Argentina will begin a trial this week into the medical team of late soccer icon Diego Maradona over homicide by negligence, a case that has charged up emotions in the country where the World Cup winner still commands almost God-like reverence.

Diego Maradona's death is to come under scrutiny in a trial in Buenos Aires as seven people stand accused of having a role in the football legend's passing in 2020, aged 60

Four doctors, two nurses and a psychologist will be tried starting Tuesday, accused of homicide after the death of the Argentina great

Seven medical staff who treated Argentine football legend Diego Maradona in the days before his death went on trial Tuesday accused of homicide.Maradona died on November 25, 2020, aged 60,

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina began a long-awaited trial on Tuesday of the medical team for soccer star Diego Maradona, who died in 2020, in a case that has riled emotions in the South American country where the World Cup winner is still revered.

Seven members of the medical team that treated Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona before his death will go on trial for homicide starting Tuesday in Buenos Aires.

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