Seven healthcare professionals go on trial over death of football great Maradona

Neurologist Leopoldo Luque stands in court on the first day of the trial in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

The trial of seven healthcare professionals accused of negligence in the death of football great Diego Maradona has begun in Argentina.

Maradona, 60, was under the care of those professionals when he had a cardiac arrest in a house outside Buenos Aires on November 25 2020.