Maradona death trial suspended for a week after complaints about judge
Dalma, center, and Yanina Maradona, daughters of late soccer star Diego Maradona, sit in court on the first day of a trial for alleged homicide by negligence against the medical team that treated their father, in San Isidro on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)
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