Buenos AiresArgentine football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60, his spokesman announced Wednesday. His message was accompanied by a black and white photo of Maradona from his playing days with Neymar as a boy. The life of the divine footballing talent that was Diego Armando Maradona has been marked by wild highs and lows. European football authority UEFA announced that Maradona is to be honored with a minute’s silence before Wednesday’s Champions League games. In 2000, world football authority FIFA ran an online Player of the Century poll.

Source: Daily Nation November 25, 2020 17:13 UTC