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FIFA to ask all countries to name a stadium for Pele: Infantino
FIFA President Gianni Infantino gives his condolences to Marcia Aoki, the widow of Brazilian soccer great Pele, during the wake at Vila Belmiro stadium in Santos, Brazil.
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Brazil begins paying final respects to football giant Pele
By AFP
SANTOS: An emotional Brazil began paying its final respects Monday to football legend Pele with a wake at the stadium where he first took the world's breath…
‘Mecca’ of Indian football in state of mourning; Mohun Bagan to unveil ‘Pele…
Putting their bitter club rivalries aside, the city's Big Three football clubs joined in to mourn the loss of Pele, widely regarded as the greatest footballer the planet has ever seen, and…
Pele’s World Cup-winning team mates remember a ‘player from another planet’
Brazil’s late football star Pele bicycle kicks a ball during a game at unknown location on September 1968. File
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Some of Brazilian soccer legend Pele's former team mates…
Brazil in mourning for ‘King of football’ Pele
Tributes poured in from across Brazil and beyond Friday for football legend Pele, as the country held three days of mourning for the player widely regarded as the greatest of all time after…
‘Pele transformed football into art’: Neymar leads tributes to Brazil legend
Neymar led football’s emotional tributes to Pele after the Brazil legend’s death on Thursday as the Paris Saint Germain star said his iconic compatriot had transformed the sport “into an…
‘Football in four letters’: Global media bows to ‘King’ Pele
By AFP
PARIS: His face appeared on televisions around the world and dominated the homepages of news outlets everywhere as global media bowed to the late, great Pele,…
‘An irreplaceable void in the world of sports’: PM Narendra Modi pays tribute to Pele
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to Brazilian football legend Pele after the latter died aged 82. Pele, whose full name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento, died Thursday…