Clinic for Maradona

Football: Argentine great Diego Maradona will be released from hospital today and taken to a recovery clinic where he will be treated for alcohol dependency, his lawyer said.

The former Napoli and Boca Juniors player had emergency surgery last week for a subdural haematoma, a blood clot on the brain. He was then kept in for longer than expected due to withdrawal symptoms caused by his sudden abstention from alcohol.

However, Matias Morla said the 60yearold coach of Gimnasia y Esgrima would leave hospital and go directly to a rehabilitation facility where only a few close friends would be allowed access. — Reuters