The fans waited to file past the coffin of Argentina's most iconic soccer star,some confronting police who tried to maintain order.
The English-speaking world very nearly did not get to hear Diego Maradona's pithy reflection on his infamous goal in Argentina's 2-1 defeat of England at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.
In October 1993,Diego Maradona turned Sydney into the centre of the sporting universe,dragging his own country out of a depression spiral at the Socceroos'expense.
Fresh from shocking the rugby world two weeks ago,Mario Ledesma wants his side to use the memory of the late,great superstar in their push for another win against New Zealand.
Speaking on Argentine TV in 2014,Maradona said,'Do you know the player I could have been if I hadn’t taken drugs?'
One of the greatest soccer players of all time has died of a heart attack at the age of 60.
Diego Maradona is recovering well from a brain operation and post-surgery complications and should be discharged over the next couple of days.
The Argentine football great had a subdural hematoma,which is an accumulation of blood between a membrane and his brain,his personal doctor said.
Asif Kapadia's film Diego Maradon features never before seen footage of the football legend.
Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona has been released from hospital after being admitted earlier on Friday with internal bleeding in the stomach.
Three-time World Cup winner Pele has hit out at countryman Neymar while also saying Maradona was a better player than Lionel Messi.