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Brazilian football legend Pele said he is doing well after undergoing surgery for a suspected colon tumor on Saturday in Sao Paulo.
“I am recovering well,” Pele, 80, said in a message posted on social media on Wednesday.
The hospital treating him said Monday the former footballer was recovering in an intensive care unit.
In an update Wednesday the hospital did not say if he was still in that unit.
The tumor was detected during routine tests, according to the Albert Einstein Hospital, where Pele has undergone treatment since August 31.
Pele, whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, has been in poor health in recent years, and has had various spells in hospital, most recently in April 2019, in Paris, because of a severe urinary tract infection.
The only player in history to win three World Cups (1958, 1962 and 1970), Pele is considered by many to be the greatest footballer of all time.
He burst onto the global stage at just 17 with thrilling goals, including two in the final against hosts Sweden, as Brazil won the World Cup for the first time in 1958.
Four years later, Pele gave a tantalizing glimpse of his ability with an electric individual goal against Mexico in Brazil’s opening 2-0 win.
After retiring from international football, Pele went on to play for the New York Cosmos, before ending his career with over 1,000 goals to his name.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has lamented what he described as injustice in the country especially in the area of resource allocation. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday in […]
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