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 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.