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Brazilian New Year reveller dies after firework gets caught in her clothes and explodes

Elisangela Tinem Goncalves, 38, was at a New Year's celebration on a Sao Paulo beach when she was hit by a firework in the chest which got caught in her clothing before exploding

Daily Mirror

‘It’s going to be crazy’: Crowds flock to Santos for Pelé’s wake

Aside from the extraordinary international career that brought him his greatest fame, Pelé was well known for his loyalty to his club Santos, based in the eponymous port city south of Sao Paulo where he spent most of his life. Fans gathered to pay tribute to the king of football…

France 24

Brazilians bid farewell to football legend Pelé

Mourners began paying their respects to Pelé in a solemn procession past his coffin at the Vila Belmiro Stadium in his hometown of Santos on Monday. Watch FRANCE 24’s special programme on the passing of Brazil’s football legend.

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Michael Beale reacts to Rangers and Celtic ticket squabble with Brazilians 'don’t argue about 700 away fans’ line

The Ibrox boss on the passion of the Old Firm and where it ranks among the world’s greatest derbies.

Daily Record

Pele: The first-ever global sports hero

Salve Jorge, a popular restaurant in Historico Centro district in Brazil’s Sao Paulo, pays homage to the famous ‘George’s’ from across the world. Literally meaning ‘Hail George’, the colonial-styled watering hole displays rows of framed illustrations of well-known namesakes – the saint, Shaw, Harrison, even George of the Jungle --…

The Times of India

Ronnie O’Sullivan makes touching Pele tribute after icon lobbied for snooker in Olympics

Ronnie O'Sullivan paid a touching tribute to Brazilian football icon Pele, who died aged 82 at a Sao Paulo hospital on Thursday following a battle with colon cancer

Daily Mirror

Pele’s influence on football will be ‘eternal’, says Pep Guardiola

Three-times World Cup winner Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday at the age of 82.

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Movies, Music and TV Helped Pelé to Even More Stardom

Whether or not Pelé scored almost 1,300 goals in his professional soccer career, all of his biographers agree that the three-time World Cup champion wrote more than 100 songs and sold more than 100,000 copies of one of his albums. He was also in the movies, notably in the World…

Asharq Al-Awsat

An absolute giant – Newcastle boss Eddie Howe pays tribute to Pele

The Brazil great died in Sao Paulo on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Pele, Brazilian Legend of the Beautiful Game, Dies at 82

Pele, the legendary Brazilian football player who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, died on Thursday at the age of 82. Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital, where Pele was undergoing treatment, said he died at 3:27 p.m. "due to multiple…

Asharq Al-Awsat

FACTBOX: Pele's career in numbers

NEW DELHI: Football legend Pele died on Thursday in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was 82. Pele, who is the the only player to win three FIFA World Cups, had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer since 2021.

The Times of India

Pele bids final adieu: The world bows in tribute

Football legend Pele died on Thursday in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was 82. Pele, who is the the only player to win three FIFA World Cups, had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer since 2021.

The Times of India

Pelé, Brazilian World Cup winner and football great, dies aged 82

The Brazilian legend died in the Albert Einstein hospital in São Paulo after entering the facility in November for cancer treatment.

ABC News

How Rangers manager Michael Beale's Brazil adventure turned sour

This is the second part of our deep dive into Michael Beale's time in Brazil at Sao Paulo. You can read part one in full here

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Michael Beale in Brazil: The making of a Rangers manager

SOME childhood Christmas presents make an impression which can last for a lifetime.

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Brazil Football Legend Pele’s Family Gather at Hospital Bedside

Brazilian football legend Pele's family members gathered at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo on Saturday, where the 82-year-old, widely considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, has been since late November. Doctors said this week that Pele's cancer had advanced and that he requires care related…

The Independent UK

Pele’s family gathers at hospital to spend Christmas with Brazil great

The 82-year-old was admitted to the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo on November 29

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Pele’s daughter vows to stay with Brazil great as he receives hospital care

The 82-year-old was admitted to the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo on November 29.

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The Independent UK

Pelé's family gathers at hospital in Sao Paulo

Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pelé are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been since the end of November

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Brazil Football Legend Pele to Spend Christmas in Hospital as Cancer Advances

Brazilian football legend Pele's cancer has advanced and he requires care related to renal and cardiac dysfunction, according to a medical report, and his family said he would remain in a Sao Paulo hospital over Christmas. Widely considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, the 82-year-old has been…

Football London

Sao Paulo defender Luizao breaks silence as West Ham January transfer edges closer

football.london understands Luizao is close to joining West Ham and will join the Under-21 side from Sao Paulo once his contract in Brazil expires at the end of January

Daily Record

Michael Beale tipped for Rangers success by Ian Cathro as he claims Sao Paulo apprenticeship proves Ibrox 'strength'

The former Hearts boss has pinpointed the stand out role that has put Beale on the road to success.

The National (Scotland)

Why Michael Beale's Sao Paulo spell will help him make his mark with Rangers

Ian Cathro believes the former Ibrox first team coach has what it takes to be a success as his own man.

The Independent UK

Brazil's da Silva announces incoming Cabinet ministers

Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is unveiling some of the faces that will comprise his incoming administration, including his much-awaited pick for finance minister: former Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad

Reuters

Lula taps close ally as Brazil's next finance minister

When Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was barred from running for office four years ago, he turned to one of his most trusted allies to take up the banner of his Workers Party (PT) in the 2018 presidential race.

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