Maradona 'fine', says doctor

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

Maradona, in the intensive care unit of a hospital with severe cardiac and pulmonary problems at the end of April, was released but re-admitted on Wednesday suffering from what doctors described as a “feeding transgression”.

After leaving hospital, the 43-year-old spent six days at a country house receiving friends, enjoying a barbecue and playing golf before returning to the Suizo Argentina Clinic six days later.

On Thursday, his second day back at the clinic, Maradona’s personal physician Alfredo Cahe said: “He was eating too much and the exercise fatigued him.

“We’ll have Diego for a long while. That’s for sure. He’s still young, and he’s fine.”

A clinic statement read: “The patient continues in a stable condition, with a favourable evolution on the clinic situation that motivated his admission. The laboratory results and images analysis showed an improvement in his breathing and cardiac condition.”