Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Around 300 settlers have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: The IOF is preventing journalists from entering the Qattanin Gate to prevent them from reporting on the raids.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: More than 2,900 settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in recent days.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Occupation forces deploy near Bab al-Qattanin, one of the doors of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Settlers storm the alleys of the Old City in occupied Al-Quds in large groups on the fifth day of “Throne Day.”
Kevin McCarthy ousted as leader of US House by his Republican party
Al Mayadeen correspondent: The ousting decision requires a simple majority in the House of Representatives of 214 votes
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: US House of Representatives begins voting on decision to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Tunisian Free Constitutional Party: Party chief Abir Moussi was arrested and taken to an unknown destination
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: An air strike, likely Turkish, targets the Qandil Mountains in Iraqi Kurdistan for the second time

'He'll come home': Pele's daughters reassure fans of football icon

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 5 Dec 2022 15:46
  • x

Pele's daughters say the football legend is not in the intensive care unit, but in a regular ward.

  • Brazilian football legend Pele
    Brazilian football legend Pele

Brazilian football legend Pele's daughters told his fans Sunday that their father's health was not at serious risk, expressing their confidence that he will return home when he recovers from a respiratory infection.

The 82-year-old has been hospitalized in Sao Paulo since Tuesday amid ongoing treatments for colon cancer, which was first diagnosed in September 2021.

Pele "is sick, he is elderly, but at this point he is hospitalized for a lung infection," Kely Arantes Nascimento, the legend's daughter, told the TV channel Globo.

"And when he gets better, he'll come home," she added.

"We are not saying goodbye in the hospital," Kely insisted, explaining that the respiratory illness was the result of a Covid-19 infection Pele had contracted three weeks ago. 

Related News

Ukraine, Poland to boycott UEFA tournaments after ban on Russia lifted

Football is 'worst sport' for racism: Sheffield Utd Manager

Her sister, Flavia Arantes Nascimento, denied reports from the daily Folha de S.Paulo and ESPN Brazil that Pele was no longer responding to chemotherapy and was now receiving only "palliative care".

Flavia told the news channel that her father was not in the intensive care unit, but in a regular ward, stressing that the family was "tired of receiving condolences" and that the cancer treatment is "delivering results".

"It's really unfair that they're saying he's at the terminal stage. It's not that, believe us," she said. 

Doctors at Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein Hospital said on Saturday that Pele remained "stable".

Pele "has had a good response to care without any worsening in the clinical picture in the last 24 hours," they said in a statement. 

Later, the football legend posted an optimistic note on Instagram, saying, "My friends, I want to keep everyone calm and positive. I'm strong, with a lot of hope and I follow my treatment as usual."

Read more: Football legend Pele tells Brazil to 'bring home the trophy'

  • football
  • Brazil
  • Sao Paulo
  • Pele

Most Read

BBC from the front lines in Ukraine: It's bad, counteroffensive failed

BBC from the front lines in Ukraine: It's bad, counteroffensive failed

  • Europe
  • 28 Sep 2023
A Ukrainian soldier of the elite drone unit packs up after an attack on the front line in the outskirts of Kremennaya, Ukraine, Sunday, August 20, 2023 (AP)

Ukraine loses around 700 soldiers in one day: Russia MoD

  • Europe
  • 30 Sep 2023
Who Would Ally with the West: ‘It’s Boring – The Real Excitement is in Asia’

Who Would Ally with the West: ‘It’s Boring – The Real Excitement is in Asia’

  • Analysis
  • 30 Sep 2023
A child being treated in a makeshift ICU bed in California in 2023 (AFP via Getty Images)

Children are dying in US hospitals plagued with ill-prepared ERs: WSJ

  • US & Canada
  • 2 Oct 2023

Coverage

All
Morocco & Libya Disasters

Read Next

All
People protest in Swedia, Syria on September 15, 2023. (AFP)
MENA

'Israel' proposes arming Sweida protesters via Jordan: Reports

Indigenous Xikrin warriors in the Para State of the Brazilian Amazon in August 2019 (AP)
Latin America

Brazil expels illegal settlers from Indigenous lands in Para state

Black Hawk Down: America's history in ending organic truces in Somalia
Africa

Black Hawk Down: America's history in reviving wars in Somalia

UN approves Haiti force after year of pleas
Latin America

UN approves Haiti Kenyan-led force amid Chinese skepticism

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS