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New trial over football great Maradona’s death begins in Argentina

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 542 words · By AFP
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New trial over football great Maradona’s death begins in Argentina The trial will, once again, seek to determine if Maradona’s medical team was responsible for his death in November 2020.

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What happened

New trial over football great Maradona’s death begins in Argentina The trial will, once again, seek to determine if Maradona’s medical team was responsible for his death in November 2020.

Why it matters

A new trial over the death of Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona will begin on Tuesday, a year after a scandal involving a judge caused the first trial to collapse.

Common ground

Maradona, considered one of the world’s greatest players ever, died in November 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from brain surgery at a private residence.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/4/14/new-trial-over-football-great-maradon…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “He dubbed his controversial first goal in a quarterfinal the “Hand of God”, since it led to an Argentinian victory over England”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the 'Hand of God' claim, although it is a widely known historical fact, the agent must rely on provided evidence.
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Claim 2: “the country had four years previously fought a war over the Falkland Islands, known as the Islas Malvinas in Spanish.”
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Claim 3: “In 2000, the football governing body Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) named Maradona one of its two “Players of the Century”, alongside Brazil’s Pele.”
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Claim 4: “A new trial over the death of Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona will begin on Tuesday”
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Multiple independent news sources (Al Jazeera and ESPN) confirm that a new trial regarding Maradona's death began on a Tuesday, following the collapse of the previous trial.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Diego Maradona is a 2019 British documentary film directed by Asif Kapadia about Argentine legend Diego Maradona with never before seen archival footage. It was screened out of competition at the 201…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Maradona_(film)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pietro Vierchowod (Ukrainian: П’єтро Верховод, romanized: P'etro Verkhovod, born 6 April 1959) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, and a manager. He represented …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Vierchowod
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Soccer Aid is an English annual charity event that has raised over £121 million in aid of UNICEF UK, through ticket sales and donations from the public. The televised event is an exhibition-style foot…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer_Aid
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Claim 5: “Maradona... died in November 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from brain surgery at a private residence.”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Maradona died on November 25, 2020, at age 60, while recovering from brain surgery at home.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ballon d'Or (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ] ; lit. 'Golden Ball') is an annual association football award presented by French magazine France Football since 1956 to honour the player judged to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballon_d'Or
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Diego Armando Maradona (30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Maradona
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New Maradona or New Diego was a title given by the press and public to promising Argentine football players in reference (and reverence) to Diego Maradona as a benchmark. Since Maradona retired, fans …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Maradona
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Claim 6: “He died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema... two weeks after undergoing surgery.”
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Multiple news sources explicitly state the cause of death was heart failure and acute pulmonary edema, occurring two weeks after surgery.
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web search NEUTRAL — Maradona was found dead in bed of a heart attack two weeks after surgery for a brain clot. © Jorge Duran, AFP/File. He was found to have died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema, a condition wh…
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250311-maradona-medi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Maradona – considered one of the world’s greatest ever players – died aged 60 of heart failure and acute pulmonary oedema two weeks after going under the knife. He was found dead in his bed by a day n…
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/julieta-makintach-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The sports icon's death came just weeks after Luque performed brain surgery on Maradona due to a blood clot. The soccer player was under Cosachov's care for his anxiety and depression. However, Luque …
https://www.latintimes.com/diego-maradona-cause-death-medica…
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Claim 7: “She was later impeached.”
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Multiple sources (Buenos Aires Herald, El País) report that Judge Julieta Makintach resigned her post following an impeachment complaint/proceedings.
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web search NEUTRAL — Judge Julieta Makintach, who was already under a 90-day suspension, filed her resignation after an impeachment complaint was filed against her.
https://buenosairesherald.com/sports/maradona-case-judge-res…
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web search NEUTRAL — Julieta Makintach, the judge who last month caused the dramatic collapse of the trial into the 2020 death of football legend Diego Maradona, resigned her post on Tuesday ahead of likely impeachment pr…
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/scandal-hit-judge-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Julieta Makintach is no longer a judge. Until now, the 47-year-old legal expert was a sitting member of the court that was determining whether or not there was criminal negligence in the death of the …
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-25/gods-jud…
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Claim 8: “News of the death of the 1986 World Cup champion brought hundreds of thousands of Argentines onto the streets in mourning in the midst of the COVID pandemic.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the specific detail about hundreds of thousands of Argentines in the streets during the pandemic.
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Claim 9: “The medical team was indicted over the conditions of his convalescence... in the northern Buenos Aires suburb of Tigre.”
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Multiple sources confirm the medical team was indicted/accused of negligence regarding his convalescence at a residence in Tigre, north of Buenos Aires.
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web search NEUTRAL — Maradona, considered one of the world's greatest players, died in November 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from surgery for a brain clot. His seven-strong medical team is accused of gross negli…
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/bunch-of-amateurs-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Maradona’s death followed brain surgery to remove a blood clot, after which his health deteriorated rapidly at his rented residence in Tigre, an affluent district north of Buenos Aires. The charges ag…
https://thedailyguardian.com/medically-speaking/maradonas-me…
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web search NEUTRAL — Buenos Aires, Argentina – Testimony in the ongoing trial surrounding the death of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona has revealed a stark assessment of his condition following brain surgery in Nov…
https://www.archysport.com/2025/05/home-convalescence-testim…
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Claim 10: “Seven members of his medical team were charged with negligent homicide in a trial that began on March 11.”
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While evidence confirms a medical team was on trial for negligence, the provided search results for 'Seven' returned movies and general Wikipedia entries rather than specific confirmation of the 'March 11' start date or the exact charge of 'negligent homicide' for seven specific members in the provided snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Diego Armando Maradona (30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Maradona
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona (English: Unique Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, formerly Estadio Ciudad de La Plata) is a multi-purpose stadium located in La Plata, Argentina. It is also kno…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Único_Diego_Armando_Ma…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, formerly known as Stadio San Paolo, is a large multi-purpose stadium in Naples, Italy. Completed in 1959, it is the fourth-largest football stadium in Italy after Milan'…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Diego_Armando_Maradona
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Claim 11: “The trial was annulled in May 2025 after it emerged that one of the judges overseeing the trial, Julieta Makintach, was involved in a documentary... which breached judicial rules.”
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The Guardian, CNN, and other reports confirm the trial was annulled/scrapped because Judge Julieta Makintach was involved in a documentary, breaching ethics/judicial rules.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events in the year 2025 in Argentina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_Argentina
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web search NEUTRAL — After Makintach’s involvement in the documentary series was revealed, prosecutors, defence attorneys and members of Maradona’s family called for the trial to be annulled. The case had already gone thr…
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/29/diego-marad…
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web search NEUTRAL — One of the trial’s defendants had requested the disqualification of Judge Julieta Makintach due to a possible lack of impartiality and for allegedly authorizing the filming of a documentary during cou…
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/americas/diego-maradona-homic…
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Claim 12: “They were facing prison sentences of between eight and 25 years.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general definitions of 'defendant' and unrelated Wikipedia entries; there is no specific evidence regarding the 8-25 year prison sentence range.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dalma Nerea Maradona (born 2 April 1987) is an Argentine actress.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalma_Maradona
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Diego Armando Maradona (30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Maradona
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New Maradona or New Diego was a title given by the press and public to promising Argentine football players in reference (and reverence) to Diego Maradona as a benchmark. Since Maradona retired, fans …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Maradona
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