Maradona out of hospital

ARGENTINA’S World Cup winning captain Diego Maradona has been released from hospital after undergoing a routine operation for stomach bleeding, his lawyer says.

The 58-year old coach of Mexican club Dorados de Sinaloa was diagnosed earlier this month with internal bleeding caused by a hernia and went under the knife on Saturday in a hospital on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.

“Diego Maradona has just been released from hospital and is heading home to continue with his recuperation,” the player’s lawyer Matias Morla said on Twitter.