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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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Mbappé Scores Again as Real Madrid Ends 2024 in 2nd Place in Spanish League

Real Madrid's French forward #09 Kylian Mbappe reacts during the Spanish league football match between Real Madrid CF and Sevilla FC at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on December 22, 2024. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)
Real Madrid's French forward #09 Kylian Mbappe reacts during the Spanish league football match between Real Madrid CF and Sevilla FC at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on December 22, 2024. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)
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Mbappé Scores Again as Real Madrid Ends 2024 in 2nd Place in Spanish League

Real Madrid's French forward #09 Kylian Mbappe reacts during the Spanish league football match between Real Madrid CF and Sevilla FC at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on December 22, 2024. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)
Real Madrid's French forward #09 Kylian Mbappe reacts during the Spanish league football match between Real Madrid CF and Sevilla FC at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on December 22, 2024. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)

Kylian Mbappé added to his scoring streak with a superb strike 10 minutes into a Spanish league match as Real Madrid beat Sevilla 4-2 on Sunday to finish the year one point behind leader Atletico Madrid.
Mbappé sent a right-footed shot into the upper corner for his fourth goal in as many matches with Madrid in all competitions. It was Mbappé's sixth goal in his last eight games with Madrid, The Associated Press reported.
Federico Valverde, Rodrygo and Brahim Díaz also scored in the comfortable home victory.
Atletico rallied to shock Barcelona 2-1 Saturday with a stoppage-time goal by Alexander Sorloth. Third-place Barcelona is two points behind Madrid, having played an extra game.
Valverde scored in the 20th and Rodrygo in the 34th before Sevilla got on the board with Isaac Romero in the 35th. Díaz extended Madrid's lead in the 53rd and Dodi Lukebakio got the visitors' other goal in the 85th at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
Sevilla, sitting in 12th place, had won two of its last two games in all competitions.
Valencia draws late Second-to-last Valencia salvaged a 2-2 home draw with Alaves, thanks to a goal by Dani Gómez eight minutes into second-half stoppage time after the visitors had taken the lead with Joan Jordán in the 88th.
The setback drew more protests from Valencia fans who have been unhappy with the administration of team owner Peter Lim.