(FILES) Argentine legend Diego Maradona gestures during his first training session as coach of Mexican football club Dorados, at the Banorte stadium in Culiacan, Sinaloa State, Mexico, on September 10, 2018. The trial over the death of football legend Diego Maradona has been postponed for a week, until August 27, to verify whether incorrect medical tests were used in the expert reports, the court announced on August 20, 2026. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)
August 20, 2026
Maradona trial on hold amid suspected father-son kidney test mix-up
SAN ISIDRO, Argentina (AFP)—The trial over the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona was suspended on Thursday following claims that kidney tests presented to the court belonged in fact to the player’s father.
Seven healthcare workers are accused of criminal negligence over the care Maradona received before his death aged 60 in November 2020, while he was recuperating from surgery.
The court adjourned the case until August 27 to allow for a review of the medical evidence after the defense claimed that the kidney tests produced at the trial belonged to Maradona’s father, also called Diego, who died in 2015.
