Pelé

2022 - 12 - 6

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With Pelé ailing in hospital, Brazil thrills, then sends the 'king' its love (Yahoo Sports)

With Pelé on the mend, the Brazilian soccer icon was clearly on everybody's mind while its national team delivered an impressive Round of 16 performance.

Brazil won't use Pelé's illness as motivation: 'We send our support to ... (FOXSports.com)

Brazil's players will have Pelé on their minds when they take the field vs. South Korea at the World Cup, but they won't use his condition as motivation.

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Pelé remains in hospital: latest news about his status, live updates (AS English)

- Brazil fans pay tribute to Pelé during South Korea game. - Daughter says she expects father to come home from hospital. - Grandson says Pelé will "see Brazil ...

Pelé is the only player in history to lift the World Cup trophy on three different occasions, in 1958, 1962, and 1970. And watching Brazil in the World Cup too! Fans were then relieved to learn that his situation had improved, when the hospital released a statement indicating that he was "still undergoing treatment and remains stable." The game ended 4-1 and Brazil go on to play Croatia in the quarter-finals. "I'm strong, with a lot of hope and I follow my treatment as usual. Neymar sits on 76, but will be eyeing the record when he faces Croatia in the World Cup quarter finals in a few days. He will see Brazil lift the sixth title.” "And when he gets better, he'll come home," she said. Certainly worked, Brazil went on to win the 1970 World Cup, boffing Italy 4-1 in the final, in Mexico. He went on to score a total of 77 goals in 92 games for his country, with a rather impressive 0.84 goals-per-game ratio. That was the first time the World Cup had been held in North America. If we can fight here at the World Cup and win games for him and win the competition for him, we'll do that."

Pele Hospitalized but Death Not Imminent, Family Says (Sports Illustrated)

SAO PAULO (AP) — Two daughters and one grandson of Brazilian soccer great Pelé said the three-time World Cup winner has been hospitalized since Tuesday to ...

“He is not in intensive care, he is in a regular bedroom. He is not in risk, he is in treatment.” One day it will happen, but it is not today,” Arthur Arantes do Nascimento said. “He is sick, he is old. “It is very unfair for people to say he is in the end of his life, in palliative care. Neither the family nor the hospital have any predictions in that regard.

Brazil pays tribute to Pelé as football legend watches World Cup ... (ABC News)

Pelé tweets that he's watching as Brazil destroys South Korea, Roy Keane complains about dancing, and Ivan Perišić shows his class. That and more in the ...