Date:13/09/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/09/13/stories/2004091308081800.htm

Sport - Football

Maradona rushed to hospital

BEUNOS AIRES, SEPT. 12. Diego Maradona briefly returned to a private clinic early on Saturday with a fever and an apparent respiratory problem but left within hours, local news reports said.

Maradona, who has been undergoing treatment at a psychiatric hospital for the past three months, was taken to the Suizo-Argentino clinic before dawn, local television and news agencies reported.

After a few hours, he returned to the psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Buenos Aires where he is receiving treatment, the reports added. — AP