Maradonna 'progressing well' in detox

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.

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.

“He is progressing well,” said Hector Pezzella, director of the private Guemes Sanatorium, where the 47-year-old former World Cup star who has fought battles against obesity and cocaine addiction was taken by ambulance on Wednesday.

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