THE SIDELINES : He Puts His Best Foot Forward
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NAPLES, Italy — Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer star who is getting in shape for the World Cup, will need new shoes as a result of a successful diet.
Officials of Napoli, Maradona’s Italian club, disclosed today that the forward lost slightly more than 15 pounds in recent months and his feet shrank by half a size.
The new shoes will be supplied by a West German company that signed Maradona to a rich endorsement contract.
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