Maradona returns to Cuba for treatment

Fallen football legend Diego Maradona has returned to Cuba to resume treatment for cocaine addiction after a relapse confined him to a psychiatric hospital in his native Argentina and sparked unsuccessful attempts by his family to keep him at home.

Fallen football legend Diego Maradona has returned to Cuba to resume treatment for cocaine addiction after a relapse confined him to a psychiatric hospital in his native Argentina and sparked unsuccessful attempts by his family to keep him at home.

Maradona, 43, was greeted by dozens of journalists after arriving in Havana. He refused to speak to the media greeting them only with a hasty “good night” before he smiled and left.

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