Diego Maradona: Pele Mourns as Football Legend Dies at Age 60
Football Legend and formal Argentina international forward, Diego Maradona has died at age 60 having suffered from heart attack at his home in Buenos Aires. He had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November and was to be treated for alcohol dependency Maradona captained his country Argentina when they won the 1986 World Cup, scoring the famous 'Hand of God' goal against England in the quarter-finals. In a statement on social media, the Argentine Football Association expressed "its deepest sorrow for the death of our legend", adding: "You will always be in our hearts." Maradona played for Barcelona and Napoli during his club career, winning two Serie A titles with the Italian side. He scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for Argentina, representing them in four World Cups. Maradona led his country to the 1990 final in Italy, where they were beaten by West Germany, before captaining them again in the United States in 1994, but was s...