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Brazil football legend, Pele has passed away aged 82 following a battle with cancer. Praised by many as the greatest player to ever play football, Pele had been battling health issues in recent years. He was pictured in a wheelchair at the 2018 World Cup and was taken into hospital after collapsing due to exhaustion

SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known mononymously as Pelé, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward...