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Three-times World Cup winner Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday at the age of 82.

Whether or not Pelé scored almost 1,300 goals in his professional soccer career, all of his biographers agree that the three-time World Cup champion wrote more than 100 songs and sold more than 100,000 copies of one of his albums. He was also in the movies, notably in the World…

Paris (AFP) - His face appeared on televisions around the world and dominated the homepages of news outlets everywhere as global media bowed to the late, great Pele, the undisputed "King" of football.

From spearheading the “beautiful game” to helping Brazil win three World Cup titles, Pelé embodied greatness in his sport. The incarnation of the country’s style and elegance on the field, Pelé began enchanting Brazilian fans as a teenager. He helped the Selecao lift the World Cup trophy for the first…

RTÉ sports commentator Des Cahill and broadcaster Eamon Dunphy are among those paying tribute to football legend Pelé.

The Brazil great died in Sao Paulo on Thursday.

The Brazilian media paid a heartfelt tribute to the country’s greatest footballing hero, Pele, after his death at the age of 82.

HE played against Diego Maradona in the Italian league in the 1980s, and watched Lionel Messi dozens of times in his role as a TV analyst.