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On Maradona’s 65th Birthday, Clubs and Family Lead Global Tributes

Argentina marked the date with official homages including a commemorative coin and a live fundraiser.

Overview

  • The AFA, Boca Juniors, Napoli, Argentinos Juniors, the LPF and Conmebol shared videos and images, with Boca posting a tribute at 10:10 as a nod to his iconic number.
  • Dalma and Gianinna Maradona posted personal remembrances on Instagram, and Diego Maradona Jr. sent greetings from Italy.
  • A live special titled “Un Día Maradoniano” was announced for Flow, hosted from Argentinos Juniors’ Microestadio Malvinas Argentinas with Dalma Maradona, and tickets exchanged for donations benefiting the club’s social foundation.
  • Argentina’s central bank released a limited silver coin honoring Maradona’s 1986 World Cup “goal of the century,” priced at 235,000 pesos and available to the first 2,500 applicants.
  • Coverage also noted that the judicial investigation into Maradona’s 2020 death remains active, with family members reiterating calls for truth.