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UNCOVERED: Football legend pele receiving palliative care - The Untold Story

Brazil fans display a banner with an image of Pele on it before the World Cup Group H match against Cameroon at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar on Friday. (Reuters Photo)

SAO PAULO: Brazilian football legend Pele is receiving palliative care after chemotherapy stopped having the expected results as he battles colon cancer, the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported on Saturday.

Pele, 82, who is widely considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday to re-evaluate his cancer treatment and was later diagnosed with a respiratory infection, according to medical reports.

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