Manager: ‘Maradona hit his head’
Diego Armando Maradona requires brain surgery to remove a blood clot, confirms his friend and manager. ‘He hit his head and didn’t realise after pills for insomnia.’ The reports came…
Diego Armando Maradona requires brain surgery to remove a blood clot, confirms his friend and manager. ‘He hit his head and didn’t realise after pills for insomnia.’ The reports came…
There are reports in Argentina that Diego Armando Maradona will have surgery tonight after a bleed on the brain was discovered. The Napoli legend has been in hospital for tests…
Former Napoli talisman Diego Maradona was hospitalised in La Plata yesterday and will stay under observation for at least 24 hours. ‘Diego is fine’. The former Argentina hero, who turned…
Diego Maradona turns 60 today and says he would like to see Napoli win the Scudetto as a birthday present. The Azzurri legend spoke to Il Corriere dello Sport on…
Victor Osimhen explains why he turned down the Premier League for Serie A and Napoli, idolising Didier Drogba and the ‘dream come true’ of following Diego Maradona’s footsteps. The 21-year-old…
Former Juventus hero Michel Platini thinks Argentine forward Paulo Dybala ‘looks more like Diego Maradona than me’. Platini picked up two Scudetti, one Coppa Italia and a European Cup during…
Diego Maradona has congratulated Dries Mertens for becoming Napoli’s all-time top goalscorer. “Like this, we get better every day.” Maradona had been Napoli’s top scorer for almost three decades on…
Former Milan defender Alessandro Costacurta struggles to choose between Barcelona star Lionel Messi and former Napoli hero Diego Maradona. The former Italy international has played against both but claims football…
Guangzhou Evergrande coach Fabio Cannavaro ‘hopes’ to one day get a European management job and insists Lionel Messi cannot compare to Diego Maradona. The Ballon d’Or and World Cup winner…
The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has decided to abandon all of its professional competitions in response to the coronavirus crisis. It comes just three days after the Eredivisie in Netherlands…
Diego Maradona thanked Ciro Ferrara after the sale of a 33-year-old Argentina Number 10 jersey raised €55,000 to help Naples deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Ferrara and Fabio Cannavaro set…
Roberto Baggio was too nice and clean-cut to be as famous as Diego Maradona, claims former Juventus teammate Giancarlo Marocchi. “A Number 10 was meant to go partying and take…
It was on April 19, 1989 that Diego Armando Maradona delighted Napoli fans with what remains an iconic warm-up, set to the song Live is Life. The Argentina legend showed…
FIFA have released a video featuring players past and present, including Gigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Diego Maradona, Kaka and Marco van Basten to applaud healthcare workers. A tradition has sprung…
Antonio Cassano has claimed that Lionel Messi is better than Diego Maradona because he has been doing “the same things for 15 years”. Messi ended Argentina’s long-running wait for the…
Brazilian legend Pele says Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the world, and that he is the greatest player in history. The former striker gave an interview to YouTube…
When former Juventus star Carlos Tevez helped Boca Juniors win the Superliga Argentina, he also handed Roma legend Daniele De Rossi his first league title. De Rossi has already retired…
Diego Armando Maradona says he would like Napoli to “have a Lionel Messi,” but says the Barcelona No 10 would never experience what “he went through” in the 1980s. Maradona…
Director of sport Cristiano Giuntoli credits “leader” Gennaro Gattuso with making Napoli more suited to the characteristics of the players as they host Barcelona. The first leg of the Champions…
Former Napoli midfielder Alemao insists Lionel Messi cannot be compared with Diego Maradona, because at Barcelona “he has a whole team playing for him." The two clubs meet in the…