Pelé’s family: ‘COVID caused infection, death not imminent’

Pelé’s family: ‘COVID caused infection, death not imminent’

Santos team supporters secure a banner with the image of former star Pele, in front of the Albert Einstein hospital where he is hospitalized in Sao Paulo, Brazil | Photo Credit: AP Two daughters and one grandson of Brazilian football great Pelé said the three-time World Cup winner has been hospitalised since Tuesday to treat […]

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Pele moved to palliative care in hospital: report

Pele moved to palliative care in hospital: report

Brazilian Pele. File. | Photo Credit: AP Brazilian soccer legend Pele is receiving palliative care after chemotherapy stopped having the expected results as he battles colon cancer, newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported on Saturday. Pele, 82, who is widely considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday to […]

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Brazil soccer legend Pele hospitalised amid cancer battle; ‘no emergency’, daughter says

Brazil soccer legend Pele hospitalised amid cancer battle; ‘no emergency’, daughter says

Brazilian soccer legend Pele has been hospitalised. File | Photo Credit: AP Brazilian soccer legend Pele has been hospitalised as he battles cancer, his daughter said on social media on Wednesday, adding that there was “no surprise or emergency” involved. Kely Nascimento’s post to Instagram came after ESPN Brasil reported that Pele had been admitted […]

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The madman and a collie: characters who lit the World Cup over the years

The madman and a collie: characters who lit the World Cup over the years

This is it, easily the biggest sporting spectacle on the planet. Cricket fans often quote Mike Marqusee’s iconic description of an India-Pakistan cricket match as ‘war minus the shooting’; in football, El Salvador and Honduras actually went to war after a bitterly contested World Cup qualifying tournament in 1969. Nothing quite matches the kind of […]

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Britain halts sports following Queen Elizabeth II’s death

Britain halts sports following Queen Elizabeth II’s death

PGA Championship, EFL, second England vs. South Africa test, Tour of Britain among other sporting events called off due to the death of the Queen PGA Championship, EFL, second England vs. South Africa test, Tour of Britain among other sporting events called off due to the death of the Queen Several sporting events in Britain […]

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