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The beautiful game: Pope Francis's passion for football
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - His predecessor loved Mozart, but Pope Francis's passion was football, for him "the most beautiful game" and also a vehicle to educate and spread peace.
From Pele to Beckham - four superstars who dipped their toe in football's backwaters
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» PARIS: Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi's move to spend the final years of his stellar career in Saudi Arabia, according to a source close to the negotiations, will come as a crushing blow to Barcelona fans who dreamed of a return to the club that nurtured him.
'Unbridled grief': Ukrainian woman buries toddler son, husband after strike
AFP, Published on 20/04/2023
» SLOVIANSK (UKRAINE) - Rescuers dug frantically for Anastasia Komarista's two-year-old son in the rubble of their east Ukraine housing block for hours after Russian strikes last week. Then they dug for her husband.
Brazil pays final respects to football giant Pele
AFP, Published on 03/01/2023
» SANTOS (BRAZIL) - An emotional Brazil began paying its final respects Monday to football legend Pele with a wake at the stadium where he first took the world's breath away with his dazzling skill.
World readies to ring in 2023
AFP, Published on 31/12/2022
» SYDNEY - The world's eight billion people on Saturday prepared to usher in 2023 and farewell a turbulent 12 months marked by war in Europe, stinging price rises and Lionel Messi's world cup glory.
Brazil in mourning for 'King of Football' Pele
AFP, Published on 30/12/2022
» SAO PAULO - Tributes poured in from across Brazil and beyond Friday for football legend Pele, as the country held three days of mourning for the player widely regarded as the greatest of all time after his death at age 82.
At Pele museum, fans proud of ailing football icon's legacy
AFP, Published on 29/12/2022
» SANTOS (BRAZIL) - On a visit to the Pele Museum in Brazil's seaside city of Santos, Sergio Murillo Junior says he's sad to see the football legend's health deteriorate, but adds "I am proud of the legacy he left us."
Pele's family gather at his hospital bedside on Christmas Eve
AFP, Published on 25/12/2022
» SAO PAULO - Family members visited the legendary Pele on Saturday at the Sao Paulo hospital where he is suffering from worsening cancer as well as kidney and heart problems, according to a social media post by his daughter.
Hawaii volcano shoots lava fountains 200 feet high: USGS
AFP, Published on 30/11/2022
» LOS ANGELES - Fountains of lava up to 200 feet (60 meters) high have been fired into the air from Hawaii's Mauna Loa, geologists say, generating rivers of molten rock from the world's largest active volcano.
World's largest volcano erupts in Hawaii
AFP, Published on 29/11/2022
» LOS ANGELES: The world's largest active volcano burst into life for the first time in 40 years, spewing lava and hot ash Monday in a spectacular display of nature's fury by Mauna Loa in Hawaii.