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December 22, 2024

Brazil final farewell to ‘King’ Pele

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The coffin of the late Brazilian football star Pele is transported outside the Urbano Caldeira stadium to a firetruck in order to begin a funeral procession to the Santos' Memorial Cemetery in Santos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on January 3, 2023. - The funeral procession through Santos will go past the house of Pele's mother, 100-year-old Celeste Arantes, who is still alive. It will end at Santos's Memorial Cemetery, where a Catholic funeral service will be held before Pele is interred in a special mausoleum. (Photo by CAIO GUATELLI / AFP)

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, lead di tributes on Tuesday as Brazil say dia final farewell to football legend Pele, wey dey regarded as di greatest player of all time.

Plenty fans, politicians and football dignitaries follow show for di event to pay dia respects to di player wey dey known as “The King” for di southeastern city of Santos, home to di club where hin spend most of hin career.
Santos FC say more than 230,000 people bin attend hin 24-hour wake for di Vila Belmiro stadium, where steady stream of mourners continue straight through di night. Lula, wey take office on Sunday for ceremony wey start with a minute silence for Pele, fly come with helicopter for di wake, hin greet Pele widow, Marcia Cibele Aoki, wey   bin dey cry.You fit go read di full tori…READ MORE