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Hugo Maradona Dies a Year after His Brother Diego

Hugo Maradona at a tribute match in honor of brother Diego in Naples. (Getty Images)
Hugo Maradona at a tribute match in honor of brother Diego in Naples. (Getty Images)
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Hugo Maradona Dies a Year after His Brother Diego

Hugo Maradona at a tribute match in honor of brother Diego in Naples. (Getty Images)
Hugo Maradona at a tribute match in honor of brother Diego in Naples. (Getty Images)

Napoli paid tribute on Tuesday to Hugo Maradona, younger brother of the Italian club's former great Diego, following his death from a heart attack at the age of 52.

The Argentine, who was also a professional footballer and joined Diego at Napoli in 1987 aged 18, died at his home near Naples, Italian news agency ANSA reported.

Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, died at the age of 60 in November, 2020 due to a cardiac arrest.

"The thoughts of club president Aurelio De Laurentiis, vice president Edoardo De Laurentiis, officials, coaching staff, the players and the whole SSC Napoli family are with the Maradona family after the sad passing of Hugo," Napoli said in a statement.

Hugo Maradona failed to make an impact at Napoli and went on to represent clubs including Ascoli and Rayo Vallecano during a nomadic playing career across Europe, South America and Japan.

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Dortmund Holds on with 10 Men for 1st Away Win in Bundesliga

Borussia Dortmund's players celebrate with the fans after the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund in Wolfsburg on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
Borussia Dortmund's players celebrate with the fans after the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund in Wolfsburg on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
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Dortmund Holds on with 10 Men for 1st Away Win in Bundesliga

Borussia Dortmund's players celebrate with the fans after the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund in Wolfsburg on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
Borussia Dortmund's players celebrate with the fans after the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund in Wolfsburg on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)

Borussia Dortmund held on after Pascal Groß’ sending off to beat Wolfsburg 3-1 for its first Bundesliga away win of the season on Sunday.

Donyell Malen got the visitors off the mark with a volley to a corner in the 25th, three minutes before Julian Brandt played in Maximilian Beier to score Dortmund’s second goal. Beier, who scored with the outside of his boot in off the left post, celebrated with a throwing-dart gesture, The Associated Press reported.

Beier returned the favor for Brandt to score Dortmund’s third two minutes after that.
Wolfsburg improved drastically after the break, when coach Ralph Hasenhüttl made two changes, including sending on Lukas Nmecha to face his brother Felix Nmecha, who was playing for Dortmund.
Denis Vavro pulled one back in the 58th, four minutes before Groß was sent off for a foul on Lukas Nmecha when the Wolfsburg forward was through on goal.
The home team pushed hard but Dortmund managed to hold on to ease the pressure on coach Nuri Sahin.
Dortmund climbed to sixth ahead of the league’s winter break.
Earlier, bottom club Bochum defeated relegation rival Heidenheim 2-0 for its first win of the season in the league. It was the visitors’ seventh straight Bundesliga defeat, the culmination of a busy schedule after clinching European qualification from its league debut last season and the offseason loss of star players like Jan-Niklas Beste, Tim Kleindienst and Eren Dinkci.