Ghana: Maradona’s medical team on trial over his death

The long-awaited trial of medical staff who treated the late Argentine football legend, Diego Maradona, has started in the capital, Buenos Aires.

Maradona was convalescing when he died of a heart attack at his home in 2020, aged 60. He had been recovering at home from surgery on a brain blood clot earlier that month.

Prosecutors allege that Ma­radona’s death could have been avoided and accuse the hospital staff of medical negligence.

The defendants say Maradona had…