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Apparently he's had a heart attack.
From Yahoo News: BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine Diego Maradona, one of the most gifted soccer players in history, is in intensive care in a Buenos Aires hospital with heart and breathing problems.
Doctors said Maradona, 43, who has battled drug addiction for the past decade, was breathing with the help of a respirator. He had been taken to hospital after watching a game at his former club Boca Junior's stadium.
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His family doctor Alfredo Cahe refused to comment on media reports that Maradona had taken a cocaine overdose. Cahe said a medical update would be issued on Monday.
Family, friends and well-wishers flooded to the Suizo-Argentina clinic on Sunday evening as news of Maradona's condition spread.
One teary-eyed fan held aloft a photograph of Maradona in his soccer-playing prime. A banner read "Diego, Argentina loves you", while passing cars honked their horns.
STUNNING GOAL
Maradona, the fifth of eight children of a factory worker, made his international debut in 1977. He moved to Barcelona in 1982 after the World Cup in Spain for $3 million (1.7 million pounds) and spent two years with the Spanish club marred by illness and injury.
In 1984 he moved to Napoli for a world record $7.5 million and helped transform a mediocre club into one of the best in Italy.
Now at the peak of his form, he led Argentina to a 3-2 triumph over West Germany in the 1986 World Cup final.
He scored twice in the quarter-final 2-1 defeat of England, one the infamous "Hand of God" when he fisted the ball into the net and the other a stunning solo goal when he ran through the opposition with the ball seemingly glued to his left foot.
In 1991 he failed a dope test for cocaine and was banned for 15 months. He made his fourth World Cup appearance in the United States in 1994 but tested positive for a cocktail of drugs the day before he was due to make his record 22nd appearance.
Maradona was admitted to a Uruguayan hospital in 2000 for hypertension and an irregular heart beat.
He has spent most of the past two years in Cuba undergoing treatment for drug addiction.
Despite his well-publicised drug problems, Maradona still has a widespread fan club with 20,000 people as far afield as Vietnam and Iceland becoming members of the "Church of Maradona".
He has also been honoured with a musical about the ups and downs of his turbulent rags-to-riches life.
But he is now badly overweight and was often barely intelligible in recent local television interviews.
From Yahoo News: BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine Diego Maradona, one of the most gifted soccer players in history, is in intensive care in a Buenos Aires hospital with heart and breathing problems.
Doctors said Maradona, 43, who has battled drug addiction for the past decade, was breathing with the help of a respirator. He had been taken to hospital after watching a game at his former club Boca Junior's stadium.
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His family doctor Alfredo Cahe refused to comment on media reports that Maradona had taken a cocaine overdose. Cahe said a medical update would be issued on Monday.
Family, friends and well-wishers flooded to the Suizo-Argentina clinic on Sunday evening as news of Maradona's condition spread.
One teary-eyed fan held aloft a photograph of Maradona in his soccer-playing prime. A banner read "Diego, Argentina loves you", while passing cars honked their horns.
STUNNING GOAL
Maradona, the fifth of eight children of a factory worker, made his international debut in 1977. He moved to Barcelona in 1982 after the World Cup in Spain for $3 million (1.7 million pounds) and spent two years with the Spanish club marred by illness and injury.
In 1984 he moved to Napoli for a world record $7.5 million and helped transform a mediocre club into one of the best in Italy.
Now at the peak of his form, he led Argentina to a 3-2 triumph over West Germany in the 1986 World Cup final.
He scored twice in the quarter-final 2-1 defeat of England, one the infamous "Hand of God" when he fisted the ball into the net and the other a stunning solo goal when he ran through the opposition with the ball seemingly glued to his left foot.
In 1991 he failed a dope test for cocaine and was banned for 15 months. He made his fourth World Cup appearance in the United States in 1994 but tested positive for a cocktail of drugs the day before he was due to make his record 22nd appearance.
Maradona was admitted to a Uruguayan hospital in 2000 for hypertension and an irregular heart beat.
He has spent most of the past two years in Cuba undergoing treatment for drug addiction.
Despite his well-publicised drug problems, Maradona still has a widespread fan club with 20,000 people as far afield as Vietnam and Iceland becoming members of the "Church of Maradona".
He has also been honoured with a musical about the ups and downs of his turbulent rags-to-riches life.
But he is now badly overweight and was often barely intelligible in recent local television interviews.
WHAT?
Re: maradonna
it is a cruel irony that many of the worlds most talented athletes end up prematurely aged by the intensity of the physical and psychological demands placed upon them in their prime by their chosen profession.
hard, too, to relate the bloated doppelganger in todays headlines with the supernaturally talented imp who was, imo, the greatest player the game has ever seen.
hard, too, to relate the bloated doppelganger in todays headlines with the supernaturally talented imp who was, imo, the greatest player the game has ever seen.
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What a shame. Stumpy Argie cheat. So much talent and wasted by drugs.
As Steve Tyler said "cocaine is God's way of telling you you have too much money!"
As Steve Tyler said "cocaine is God's way of telling you you have too much money!"
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he was hailed a hero in 86,if it happened here with our boys never hear the last of it.
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......not to mention, the one of the greatest cheats.
I suppose it's unreasonable to expect sportsmen to be role-models......but I'd at least like it if they were halfway decent human beings.
I suppose it's unreasonable to expect sportsmen to be role-models......but I'd at least like it if they were halfway decent human beings.
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signification...."
signification...."
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'But he is now badly overweight and was often barely intelligible in recent local television interviews.'
A new career as a breakfst DJ or afternoon quizmaster awaits?
A new career as a breakfst DJ or afternoon quizmaster awaits?
"Let's do it..."
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'What a shame. Stumpy Argie cheat. So much talent and wasted by drugs.'
'I suppose it's unreasonable to expect sportsmen to be role-models......but I'd at least like it if they were halfway decent human beings.'
Too right. If he wants to live like that, he has no right to anyone's sympathy.
Great player, though.
'I suppose it's unreasonable to expect sportsmen to be role-models......but I'd at least like it if they were halfway decent human beings.'
Too right. If he wants to live like that, he has no right to anyone's sympathy.
Great player, though.
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Re: maradonna
Flawed Genius for sure
Even geniuses make mistakes...hand of god being the biggest by a mile and a half
As for sporting heros being role models I think Mark Bosnich said it best
Look to your parents not sporting heros for role models
Most sporting heros push themselves to places where the ordinary man in the street could never go so to use them as a role model is silly
You see your hero playing during the match but what about the lead up Playing while injured with the help of pain killers....most sporting heros have been through it.....I could name some great aussie rules players who pushed themselves and are paying for it dearly today...35/40 year olds with bodies not fit for a 70/80 year old
Committment or studpidity?
cheers
B....OZ
Even geniuses make mistakes...hand of god being the biggest by a mile and a half
As for sporting heros being role models I think Mark Bosnich said it best
Look to your parents not sporting heros for role models
Most sporting heros push themselves to places where the ordinary man in the street could never go so to use them as a role model is silly
You see your hero playing during the match but what about the lead up Playing while injured with the help of pain killers....most sporting heros have been through it.....I could name some great aussie rules players who pushed themselves and are paying for it dearly today...35/40 year olds with bodies not fit for a 70/80 year old
Committment or studpidity?
cheers
B....OZ