Maradona has stomach stapled

ARGENTINIAN football legend Diego Maradona had his stomach stapled to reduce his ballooning waistline, his Colombian doctors said at the weekend.

The Argentine World Cup-winner had the operation, also known as a gastric bypass, at a clinic in the Colombian coastal city of Cartagena on Saturday.

Maradona, 44, arrived in Colombia weighing nearly 20 stone and Dr Carlos Chaux, who headed the medical team, said the two-hour operation was successful.