Maradona surgery for bleeding on brain ‘a success’, spokesman says

Diego Maradona, who underwent surgery for bleeding on the brain on Tuesday (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

Diego Maradona underwent successful surgery on Tuesday for possible bleeding on his brain less than a week after his 60th birthday, his public relations team has said.

“It was all successful and it happened as expected,” Maradona’s PR spokesman said in a statement.