Football
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian football king, three-time World Cup winner and one of the greatest athletes of the last century died Thursday. he was 82 years old.
The ‘Beautiful Game’ standard-bearer had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he was admitted last month said he died of multiple organ failure from cancer.
Funerals are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, and before burial his coffin was to be carried through the streets of the coastal city of Santos, where his storied career began.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the world of football, Pele has been the top scorer for Brazilian club Santos and the Brazilian national team to impress fans and enchant opponents. Spent nearly 20 years.
His grace, athleticism, and mesmerizing moves keep players and fans on their toes. He tailored the fast, smooth style that revolutionized the sport. A samba-like talent epitomized his country’s elegance on the field.
He has taken Brazil to the heights of football and has become a global ambassador for his sport with his journey kicking socks stuffed with newspapers and rags in the streets of São Paulo state.
In conversations about football’s greatest players, only the late Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are mentioned alongside Pele.
According to various sources, Pele’s total goals list anywhere between 650 (league matches) and 1,281 (all senior matches, some low-level matches) when counting sets of different matches. It has been.
Nicknamed ‘The King’, he was introduced to the world at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden at the age of 17, making him the youngest player in the history of the tournament. After scoring his two goals in Brazil’s 5–2 victory over the host country in the final, he was carried off the field on the shoulders of his teammates.
Though injuries limited him to just two games when Brazil retained the world title in 1962, Pele was a symbol of his country’s victory at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. He scored the goal in the final, scoring the final goal with a casual pass to Carlos Alberto in a 4-1 win over Italy.
Pele was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento on October 23, 1940, in the small town of Tres Colacos in the hinterland of Minas Gerais.
ski
SEMMERING, AUSTRIA (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin became the first ski racer to achieve 50 World Cup victories in a single discipline by finishing 1-2 over Paula Moltzan in the night slalom.
No other skier, male or female, has won more than 46 times in the 56-year history of the World Cup. The result was also Shiffrin’s 80th World Cup win, falling short of Lindsay Vonn’s women’s record by two.
Based on a big first-run lead of over 7/10s, Shiffrin overcame a few mistakes in her final run on a degraded course, 0.29 ahead of Moltzan who took her first career podium in the discipline. I finished with a difference. The American was bottom 1-2 in her 1971 Women’s World Cup slalom.
basketball
NEW YORK (AP) — Detroit guard Cillian Hayes and Orlando guard Moritz Wagner each received multiple-game suspensions for their roles in the brawl, while the NBA charged eight with leaving the bench area during the altercation. of Magic players were suspended one game at a time.
Hayes hit Wagner in the back of the head and was suspended for three games without pay. Wagner received his two-game suspension, while Pistons’ Hamidu Diallo received his one-game suspension by his NBA executive his vice president Joe Dumars (a former Pistons star player and executive). received.
The aftermath from Wednesday night’s game in Detroit was so great that Magic player suspensions were staggered to ensure there were enough players for the next game.
Cole Anthony, RJ Hampton, Gary Harris, Kevon Harris, Admiral Scofield, Franz Wagner, Mo Bamba and Wendell Carter Jr. have all received one-game suspensions.
Wagner hip-checked Hayes to the Detroit bench and began an altercation.
baseball
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers and All-Star outfielder JD Martinez have signed a one-year, $10 million deal.
Martinez has spent the last five years with the Boston Red Sox. 274 with 62 RBIs and 16 home runs in 139 games last season. 302 with 38 RBIs and nine home runs in the first half of the season, earning his fourth straight All-Star appearance.
The 35-year-old designated hitter is 18 away from hitting 300 home runs. Martinez’s 12-year MLB career includes stints in Houston, Detroit, and Arizona.
hockey
Moncton, New Brunswick (AP) — Minnesota freshman Jimmy Snageld scored two goals as the United States bounced back from a loss with a 5-1 victory over Switzerland in the World Junior Hockey Championship.
Logan Cooley scored goals and assists, captains Luke Hughes and Tyler Boucher also scored, and Trey Augustin made 18 saves. After his 6-3 loss to Slovakia on Wednesday, USA improved to 2-1 in Group B.
Finland held on to a 2-1 lead in Group B after defeating Latvia 3-0 in the first match of the day at the Avenir Centre. In Group A in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sweden kept top of the table after beating her 3-2 over the Czech Republic in extra time. In the night, Canada beat Austria 11-0 to her.
The USA will finish its group match against Finland on Saturday.
