Day Pele halted Nigeria’s Biafran War, was almost shot dead before he escaped disguised as a pilot
Assassination, disguise and a foreign embassy sound like the typical ingredients of an underwhelming action film, not tales from the life of Pele. But that is exactly what they are. During a February trip to Nigeria in 1976, one of football’s greatest players found himself holed up in a hotel...
New study shows colon cancer, which killed Brazil soccer icon Pele, is on decline in people aged over 50
New study findings by medical scientist in the United States say there is a significant decline in incidence of people aged over 50 years developing colon cancer. The same study raises alarm over rising colon cancer incidence among younger people, although the new phenomenon is attributed to increased screening. The...
Beautiful game’s deity? A reporter once asked Pele if his fame was comparable to that of Jesus Christ
Commissioned to produce a portrait of Pele in 1977, artist Andy Warhol quipped: “Pele was one of the few who contradicted my theory: Instead of 15 minutes of fame, he will have 15 centuries.” It nicely sums up the adulation for the footballer widely considered the greatest to ever take...
When 1958 World Cup final ended Pele collapsed, later his opponent told him: ‘When you scored your second goal I felt like applauding’
An obituary by journalist Jeff Powell Pele was a cut jewel – sharp-edged, glittering and flawless. Brazil’s three-time World Cup winner was perfect in every dimension and stands alone as football’s greatest of all time. For those among us who might be described as vertically challenged, it came as something...
Stoic Pele: How The King defied to the last day poor health that threatened to bog him down
Edson Arantes do Nascimento Pele struggled with health issues for several years prior to his death on Thursday December 29. Pele had made light of his health problems in an Instagram post following his surgery last September, saying that he had left intensive care, appearing in good spirits while smiling...
