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A man walks past a fence with graffiti depicting Argentina's soccer legend Diego Maradona in the town of Volkhov, 130 km (80 miles) east of St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Maradona’s Golden Ball from 1986 World Cup planned for auction in France

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Argentina's national soccer team coach Diego Maradona attends a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. A medical examiner's report into the death of Maradona injected uncertainty Monday, April 29, 2024, into a case of criminal negligence brought against eight medical workers involved in his care, raising new questions just a month before the staffers are set to stand trial for homicide. (AP Photo/Carlos Hernandez, File)

Diego Maradona’s children want to transfer his body from cemetery to a mausoleum

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A mural of Argentina's soccer legends Lionel Messi, left, and Diego Maradona cover a wall at the low-income neighborhood of Padre Carlos Mugica in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Diego Maradona’s heirs win legal battle over use of trademark

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Argentina's Lionel Messi holds the FIFA World Cup trophy as he deplanes, with coach Lionel Scaloni, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Millions jam Buenos Aires streets to celebrate Argentina’s World Cup win

By Daniel Politi - Associated Press

A flag featuring Lionel Messi, left, and the late soccer great Diego Maradona hangs amid Argentina soccer fans after they watched the team's World Cup semifinal win over Croatia, hosted by Qatar, on a screen set up in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Messi evokes Maradona comparisons on road to World Cup final

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

An Argentina soccer fan from Singapore waits outside before the World Cup group C soccer match between Poland and Argentina at the Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

Messi fans from Asia cheer on Argentina at World Cup

By Ciarán Fahey - Associated Press

FILE - The Argentina football shirt worn by Diego Maradona in the 1986 Mexico World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Argentina and England, is displayed for photographs at Sotheby's auction house, in London, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. The shirt worn by Maradona when he scored the controversial “Hand of God” goal has sold for 7.1 million pounds ($9.3 million), the highest price ever paid at auction for a piece of sports memorabilia. Auctioneer Sotheby’s sold the shirt in an online auction that closed Wednesday, May 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Goal! Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ shirt sets auction record

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Argentine doctors find irregularities in Maradona’s death

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FILE - In this July 24, 2013, file photo, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses for a photo in her chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington, before an interview with The Associated Press. Ginsburg, 87, developed a cultlike following over her more than 27 years on the bench, especially among young women who appreciated her lifelong, fierce defense of women's rights. She died Sept. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

By BERNARD McGHEE - Associated Press

A picture of soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona is seen on the screen of the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, prior to the Champions League group A soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Lokomotiv Moscow at Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Maradona died Wednesday at the age of 60. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Women’s team player threatened for Maradona protest in Spain

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Police guard the entrance to Dr. Leopoldo Luque's practice in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. Luque was Diego Maradona's personal doctor, and his house and offices were raided Sunday in the midst of investigations to establish the circumstances of Maradona's death. (AP Photo/Leo La Valle)

Argentina cops search office of 2nd doctor in Maradona case

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Matera loses captaincy, among 3 players suspended by Pumas

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Osasuna at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Lionel Messi pays tribute to Diego Maradona after scoring

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

Neurologist Leopoldo Luque, Diego Maradona's former personal doctor, talks with journalists at his home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. Dr. Luque's house and offices were raided Sunday in the midst of investigations to establish the circumstances of the death of Maradona. (Fabian Marelli/La Nacion via AP)

Diego Maradona death probe looking at Leopoldo Luque, personal doctor

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FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez, right, celebrates after scoring with his teammate Lionel Messi during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Deportivo Coruna at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Messi pays tribute to Maradona with shirt of Argentina great

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Police guard the entrance to Dr. Leopoldo Luque's practice in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. Luque was Diego Maradona's personal doctor, and his house and offices were raided Sunday in the midst of investigations to establish the circumstances of Maradona's death. (AP Photo/Leo La Valle)

Investigators search doctor’s office, probing Maradona death

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An image of Diego Armando Maradona is projected on a giant screen prior to the Serie A soccer match between Sassuolo and Inter Milan at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio emilia, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Across globe, game-day tributes to Diego Maradona

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

New Zealand captain Sam Cane lays All Black number 10 jersey on the pitch in memory of late Argentina soccer star Diego Maradona prior to the start Tri-Nations rugby test between Argentina and the All Blacks in Newcastle, Australia, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

All Blacks pay tribute to Maradona before match vs. Pumas

By KEIRAN SMITH - Associated Press

Marcio Pereira, 57, who likes to go by the nickname &quot;Pele&quot; juggles a soccer ball next to a monument adorned with a national Argentine flag bearing the No. 10, placed there by a mourner as a tribute to Diego Maradona, outside the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Maradona died on Wednesday at the age of 60 of a heart attack in a house outside Buenos Aires where he recovered from a brain operation. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazilians mourn death of Argentinian archrival Maradona

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 26, 2019 file photo, former soccer great Diego Maradona flashes victory signs to fans below at the Casa Rosada government house after meeting with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Decades ago, Maradona held up his team's soccer trophy at this spot on the balcony after winning the World Cup in Mexico in 1986. The Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, died from a heart attack on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, at his home in Buenos Aires. He was 60. (AP Photo/Marcos Brindicci, File)

If you were there, you will never forget Maradona in Mexico

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press