FOOTBALLING GREAT DIEGO MARADONA DIES AGED 60

Diego Maradona has died aged 60. The former Napoli, Barcelona and Boca Juniors player recently had emergency surgery for a subdural haematoma, a blood clot on the brain. Clarín, Argentina’s largest newspaper, first reported that Maradona had passed away, and the news would later be confirmed by his agent Matias Morla.

Clarín, the country’s biggest newspaper, broke the news first and his agent Matias Morla would later confirm the news according to multiple reports.

The 60-year-old recently had emergency surgery for a subdural haematoma, a blood clot on the brain, and was released from hospital in early November.

However, reports from his native Argentina state that the 60-year-old died in Tigre following a cardiorespiratory arrest.