Diego Maradona

Published : Apr 19, 2003 00:00 IST

Pic. Reuters
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Claudia Villafane, with Mardona, wife of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, has filed for divorce after 14 years of marriage, according to television reports. Villafane's father Coco said that the problem had been brewing for some time, with reports stating that she began legal proceedings on March 7 and is demanding custody of their two daughters Dalma and Giannina.

Maradona's agent Guillermo Copolla, however, refused to confirm or deny the report. "I won't say yes or no. Diego knows little or nothing about this. If I can avoid worrying him all the better," said Coppola. The 42-year-old hero of Argentina's 1986 World Cup triumph has been receiving treatment in Cuba for the past three years for drug addiction.

"If Diego lives in Cuba it's because he has found the tranquility that he does not have here. Although for that he must live far from his friends, his wife and daughters," said Coppola. He added that he believed that "the affection, the tie between them, the feeling that unites them is indestructible."

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