Mavys Alvarez also lso said that Fidel Castro's government and Maradona's close associates covered up what happened during her nearly five-year relationship with the football idol on the island.
No fans were present at the Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro for the latest tribute to the Argentine football great, this one organized by South American soccer body CONMEBOL
Messi, his teammates and coach Lionel Scaloni watched the unveiling of a bronze statue of the soccer great at the Único Madres de Ciudades stadium, in Santiago del Estero.
A medical board's report concluded that Maradona was in agony for more than 12 hours before his death, did not receive adequate treatment and could still be alive if he had been properly hospitalized.
Maradona died of a heart attack at his Buenos Aires home, aged 60 on 25th November 2020.
Argentine football's Professional League Cup adopted Maradona's name just days after the 1986 World Cup winner's death from a heart attack in November.
The 1986 World Cup-winner died of a heart attack on November 25, less than a month after undergoing a surgery in Buenos Aires to remove a blood clot in his brain.
Results of the autopsy revealed Maradona was suffering from problems related to his kidneys, heart and lungs.
The 53,000-capacity stadium in La Plata, around 60km southeast of Buenos Aires, is the partial home of Gimnasia y Esgrima, the team Maradona coached at the time of his death.
'The Hand of God' goal was scored against England in the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup.
Maradona, who led Napoli to their only two Serie A titles in 1987 and 1990, was a god-like figure in the southern city.
Lionel Messi was fined 600 euros ($720) for taking his jersey off to pay tribute to Diego Maradona, the Spanish soccer federation said on Wednesday.
After the game, Messi posted a photo of his tribute alongside an older image of Maradona in the same shirt, adding the message “Farewell, Diego” in Spanish.
The probe into Dr Leopoldo Luque was launched afer concerns were raised by Maradona's daughters Dalma, Gianinna and Jana over the treatment he received for his heart condition.
Police raided the home and private clinic of Leopoldo Luque on Sunday to determine whether there was negligence on the part of the physician.
Messi celebrated his powerful strike from outside the box to cap the comfortable victory by taking off Barcelona’s blue-and-burgundy to bare the red-and-black of Maradona’s shirt from his stint at Newell’s Old Boys.
The hotel room, in which the late Diego Maradona had stayed during his visit to Kerala in 2012, has been converted into a museum in memory of the football legend.
The worker had to appeal for forgiveness after the images, that got circulated on social media, enraged Maradona fans who even gave him death threats.
During his last visit to Kolkata three years ago, Maradona had conducted a football clinic with school children at the Aditya School of Sports in Kadambgachi on the outskirts of Barasat, about 35 kilometres from Kolkata.
Only family members and close friends were permitted at Jardín Bella Vista cemetery for the final religious ceremony and burial of Maradona next to the graves of his parents, Dalma and Diego.
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