Argentina's former World Cup winner Diego Maradona remains in a satisfactory condition in the intensive care unit of the Suizo Argentina Clinic. However he is still attached to a machine that is helping him breathe.
Doctors stated in an official medical report released by the hospital that the 43-year-old is suffering from a lung infection which is preventing him from breathing properly but the prognosis is still uncertain.
The former Argentina playmaker was rushed into the clinic's intensive care unit at 6pm local time on Sunday suffering with heart, hypertension and breathing difficulties.
Earlier he had been to watch his old team Boca Juniors play at home to Nueva Chicago and his personal physician Dr Alfredo Cahe admitted he was surprised at the ex-footballer's sudden illness.
Maradona has a history of drug and health problems. Back in 2000 he suffered a severe heart condition due to a cocaine overdose and was submitted to a hospital in Uruguay. He consequently began a long period of recovery in Cuba before returning to Argentina last month.
During his career he was also banned twice for failing dope tests. In 1991 he received a 15 month suspension after testing positive for cocaine while playing in Italy's Serie A and during the 1994 World Cup he was sent home and banned for the same length of time.
Filed by Johnny Proby
