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

The defendants say Maradona had refused further treatment and should have stayed in hospital for longer after his operation. They risk prison terms between eight and 25 years if c