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LIMA, Peru (AFP) – The world lost Pele, the “king” of football in 2022, but his name will live on in more than 700 Peruvian children born last year, according to a list published by Peru’s National Registry of Identification and Civil Status. As per the list, 738 babies were registered with the names Pele, King Pele, Edson Arantes or Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the full name of the three-time football world champion, by the close […]
by Rodrigo ALMONACID Agence France-Presse SANTOS, Brazil (AFP) — 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 away with his dazzling skill. Throughout the day, thousands of fans and football dignitaries slowly filed through the Vila Belmiro, home to Pele’s longtime club, Santos. More continued to join the queue as night fell, waiting their turn to walk […]
Brazil started three days of national mourning on Friday for football legend Pele, the three-time World Cup winner widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, who has died at the age of 82. The death of “O Rei” (The King) triggered a wave of tributes from around the globe to the man who both transformed football and transcended the sport. Pele died Thursday at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo after a […]
