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Maradona received inadequate medical care before his death, investigators find

Football icon Diego Maradona received inadequate medical care and was left to his fate for a “prolonged, agonising period” before his death last year, an expert medical panel has concluded. The 60-year-old Argentinian succumbed to a heart attack on November 25, just weeks after undergoing brain surgery on a blood clot. His passing prompted a […]

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Detailed autopsy confirms no alcohol or narcotic substances in Maradona’s body at time of death

The autopsy of Argentine football star Diego Maradona revealed that the star did not consume alcohol or illicit narcotics in the days before his death. Maradona, who died in November aged 60, had taken seven different medicines to treat depression, anxiety and other ailments but “there was no presence of [illegal] drugs,” Reuters quoted a […]