Doctors in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires reported progress today in treating Diego Maradona for alcohol abuse and other excesses that prompted the soccer great’s latest trip to hospital.

Initial medical tests on Argentine football hero Diego Maradona, who is being treated at a private clinic for alcoholism and excessive eating, are all “favourable”, doctors said.

Diego Maradona is being continuously sedated to stop him leaving the clinic where he is being treated for drug addiction, the ex-footballer’s lawyer has revealed.

Former Argentina captain Diego Maradona has left hospital and been moved to a specialist clinic in the Buenos Aires suburbs for further treatment after his recent illness.

Diego Maradona’s personal doctor has allayed fears over the Argentinian legend’s health.

FANS of stricken football idol Diego Maradona maintained an overnight vigil outside the hospital where doctors said he was responding to treatment for a weak heart, high blood pressure and breathing difficulties.

ARGENTINE football legend Diego Maradona was fighting for his life yesterday after suffering acute heart failure.

Diego Maradona remains in a satisfactory condition in the intensive care unit of the Suizo Argentina Clinic, but is still attached to a machine that is helping him breathe.

Argentina legend Diego Maradona is in the intensive care unit of a Buenos Aires hospital today following his admission with breathing difficulties.

Former international football star Diego Maradona has been taken into hospital, hours after watching his former team play a match in the Argentine league, his personal doctor said today.