The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has mourned the Brazilian football legend, Pele, who died at 82.
Pelé, who many regard as the greatest player of all time, died in hospital in Sao Paulo on Thursday.
He had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer since 2021.
UNESCO tweeted that it was “deeply saddened” at his passing, and extended condolences to the Brazilian people, and the wider “football family”.
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