Pelé — the greatest player in the history of football — was admitted to hospital last week. He has been battling colon cancer since last year and now suffers from a respiratory infection.
According to some reports, Pelé stopped responding to chemotherapy and has been placed under palliative care to ease his pain. The most recent doctor’s report from São Paulo’s Albert Einstein Hospital says he is responding well to treatment for the infection but makes no mention of whether will resume chemotherapy.
Concerns about Pelé’s health have spilled over into the World Cup, with players from all over the world voicing their support for the football legend. The Brazilian players held out a banner in his honor after their 4-1 trashing of South Korea on Monday.
To close the 2022 season of our Explaining Brazil podcast, we’re publishing a rerun of an episode about Pelé, and how he cemented his status as the best ever to play the game. The episode was in a three-part series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1970 World Cup, when Brazil became the first team to win three world titles.
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