Highlight of Brazil’s Santos FC featuring Pele Vs Nigerian XI match featuring Rigogo, Baba Ali, Olumodeji in Lagos in 1969 (Video)

Football legend, Pele, led the Brazilian football club, Santos to Nigeria for a friendly match against the Green Eagles of Nigeria in 1969. This was in the middle of the civil war, but there was a ceasefire for 48 hours. A 48-hour ceasefire was called between the Nigerian government and the secessionist state of Biafra […]

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Pele laid to rest as millions bid the football legend farewell

Brazilian football legend and three-time World Cup winner, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pele, was buried in his final resting place Tuesday as millions of fans in Brazil and around the world mourned the sports legend. Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid his respects at Vila Belmiro, the stadium where […]

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Pele ‘bids family, friends farewell’ in heartbreaking message (Video)

Brazilian football legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pele, was seen making a video call from his hospital bed and the caption on the video claims he is saying goodbye to family and friends The condition of the three-time world cup champion has deteriorated. A viral video shows him struggling to breathe. The 82-year-old, who […]

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Football legend, Pele moved to palliative care unit, but family says he’s not close to death

Football legend, Pele has been moved to the palliative care unit in the hospital as the 82-year-old Brazilian is not responding to chemotherapy on his bowel cancer, reported Brazilian Daily Folha. Pele is admitted at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo since Tuesday and the last official medical bulletin from the hospital said he […]

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