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Brazilian Soccer Legend Pele Dead at 82

The icon won three World Cup titles with Brazil and is celebrated as one of the greatest players of all time.

Sports Illustrated

Pelé, who made soccer 'The Beautiful Game,' dies at 82

Pelé was one of the world's best soccer players who was the sport's global face for decades. The Brazilian legend was a wizard on the field who dazzled fans, teammates and competitors alike.

WEKU

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.

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Pelé, Brazil’s king of soccer and three-time World Cup champ, has died at age 82

The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. He had been hospitalized for the last month with multiple ailments.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pelé nears 1 month in hospital with no sign of improvement

One of Pelé’s daughters says she and her family are enduring moments of sadness and despair as the 82-year-old Brazilian soccer great’s hospitalization nears one month

The Independent UK

Pele’s Daughter Shares Heartfelt Photo of Father in Hospital

The Brazilian soccer legend’s health has reportedly deteriorated.

Sports Illustrated

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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Kylian Mbappé nets World Cup final hat trick to prove his class, but there has to be a winner and a loser

Kylian Mbappé ultimately lost out in the FIFA World Cup final battle between himself and Lionel Messi, but his star is still very much on the rise as he proves himself a match for the all-time greats, even in defeat, writes Simon Smale.

ABC News

Lionel Messi has finally won the FIFA World Cup, and can claim to be the greatest male footballer of all time

Football almost never delivers perfect narratives, so when it happens it's all the more impactful, writes Dan Colasimone.

ABC News

Mbappé electrifies in World Cup epic, ends up on losing side

Kylian Mbappé scored a hat trick in the World Cup final and was the tournament’s leading scorer in Qatar

The Independent UK

Finally. Lionel Messi leads Argentina over France to win a World Cup championship.

Argentina beat defending-champion France in the final. It's the third World Cup title for Argentina but the first for Messi - the only trophy he hadn't won in his storied and remarkable career.

WEKU

World Cup 2022 briefing: Qatar’s big show comes to an end

Despite the grimness surrounding Fifa’s often tawdry but carefully buffed spectacle, the tournament has shone on one front

The Guardian - UK

Messi Seeks Glory, Argentina Meets France in World Cup Final

It is now or never for Lionel Messi. The Argentina superstar’s once-in-a-generation career will be defined — for many — by whether he leads his country to the World Cup title on Sunday. Can he finally, at the age of 35, win football’s biggest prize to secure his place alongside…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Messi, Mbappe and the Legacy Stakes of Qatar’s World Cup Final

When they met in the World Cup last 16 four years ago, it seemed like a torch had been passed. But Sunday’s final offers one more showdown, this one at the summit.

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France takes on Argentina in the World Cup Final. Here's what you need to know.

The final game of the 2022 World Cup on Sunday is set to be its most thrilling. Defending champion France takes on Argentina as Lionel Messi seeks the one trophy missing from his glorious career.

The Independent UK

Pelé's health improves, but he remains in hospital

Brazilian soccer great Pelé is doing better after having been hospitalized to treat a respiratory infection aggravated by COVID-19

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mbappé to Face Good Friend Hakimi in World Cup Semifinal

Kylian Mbappé is going to meet his good friend Achraf Hakimi again at this World Cup. Not like the first time in Qatar last week, when the France star went to visit his Paris Saint-Germain teammate at the Morocco team hotel in downtown Doha. On Wednesday, Mbappé will be marked…

Sports Illustrated

Pelé Shares Heartfelt Message to Neymar After Brazil’s World Cup Exit

The 30-year-old superstar made history on Friday by tying the Brazilian legend’s all-time national team scoring record.

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The Independent UK

Neymar ties Pelé's record but loses again at World Cup

Neymar has moved into a tie with Pelé as Brazil’s all-time leading scorer with 77 goals

Sports Illustrated

Croatia Turns Out the Lights on Brazil’s World Cup Dance

Brazil thought it had done enough to overcome Croatia’s resistance in extra time, but the 2018 runner-up continues to show that its makeup is truly special.

The Guardian - UK

Morocco aim to break new ground for Africa after World Cup heartbreaks

Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana have narrowly failed at the quarter-final stage but Walid Regragui is building a powerhouse

The Guardian - UK

‘Messi is liberated’: Jorge Valdano on Argentina, politics and his goal in ‘86

The former Argentina striker talks to Sid Lowe about his World Cup triumphs and heartbreaks, and the current side’s chances against the Netherlands

WEKU

Photos from the 2022 FIFA World Cup's Round of 16

The 2022 World Cup's Round of 16 took place this past week, with the top half of competing countries now reduced to eight teams.

The Guardian - UK

Which player has scored the most goals in World Cup knockout games?

Plus: last beating first in the group stage, thrashings in vain and the glory of the one-armed goalscorer

The Independent UK

Doctors say Pelé's health improving, remains in hospital

Doctors say Brazilian soccer great Pelé is improving

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