Diego Maradona returns to Italy after tax exile
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NAPLES, Italy (AP) --
Diego Maradona has returned to Italy in a bid to clear his name in a tax evasion case.
The 1986 World Cup winner with Argentina landed Monday in Rome and headed straight to Naples, where he will hold a news conference Tuesday morning.
Maradona's Italian debts of more than $50 million stem from alleged unpaid taxes during the time he played for Napoli from 1984-91, a period in which he helped the club win its only two Serie A titles.
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