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Syria likely to rename Abbasiyyin stadium after Pele
Damascus: The Syrian Arab Football Association (SFA) is planning to name a dilapidated stadium— Abbasiyyin in Damascus, after the Brazilian football legend Pele. On Tuesday, January 17, Salah Al-Dien M Ramadan, the SFA chairman,…
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‘Mecca’ of Indian football in state of mourning; Mohun Bagan to unveil ‘Pele Gate’
Kolkata: Putting their bitter club rivalries aside, the city’s Big Three football clubs joined in to mourn the loss of Pele, the greatest footballer the planet has ever seen, and remember his magical…
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Tribute to Pele: End of a magnificent era
Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, better known as Pele, one of the greatest sports icons in history, has departed from our midst leaving a void that can never filled. Whenever we see a…
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Football legend and 3-time World Cup winner Pele passes away
Mumbai: Called by various names such as ‘Gasolina’, ‘The Black Pearl’ and ‘O Rei’ (The King), the nickname that stuck like glue to Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who, as ‘Pele’, became the…
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Having defeated Belgium, Spain and Portugal, will Morocco fulfill Pele’s prophecy?
Many years ago, Pele, the super star of football, had predicted that one day an African team would rule the football world. Will Morocco be the team that will fulfill the prophecy made…
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Pele to undergo chemotherapy after leaving hospital
Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian football legend Pele has been discharged from hospital following surgery to remove a tumour from his colon, doctors have said. The 80-year-old had been a patient at the…
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Hyderabad’s Habib gave tough time to legendary Pele in Calcutta; now he is afflicted with Alzheimer
Hyderabad: The year was 1977. Mohun Bagan football club of Kolkata was preparing to take on the challenge of playing against the visiting New York Cosmos at the huge Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata.…
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Ronaldo overtakes Pele to become 2nd highest goalscorer ever as Juventus beat Udinese
Turin: Five-time Ballond’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed Brazilian legend Pele to become the second-highest goalscorer ever after scoring a brace for Juventus in the Serie A clash against Udinese on Sunday. Ronaldo…