FOOTBALL LEGEND
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Seven medical professionals who cared for Argentine football legend Diego Maradona during his final days go on trial Tuesday accused of criminal negligence over his death. Maradona died on November 25, 2020 aged 60 while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot, after decades battling cocaine and alcohol addictions. Each defendant risks between eight…
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Pele, arguably the greatest footballer of all time, was Brazil’s all-time leading scorer, with 77 goals in 92 matches for his country. The three-time World Cup winner embodied the idea of football as “the beautiful game”, one played with skill, speed, and imagination. Early life Pele was born into a poor family in Tres Coracoes in…
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Brazil has entered three days of mourning following the death of football superstar — AND GREATEST OF ALL TIME (GOAT) — Pele. The 82-year-old – the only man to win the World Cup three times as a player – died on Thursday after a long battle with cancer. A 24-hour wake will be held on Monday…
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A journalist asks Cristiano Ronaldo: “Why does your mother still live with you? Why don’t you build her a house?” Cristiano Ronaldo replies: “My mother raised me and she dedicated her life for me. She would go to sleep hungry, just to let me eat. We had no money at all…She worked 7 days a…
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Legendary Brazilian footnall player Pelé is depressed over his poor health and is reluctant to leave the house because he cannot walk unaided, his son Edinho said in an interview published in Brazil on Monday. Pelé to celebrate his 80th birthday this year. Pelé, widely considered to be one of the greatest footballers in history – if not the greatest, will…
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Former Ajax, Barcelona and Netherlands star Johan Cruyff has died at the age of 68 “peacefully, surrounded by his family after a hard fought battle with cancer”.
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