Pele

A banner of former brazil player Pele displayed during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Round of 16 match between Brazil and South Korea at Stadium 974 on December 5, 2022 in Doha, Qatar.Football legend Pele has passed away. He was 82. Pele passed away at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo on Thursday following a long battle with cancer. The Brazilian, whose full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, is regarded by many as the greatest footballer of all time and won the World Cup for Brazil three times. He was a prolific goal scorer, banging 77 into the net in 92 games for his country and 643 in 659 games for his Brazilian club, Santos. In 1999, he was named Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee and was included in the Time list of the 100 most important people o...

Brazilian football great Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pele, arrives at Guarulhos International Airport, in Guarulhos some 25km from Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 9, 2019.Football icon Pele has been moved to palliative care after becoming unresponsive to the chemotherapy he was given to combat his cancer, according to reports in Brazil. The 82-year-old was taken to hospital last week and is now receiving pain relief on an end-of-life ward after his treatment for bowel cancer stopped working. Pele has been staying at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo after being admitted on Tuesday with symptoms of ‘general swelling’ and ‘heart failure’. Last week, a post on Pele’s Instagram was sent to reassure fans of any serious health problems as the Brazil legend wrote: “Friends, I am at ...

Football legend Pele has died aged 82

Pele ‘moved to end-of-life care’ as football legend stops responding to chemotherapy