Argentina's football legend Diego Maradona laid to rest at Bella Vista cemetery
Argentina's football legend Diego Maradona laid to rest at Bella Vista cemetery

Football legend Diego Maradona was buried outside Buenos Aires at Bella Vista cemetery as fans continued to mourn and celebrate the life of an unparalleled genius.

Maradona died of a heart attack aged 60 on Wednesday just two weeks after being discharged from hospital for a bleed on his brain.

Thousands of fans packed the streets around the presidential palace where Maradona lay in state on Thursday and thousands more lined the highways in the afternoon to catch a glimpse of his hearse as it rolled past surrounded by police vehicles, as reported by Daily Mail.