Football legend Diego Maradona pledges future to Gimnasia after club elections

Buenos Aires: Football legend Diego Maradona has said he will remain head coach of Argentina's Gimnasia after the re-election of president Gabriel Pellegrino.

Pellegrino secured a new three-year term after receiving 61 percent of support from Gimnasia's voting members in elections on Sunday. He beat rival bids from Mariano Cowen (31 percent) and Salvador Robustelli (9 percent), reports Xinhua news agency.

"I would like to thank the club's members for showing their confidence in me by backing Pellegrino, and I'm sure that together we can take the team forward," newspaper El Dia quoted Maradona as saying.

Pellegrino, who was responsible for bringing Maradona to Gimnasia, ruled out running for another term last month but changed his mind after the 1986 FIFA World Cup winner threatened to quit. IANS

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