The funeral program for the greatest footballer of all time has begun yesterday in Brazil.An emotional Brazil began paying its last respects Monday to football legend Pelé with a 24-hour wake at the stadium where he first took the world's breath away with his exploits.Hundreds of fans began filing Monday morning into the Vila Belmiro, home to Pelé's longtime club, Santos, where the coffin bearing the remains of "O Rei" (The King) was displayed in the centre of the f...

The number of goals scored by Brazilian football legend Pele has remained a source of debate among lovers of the game.Most statisticians agree that the legend’s tally is between 1,281 and 1,283, while the football governing body FIFA puts his overall total at more than 1,200.He is said to have scored over 1,000 of those goals for his first club, Santos, and most of the others came for the New York Cosmos and the Brazil national team.However, most of Pele’s goals wer...

Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has joined the list of eminent football personalities mourning the late Brazilian football legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pele.Pele died in his native Brazil on Thursday night at the age of 82.Peseiro took to social media to express his sadness over the football icon’s demise.“Today the world lost a sporting legend. Pélé was more than a football player, he was a global idol"Rest in peace, King Péle,” Pese...