Diego Maradona's doctor has revealed the Argentina legend was discharged from hospital in Buenos Aires on Tuesday night after his condition unexpectedly improved.

The doctor treating Diego Maradona has denied the Argentina legend’s admission to hospital last week was down to a suicide attempt.

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.