered in tattoos depicting the socce...

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Messi imitated Maradona’s goals and skills but not his lifestyle
By Reuters, 1723, November 30, 2020 (EAT)
Lionel Messi is the only Argentine to truly live up to being described as the next Diego Maradona so it was little surprise the Barcelona captain shou...

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Argentine prosecutors investigate death of Maradona
By Reuters, 2031, November 29, 2020 (EAT)
Argentine justice officials are investigating the death of soccer star Diego Maradona and ordered the search of properties of his personal doctor on S...

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Messi salutes Maradona as Barca trounce Osasuna
By Reuters, 1952, November 29, 2020 (EAT)
Lionel Messi paid a personal tribute to the late Diego Maradona after scoring on Sunday as Barcelona returned to winning ways in La Liga with a resoun...

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Argentine league restarts with tributes to Diego Maradona
By Reuters, 1050, November 29, 2020 (EAT)
The Argentine league restarted on Saturday following the country’s emotional goodbye to Diego Maradona, with players, coaches and even referees expr...

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Maradona’s ‘Hand Of God’ shirt could be yours – for Ksh. 220million
By Reuters, 1441, November 28, 2020 (EAT)
The shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored his famous 'Hand Of God' goal against England at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico could be available for $...

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Image rights, fast cars and a ‘tank’: Maradona’s death triggers complex inheritance
By Reuters, 1356, November 28, 2020 (EAT)
Diego Maradona’s death has triggered an outpouring of grief around the world. Now comes the scramble for a share of the soccer legend’s complex fi...

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Maradona’s death casts long shadow around Argentina’s Boca Juniors stadium
By Reuters, 1206, November 28, 2020 (EAT)
In the working class Buenos Aires district of La Boca, the death of Diego Maradona has cast a long shadow stretching out from the stadium of Boca Juni...

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Maradona wanted to be embalmed and put on show, friend says
By Reuters, 1439, November 27, 2020 (EAT)
Few people had the power to say no to Diego Maradona in life but his family appear to have put their foot down on an unusual last request. Maradona, ...

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‘Adios Diego’: Maradona buried as world mourns football great
By Reuters, 956, November 27, 2020 (EAT)
Argentina’s Diego Maradona, one of the world’s greatest ever soccer players, was buried on Thursday amid a global outpouring of grief from the str...

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Maradona or Pele? Debate will continue to rage over who was greater
By Reuters, 1313, November 26, 2020 (EAT)
Before Lionel Messi came along the enduring debate in football about who was the greatest player involved two men: Diego Maradona and Pele. It was an...

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Football world mourns as Argentina great Maradona dies
By Reuters, 1057, November 26, 2020 (EAT)
Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time before drug and alcohol addiction marred his career, died on Wednesd...

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FIFA should retire No. 10 shirt after Maradona death – Villas-Boas
By Reuters, 1018, November 26, 2020 (EAT)
Marseille manager Andre Villas-Boas has called on FIFA to retire the number 10 shirt from the game to honour Argentine great Diego Maradona, who died ...

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