Cape2Rio starts with a bang in Cape Town as 16 boats set sail for top honours
Cape Town offered up the perfect weather for the start of the 2023 edition of The Cape2Rio 2023 race on Monday.
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Pele's World Cup-winning team mates remember a 'player from another planet'
SAO PAULO/SOCORRO, Brazil : Some of Brazilian soccer legend Pele's former team mates on Friday remembered him as the greatest player of all time, as they mourned his death and celebrated his legacy.
We'll never forget him: Brazil mourns loss of football legend Pele
SAO PAULO/SANTOS, Brazil : Brazil on Friday mourned the death of one of its brightest stars, soccer legend Pele, who died at the age of 82 after battling colon cancer for just over a year.
Soccer legend, Pele, dies during long battle with cancer
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 8, 2005 Brazilian football legend, Pele, is seen during a presentation in Leipzig on the eve of the final draw of the Fifa football World Cup 2006. – Brazilian football legend Pele, 80, was briefly transferred back to an intensive care unit on September 17, 2021 after suffering breathing difficulties but is now stable, said the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, where he underwent surgery earlier this month. (Photo by Franck FIFE / AFP)
Nobody disputes Pelé greatness – but his number of goals is up for debate
Pelé often said one of the reasons he should be considered the greatest player of all time was because of his feat of scoring more than 1,000 goals. But many dispute his count because Pelé included goals scored in friendlies or matches against semi-professional or even amateur teams.
How Pele transformed football minnows Santos into a world great
Santos had won trophies before Pele signed, but his arrival prompted a long and sensational run of victories that over little more than a decade turned the medium-sized Brazilian club into one of the greatest names in world football.
How Pele transformed soccer minnows Santos into a world great
Santos had won trophies before Pele signed, but his arrival prompted a long and sensational run of victories that over little more than a decade turned the medium-sized Brazilian club into one of the greatest names in world football.
SA sailing skipper Sizatu seeks win for diversity in race to Brazil
The first time he saw the ocean, Sibusiso Sizatu thought that, with all that water, it must have been a very large lake.