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Brazil bids farewell to beloved soccer star Pele

Brazil bids farewell to beloved soccer star Pele

EDUARDO SIMÕES EMOTIONAL crowds bid Brazil soccer legend Pele a final farewell, lining the streets of Santos to watch his coffin taken to its final resting place from the city's stadium where 230,000 mourners had filed past his open casket. Young and old embraced as the funeral procession wound its way through the coastal city's streets for hours, with some fans in tears and others cheering and drumming for a national hero who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history. "It's an irreparable loss for Brazil," said Brazil's newly sworn-in President…
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Greatest-of-all-times Pele ‘stable’ in ICU

Greatest-of-all-times Pele ‘stable’ in ICU

BRAZIL soccer legend Pele, 80, is in a "stable" condition after "respiratory instability" led to him being admitted to an intensive care unit, Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital said in a statement. Concerns grew about Pele's health after local media reported that he had returned to an ICU that he had only just left earlier this week as he recovers from a colon tumour removal. People walk at the entrance of Albert Einsten Hospital where Brazilian soccer legend Pele is hospitalized in Sao Paulo, Brazil September 17, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli The hospital said Pele "presented a brief respiratory instability" and…
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