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It’s the final resting place for “The King”: Six months after the death of the man widely regarded as the greatest footballer of all time, Brazil unveiled Pele’s gilded, football-turfed tomb on Monday opened to the public. Pelé, who died on 29 December after a battle with cancer at the age of 82, was buried […]
The Brazilian coastal town of Santos, where sporting legend Pele became a byword for football genius during a glittering club career, was ready to say goodbye to its hero with a 24-hour vigil on Monday. A memorial will be held at the Villa Belmiro stadium, home of Santos football club, for Pele, who died on […]
Gerson appeared next to Pele, the Queen and her husband Prince Philip in the photographs, and said he had a photograph of the moment displayed in his home. Pele, known as “O’Ree,” or “The King,” died on Thursday at the age of 82 after a battle with colon cancer, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch aged 96. Less […]
Gerson, who won the 1970 World Cup with Brazil alongside Pelé, told Reuters in an interview from his home in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, that playing with him was “knowing victory would come. The 81-year-old Gerson said, “He was the best, the king of football. Edson Arantes do Nascimento passed away, but Pele is eternal.” […]
“may he rest in peace.” There was applause minutes before Western United’s home game against Brisbane Roar on Friday. Brazilian tennis player Thiago Monteiro, who is in Australia for the United Cup mixed team tournament, said it was a sad day for Brazil. Monteiro told reporters, “Pele was our biggest idol in sport. He also […]
Myths, stories and fairy tales are a part of everyone’s childhood. Children grow up reading and listening to stories of knights and warriors, witches and wizards, kings and queens, and fairies and demons. Everyone at some point in their life has wished to dive into the world of those fairytales and join their heroes on […]
Since then, they have spent decades criticizing each other and then settling for praise in the form of insults. Pelé was euphoric upon hearing of Maradona’s death, saying: “I lost a great friend and the world lost a legend.” Messi, who this month cemented his claim to sporting immortality by leading Argentina to a third […]
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who led world football’s governing body from 1998 to 2015, called Pele the greatest player of all time. “The world mourns the greatest footballer in history and an amazing personality. He celebrates the game like no one else,” Blatter said on Twitter. “Dear Pele, I am deeply saddened and respect […]
Everyone took a side and the two heroes were not shy about expressing their feelings. Pele found Maradona disgusting and indecent, and Maradona thought Pele was marketable. In his kindest criticism, Maradona said, “As a player he was great…but he thinks politically.” Pele called the drug-addicted Argentine a ‘bad example’ and much more. Nevertheless, the […]
provincial town Prior to Pelé’s arrival, Santos was an underdog, unlikely to compete with Brazil’s biggest clubs, having beaten European giants such as Real Madrid, Benfica and AC Milan. Coming from a provincial coastal city, they were overshadowed in the state of São Paulo by teams such as Corinthians, Palmeiras, Portuguesa and São Paulo. In […]
They reached the league playoffs in 1976 and then won the championship the following year, with Pelé making the All-Star team both years. His arrival drew crowds and advertisers swarmed the club. Robert Redford, owner of Warner Communications, watched with glee as celebrity fans like Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol, sometimes in stadiums and often […]
