Some last-minute drama denied Napoli victory in its first match at the newly renamed Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. Last week, Naples city council confirmed the renaming of the Stadio San Paolo in ...

Pierpaolo Marino, the man who brought Diego Armando Maradona to Napoli, reveals Juventus, Inter and Sampdoria all ‘turned down’ the chance to sign El Pibe de Oro first.The arrival of Maradona ...

The legend of Diego Maradona at Napoli hovers over the current team’s Italian league title, which was sealed Thursday. The Argentina standout holds saint-like status in Naples 2½ years after ...

ROME (AP) — Napoli won its first Italian soccer league title since the days when Diego Maradona played for the club, sealing the trophy with a 1-1 draw at Udinese on Thursday.

After leaving Barcelona — where Messi now plays — Maradona led Napoli to its only two Italian league titles in 1987 and 1990, plus the 1989 UEFA Cup.

In that, Maradona, when he arrived at Napoli in 1984, welcomed by 75,000 at the stadium, was readily hailed as the saviour angel descending upon the dusty, forgotten city in Italy’s discarded south.

Over 30 years after Maradona led Napoli to its last Serie A title, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia and company have done the same to end the heartache of some of Italy’s most passionate fans.

How Maradona came to Napoli in 1984 HAMBURG, GERMANY – AUGUST 13: Freundschaftsspiel 1987, Hamburg; Hamburger SV – SSC Neapel; Thomas VON HEESEN/HSV, Diego MARADONA/Napoli (Photo by Bongarts ...

ROME (AP) — Below a giant mural of Diego Maradona, Napoli fans celebrated the Italian league soccer title as if they were at the game — singing, jumping and lighting flares. On the other side ...

Napoli has dominated all season and didn't lose in the league until getting beat by Inter in January. A 5-1 victory over Juventus nine days later left no doubt that this was the Partenopei's year.