Maradona in China

Argentine football icon Diego Maradona received a royal welcome in Beijing yesterday. Maradona, who arrived in China for a series of charity events with the Chinese Red Cross Foundation, was mobbed by journalists and has been hailed in the national...

Argentine football icon Diego Maradona received a royal welcome in Beijing yesterday. Maradona, who arrived in China for a series of charity events with the Chinese Red Cross Foundation, was mobbed by journalists and has been hailed in the national press as the “King of Football.” Picture shows Maradona holding a young cancer patient in Beijing.

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