practitioners identified a tumour on his right colon that required surgery. Since the operation, Pele had been in and out of hospital, including for chemotherapy.

Our countdown continues with a look back to one of Pele's most memorable World Cup ... dropped narrowly wide of the right-hand post. The second came in Brazil’s semi-final meeting with Uruguay.

But I was wrong." Pele was the first to play on three World Cup winners, as Brazil's win secured the right to take the Jules Rimet Trophy home for good. In 1974, the player nicknamed the Black ...