Argentina great Diego Maradona admitted to hospital for scheduled surgery - reports

Diego Maradona was diagnosed with stomach bleeding during routine exams.

Diego Maradona was admitted to a clinic in Buenos Aires on Saturday to undergo a scheduled procedure due to stomach bleeding, according to multiple reports.

Maradona, 58, was diagnosed with a health problem in early January during routine exams performed at the same hospital in the town of Olivos.

The surgery is expected to last one hour.

He was preparing to travel to Mexico to take over the technical management of the Dorados de Sinaloa football club.

"It is bleeding due to a hernia. It is not...