{"id":6047,"date":"2026-04-14T07:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/new-trial-over-football-great-maradonas-death-begins-in-argentina\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T07:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:38:42","slug":"new-trial-over-football-great-maradonas-death-begins-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/new-trial-over-football-great-maradonas-death-begins-in-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"New trial over football great Maradona\u2019s death begins in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The trial will, once again, seek to determine if Maradona\u2019s medical team was responsible for his death in November 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A new trial over the death of Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona will begin on Tuesday, a year after a scandal involving a judge caused the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/5\/29\/mistrial-declared-in-argentina-court-over-the-death-of-diego-maradona\">first trial to collapse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2020\/12\/28\/maradona-the-redeemer\">Maradona<\/a>, considered one of the world\u2019s greatest players ever, died in November 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from brain surgery at a private residence.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/4\/13\/drinking-arsenal-tears-how-the-gunners-stumble-sparked-a-meme-frenzy\">\u2018Drinking Arsenal tears\u2019: How the Gunners\u2019 stumble sparked a meme frenzy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/4\/13\/iran-releases-assets-of-womens-football-captain-in-australia-asylum-row\">Iran releases assets of women\u2019s football captain who withdrew asylum plea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/4\/9\/bosnian-ball-boy-who-hid-donnarummas-penalty-shootout-notes-hailed-as-hero\">Bosnian ball boy hailed as hero after hiding Italian goalkeeper\u2019s notes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/4\/12\/fifa-rejects-irans-request-to-relocate-world-cup-games-amid-us-israel-war\">Iran will play World Cup games in the US, not Mexico: President Sheinbaum<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>He <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/11\/26\/the-greatest-thousands-of-argentinians-say-goodbye-to-maradona\">died<\/a> of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema \u2013 a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs \u2013 two weeks after undergoing surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The new trial, which will hear from some 120 witnesses, will again seek to determine if Maradona\u2019s medical team was responsible for his death.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/6\/14\/maradona-death-probe-argentina-prosecutor-questions-stars-nurse\">Seven members of his medical team<\/a> were charged with negligent homicide in a trial that began on March 11. The defendants have denied the charges of \u201csimple homicide with eventual intent\u201d in Maradona\u2019s treatment. They were facing prison sentences of between eight and 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>The medical team was indicted over the conditions of his convalescence, described by prosecutors as grossly negligent, in the northern Buenos Aires suburb of Tigre.<\/p>\n<p>But two and a half months into their trial, after hours of sometimes tearful testimony from witnesses, including Maradona\u2019s children, the proceedings came to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>The trial was annulled in May 2025 after it emerged that one of the judges overseeing the trial, Julieta Makintach, was involved in a documentary\u00a0in the corridors of the Buenos Aires court and in her office, which breached judicial rules. She was later impeached.<\/p>\n<p>The defence maintains the larger-than-life Maradona, who battled cocaine and alcohol addictions, died of natural causes.<\/p>\n<p>The trial is expected to last until July.<\/p>\n<p>News of the death of the 1986 World Cup champion brought hundreds of thousands of Argentines onto the streets in mourning in the midst of the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Lauded as one of the greatest and most iconic players to ever grace a football pitch, Maradona struggled with drug addiction for many years and with connections to the Naples underworld in his time there.<\/p>\n<p>His performance in the 1986 World Cup tournament has since become a sporting legend. He dubbed his controversial first goal in a quarterfinal the \u201cHand of God\u201d, since it led to an Argentinian victory over England \u2013 a rival with whom the country had four years previously fought a war over the Falkland Islands, known as the Islas Malvinas in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>But Maradona\u2019s second goal in that match, which saw him shimmy past several England opponents from his own half to score the decisive second, was sublime.<\/p>\n<p>In 2000, the football governing body Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) named Maradona one of its two \u201cPlayers of the Century\u201d, alongside Brazil\u2019s Pele.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trial will, once again, seek to determine if Maradona\u2019s medical team was responsible for his death in November 2020. A new trial over the death of Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona will begin on Tuesday, a year after a scandal involving a judge caused the first trial to collapse. 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