ARGENTINA: Football legend Diego Maradona looks set to crown his new career as a TV interviewer by landing a rare, exclusive interview with a man not used to being asked awkward questions - Fidel Castro.
Maradona, whose successful TV work comes with a newly slimmed-down look achieved with the help of Cuban doctors, was yesterday reported to have landed in Havana with a film crew.
Maradona is an admirer of the 79-year-old president, who has put Cuban doctors at the former footballer's service over the years to help him shake off an addiction to cocaine that, until recently, looked as though it might kill him.
The turnaround in Maradona's appearance this year has been spectacular; he is believed to have weighed up to 115kg at one point. But after reportedly having his stomach stapled earlier this year, the 44-year-old is looking better than he has done for years.