Brazil starts three days of national mourning for football legend Pele, the three-time World Cup winner widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, who has died at age 82. | Sport24news
Brazil starts 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 age 82.
He had been in increasingly fragile health, battling kidney problems and colon cancer - undergoing surgery for the latter in September 2021, followed by chemotherapy. In a testament to Pele's influence, international figures including US President Joe Biden and former leader Barack Obama, Brazilian music legends Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, and International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach also paid tribute.
But beyond the many benchmarks he set, he will be remembered for revolutionising the sport, his ever-present number 10 on his back as he tapped into his preternatural athleticism. He was often welcomed like royalty when traveling abroad with Santos or the national team. Legend has it that his arrival in Nigeria in 1969 prompted a 48-hour truce in the bloody Biafra war.
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