All around the world, people are mourning the passing of soccer icon Diego Maradona, who died at the age of 60 on Wednesday.
News of the No. 10's death reverberated across the globe, with newspapers from Argentina to Italy offering their tributes to one of the greatest, most influential figures to have ever graced the game.
During his storied career, Maradona won trophies at Boca Juniors in his native Argentina, Barcelona in Spain and Napoli in Italy. At the international level, he led his country to its second World Cup triumph in 1986.
Front and back pages were devoted to Maradona, and in the sheer breadth of coverage it was plain to see that football has lost a true great.
Here is how Maradona's death was reported by print publications around the world.
Clarin (Argentina): "There Will Be No Equal"
La Nacion (Argentina): "Thank you, champion"
L'Equipe (France): "God is Dead"
Liberation (France): "Heavenly"
La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy): "I Saw Maradona"
Corriere dello Sport (Italy): "Diego Lives"
Tuttosport (Italy): "Ad10s"
Marca (Spain): "If I die, I want to be reborn and I want to be a footballer. And I want to be Diego Armando Maradona"
AS (Spain): "God is Dead"
"D10S ha muerto" (God is Dead) - AS front cover on 26 Thursday, 2020 is one that will long live in the memory... pic.twitter.com/Vik4J15cX4
— AS English (@English_AS) November 26, 2020
Mundo Deportivo (Spain): "AD10S"
El Peridico (Spain): "aDios"
El Mundo (Spain): "The Idol That Touched The Sky"
☕️ Buenos días!
— EL MUNDO (@elmundoes) November 26, 2020
📰 La portada de El Mundo.#FelizJueves 26 de noviembre pic.twitter.com/hcZYcHqwLF
The Guardian (UK): "El Diego: Farewell To A Football Genius"
Thursday's Guardian back page. pic.twitter.com/rdbr1zDAyg
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) November 26, 2020
Daily Mirror (UK): "He Leaves But Does Not Leave: Diego Is Eternal"
Tomorrow's @DailyMirror back page: Diego is eternal #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/ycUcc0noKi pic.twitter.com/gHTzvRoMMx
— Mirror Sport (@MirrorSport) November 25, 2020
The Sun (UK): "In The Hands Of God"
THE SUN: In the hands of God #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Nlol7FtR8E
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) November 25, 2020
Daily Star (UK): "Where Was VAR When We Needed It Most?"
Tomorrow's @dailystar #frontpage:
— Daily Star (@dailystar) November 25, 2020
- #Maradona in the hands of God aged 60: Where was VAR when we needed it most?https://t.co/lpeQcEZe0s#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/kzLK10wWdG
A Bola (Portugal): "The Final Feint"
A ÚLTIMA FINTA
— Guillermo Fernández Sosa (@guillefersos) November 26, 2020
📰 @abolapt
📍 Portugal 🇵🇹
🏷 #Maradona 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/pwkemFtFDq
Record (Portugal): "God Does Not Die"
Diego Armando Maradona: de 1960 até à eternidade. Celebramos a vida de um Deus nos 71 anos da história de Record pic.twitter.com/8xvE73KDYh
— Diário Record (@Record_Portugal) November 26, 2020
O Jogo (Portugal): "The Owner Of The Sky"
capa 26 de novembro 2020 #ojogo #Maradona pic.twitter.com/Ebll2q6oO8
— O Jogo (@ojogo) November 26, 2020
Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland): "When God Comes For Us..."
Irish Independent page 1 and supplement cover - #diegomaradona pic.twitter.com/oijD3jB8u8
— Cormac Bourke (@cormacbourke) November 26, 2020
AD Sportwereld (Netherlands): "Diego Armando Maradona"
Donderdag in AD Sportwereld: alles over het overlijden van Diego Armando Maradona. pic.twitter.com/JFYhBMsc0c
— AD.nl/sportwereld (@ADSportwereld) November 25, 2020
Przeglad Sportowy (Poland): "Diego Armando Maradona"
#AD10S pic.twitter.com/f6n5AkZgiD
— Przegląd Sportowy (@przeglad) November 25, 2020
