Diego Maradona, the Argentine who became a national hero as one of soccer’s greatest players, performing with a roguish cunning and extravagant control while pursuing a personal life rife with ...

Everyone will have their opinion on whether Maradona or Pele is the greatest player to have graced the World Cup, but now, ...

I mean, he was a wonderful, wonderful footballer. He just had everything. REEVES: Maradona came from a poor neighborhood in Buenos Aires. He rose to fame in Argentine soccer in the 1970s.

Two of the best players to have played soccer in any era were Pele and Diego Maradona. Pele was Brazil’s star player from 1958 up until the 1970 World Cup, while Maradona also inspired his ...

Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona has died of a heart attack. Here's NPR's Philip Reeves. PHILIP REEVES, BYLINE: No one disputes Diego Maradona was one of the world's greatest-ever soccer players.

I mean, he was a wonderful, wonderful footballer. He just had everything. REEVES: Maradona came from a poor neighborhood in Buenos Aires. He rose to fame in Argentine soccer in the 1970s.

Maradona addresses the media after Argentina dropped him from the 1994 World Cup team. Just hours before the team's final first-round game, it was revealed that he had tested positive for the use ...

Diego Maradona was perhaps the greatest player ever to kick a soccer ball. And yet that only goes so far to explain the global outpouring of grief when he died this week.

Maradona secured an EU trademark to his name for clothing, footwear, hospitality and IT services in 2008. The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to start your day.

Legendary soccer player Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60. NPR's David Greene speaks to filmmaker Richard Sanders about Maradona's life.