Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 09:48:19 +0000
SANTOS, Brazil (AFP) – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will lead the tributes Tuesday as Brazil says a final farewell to football legend Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time. After holding three days of national mourning, Brazil has been paying its last respects to the player known as “The King,” […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 08:25:09 +0000
PARIS (AFP) – Pele, arguably the greatest footballer of all time, died aged 82 on Thursday in his native Brazil. Here, AFP Sport takes a look at five of the best goals the three-time World Cup winner scored at the global showpiece: 1958 quarter-final v Wales (1-0 win) June 19, 1958 at Gothenburg, Sweden ‒ The […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 08:05:41 +0000
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) – Brazilian football icon Pele, a three-time World Cup winner who is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, died on Thursday at the age of 82 ‒ triggering a wave of tributes from the sports world and beyond. His death after a long battle with cancer was caused […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 05:27:26 +0000
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) – Family members visited the legendary Pele on Saturday at the Sao Paulo hospital where he is suffering from worsening cancer as well as kidney and heart problems, according to a social media post by his daughter. Edinho, Pele’s son — who was recently appointed coach of Serie B football club […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:34:28 +0000
DOHA (AFP) – Brazil hit top gear with Neymar back in the line-up to brush aside South Korea, 4-1, on Monday and ease into the quarterfinals of the World Cup where they will face Croatia. Neymar had been sidelined for two matches but with the world’s most expensive player restored to their side, Brazil’s yellow […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 06:34:56 +0000
LONDON (AFP) – Pele said Gordon Banks’ legendary save in the 1970 World Cup bound the two men together in a lasting friendship as he paid tribute to the former England goalkeeper who died aged 81 on Tuesday. The Brazilian great said even now he cannot believe Banks managed to scoop away the header in […]
Read moreNIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (AP) – France picked up two trophies in 1998: One, of course, was the country’s only World Cup title, won on home soil. It was also the birth year of Kylian Mbappe, the 19-year-old who’s emerging as one of the biggest stars of the World Cup. “Well, that was a good year […]
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