Pele

5/5 © Reuters. A man takes a picture of the vehicle transporting Brazilian soccer legend Pele's body, at the Vila Belmiro stadium in Santos, Brazil, January 2, 2023. REUTERS/Diego Vara 2/5 By Lais Morais and Eduardo Simões SANTOS,…

By AFP SANTOS: An emotional Brazil began paying its final respects Monday to football legend Pele with a wake at the stadium where he first took the world's breath away with his dazzling skill. Hundreds of fans lined…

Aside from the extraordinary international career that brought him his greatest fame, Pelé was well-known for his loyalty to his club Santos, based in the eponymous port city south of Sao Paulo where he spent most of…

Issued on: 02/01/2023 - 09:22 Brazilians bid a final farewell this week to football giant Pele, starting Monday with a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of his long-time…

By IANS The dark clouds of Covid may have dissipated a bit in 2022 with growing vaccine coverage stemming the mass fatalities, but, the continuing pandemic, along with other diseases and age, continued to take its…

Express News Service CHENNAI: Zurich, July 4, 1988. It was the day FIFA truly embraced what the World Cup could become in the future. A money-spinning beast, a commercial behemoth. It was the day when the world…

Brazilian star soccer player Pele passed away on December 29. He died due to multiple organ failure. He was 82. The football legend was undergoing treatment for colon cancer. News of his…

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Issued on: 30/12/2022 - 20:08 The football legend Pelé, who died on December 29, went down in history not only as an incredible striker but also as the only man to have won…

By AFP PARIS: Pele's life off the field was as eventful as his record-breaking career on it, with three marriages and a range of trailblazing sponsorship deals which helped modern-day players fill their pockets with…