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‘Unforgettable day’: Football legend Pele gets Covid-19 jab before Brazil icon urges people to ‘keep discipline to preserve lives’
Football icon Pele has celebrated after receiving his first Covid-19 vaccine dose, describing an "unforgettable day" while calling for global co-operation to end the spread of the potentially deadly virus that has battered Brazil.
Mar 3, 2021 12:57
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Diego Maradona’s carer put sleeping pills in his beer so he wouldn’t ‘cause a fuss’, investigation hears
Late Argentine football icon Diego Maradona unknowingly consumed sleeping pills, which one of his servants crushed into his beer so he wouldn’t bother them too much, it has been claimed.
Feb 18, 2021 12:59
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Football icon Diego Maradona’s cell phones to be examined by investigators as part of ‘manslaughter by medical negligence’ probe
Two cell phones belonging to Argentina football superstar Diego Maradona are to be examined by investigators as they probe whether medical negligence was the determining factor in the icon's death last November.
Feb 14, 2021 17:59
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‘Fat man is going to die sh*tting himself’: Maradona’s daughter says she ‘vomited’ after hearing doctors discuss football legend
Diego Maradona's daughter Dalma has said she vomited after listening to audio of an alleged conversation between her late father's neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque and the psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov from the day of his passing.
Feb 2, 2021 17:18
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For Diego: UFC star Santiago Ponzinibbio pays tribute to football legend Maradona at Fight Island weigh-ins (VIDEO)
Friday's official weigh-ins for the first UFC event of 2021 were particularly poignant for one fighter, as Argentina's Santiago Ponzinibbio made weight before paying tribute to recently-departed football legend Diego Maradona.
Jan 15, 2021 12:58
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‘I need a hug’: Daughters who were ‘caught in legal battle’ with Diego Maradona pay emotional tributes to tragic football legend
Giani and Dalma Maradona, who had an at-times turbulent relationship with their father during his eventful life, have asked fans to take a tattoo design paying tribute to the Argentina football icon following his death last year.
Jan 13, 2021 10:18
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