Briefs-Maradona to visit India

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Nov 11 (Reuters) - Sports briefs from around the world.

Soccer - Argentina soccer great Diego Maradona will visit Kolkata, India on Dec. 6, a regional lawmaker organising the trip said on Tuesday.

The new Argentina coach will inaugurate a soccer academy and participate in a charity dinner where some of his playing gear would be auctioned, Shamik Lahiri told Reuters.

Thousands of fans are expected to attend a public reception planned for the 1986 World Cup-winning captain, he added.

Soccer - Mali captain Mahamadou Diarra will miss his country's friendly against Algeria in France next week because of injury, his club Real Madrid said on Monday.

Diarra suffered a thigh injury in Saturday' 4-3 win over Malaga in the Spanish league. (Editing by Peter Rutherford)