we begin with news of the death of pele widely regarded as the greatest male footballer ever to play what he described as the beautiful game . he passed away in hospital in sao paulo, surrounded by his family, at the age of 82, having suffered from cancer. during his career he became the first, and so far only, player to win three world cups and scored over a thousand goals. he spent almost all of his club career playing in his native brazil after the government declared him a national treasure, and blocked moves overseas but was also a key part in the short lived north american soccer league playing for the new york cosmos. during his life, he was also a charity fundraiser, a campaigner and a politician. joe wilson reports on the life of a true sporting great. the greatest, it s opinion, but pele led, others stand on his shoulders. well over 1,000 goals, a career of over 20 years, three times a world cup winner. brazilian football, synonymous with flair and succes
punk movement of the 1970s, has died in london. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin with the news of the death of pele, widely regarded as the greatest person ever to play what he himself described as the beautiful game . he passed away in hospital in sao paulo, surrounded by his family at the age of 82, having suffered from cancer. during his career he became the first and so far only player to win three world cups, and he scored more than a thousand goals. during his life, he was also a charity fundraiser and a campaigner on several issues. joe wilson reports now on the life of a true sporting great. the greatest. it s opinion. but pele led, others stand on his shoulders. well over 1,000 goals, a career of over 20 years, three times a world cup winner. brazilian football, synonymous with flair and success, was built on pele. in 1958, pele took part in his first world cup tournament, aged just 17. he scored six goals in four matches,
surge across the country. and she gave the world dangerously high heels and went we hear tributes to the designer vivienne westwood, who has died in london. a woman of colour was wearing it on the runways so also diversity, gender bending, all of that made vivienne westwood so important to me. everyone to bbc news. a very warm welcome to bbc news. we begin with news of the death of pele, widely regarded as the greatest person ever to play what he himself described as the beautiful game . he passed away in hospital in sao paulo, surrounded by his family at the age of 82, having suffered from cancer. during his career he became the first and so far only player to win three world cups, and scored over 1,000 goals. he spent almost all of his club career playing in his native brazil after the government declared him a national treasure and blocked moves overseas, but was also a key part in the short lived north american soccer league, playing for the new york cosmos. durin
and the british fashion designer vivienne westwood a key figure in the rebellious punk movement of the 1970s has died in london. she was 81 years old hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are aubrey allegretti, who s political correspondent at the guardian and asa bennett, who s a former number 10 speechwriter. the financial times leads with the breaking news of football legend pele s death as they bid him farewell on their front page. the real goat reads the front page of the star as they highlight the legacy of pele, the man they ve dubbed the greatest footballer ever to lace up a pair of boots . the independent has gone with the picture posted on pele s instagram page, liked now over seven million times. and the express sums up the news with the headline pele, king of the beautiful game dies aged 82 . they also highlight the ongoing strikes with comment from the defence secretary, ben wallace, who says th
the greatest, it s opinion, but pele led, others stand on his shoulders. well over 1,000 goals, a career of over 20 years, three times a world cup winner. brazilian football, synonymous with flair and success, was built on pele. in1958, pele took part in his first world cup tournament, aged just 17. he scored six goals in four matches, playing himself to the point of exhaustion. when brazil beat sweden in the final, one opponent said when he watched pele, he felt like applauding. injury limited his role in the 1962 world cup. in1966, well, opposing teams knew they had to stop pele one way or another. four years later, in 1970 in mexico, pele was part of a brazilian team widely regarded as the best set of players ever. they won the world cup with a freedom of expression and fluency never seen before. it was pele s last world cup. without him, brazil waited another 2a years before winning the trophy again. pele remained in demand. after all, he was one of the most famous names