Diego Maradona: Tributes and reaction after former Argentina great dies

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Diego Maradona has died aged 60
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Emma Sanders

Postpublished at 17:00 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2020
Match of the Day presenter and former England striker Gary Lineker says Maradona was "by some distance, the best player of my generation and arguably the greatest of all time".
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Postpublished at 16:58 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2020
Football's greatest achievement.
Diego Maradona won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986.
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Maradona's managerial journeypublished at 16:56 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2020
Having briefly managed two sides in Argentina during his playing career, Maradona was appointed head coach of the national team in 2008.
He left after the 2010 World Cup, after his side were beaten by Germany in the quarter-finals.
He subsequently managed teams in the United Arab Emirates and Mexico and was in charge of Gimnasia y Esgrima in Argentina's top flight at the time of his death.
From the late Johan Cruyff's official accountpublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2020
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Postpublished at 16:52 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2020
We will talk through Maradona's achievements and keep you updated with all the tributes that are coming in over the next hour on this page.
Manchester City and Liverpool will be playing in the Champions League later this evening.
His football journeypublished at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2020
Diego Maradona was a god with a football.
He scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for Argentina, representing them in four World Cups.
He led his country to the 1990 final in Italy, where they were beaten by West Germany, before captaining them again in the United States in 1994, but was sent home after failing a drugs test for ephedrine.
He retired from professional football in 1997, on his 37th birthday, during his second stint at Argentine giants Boca Juniors.
Maradona dies aged 60published at 16:46 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2020
Good evening.
We have breaking news that football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60.
The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager had a cardiac arrest at home.
He had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November and was to be treated for alcohol dependency.
One of the greatest players of all time, Maradona was captain when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup, producing a series of sublime individual performances.
He played for Barcelona and Napoli during his club career, winning two Serie A titles with the Italian side.
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