between russia and china in a video call with xijinping. the chinese leader said the two countries should continue co operation, without giving details. the bbc understand all travellers arriving in the uk from china will have to do pre departure covid tests. it s the latest country to impose new restrictions as china experiences a huge wave of coronavirus cases. hello. welcome along to sportsday on bbc news. i m ben croucher. coming up. the world remembers pele one of the greatest footballers to have ever lived who has died at the age of 82. a sad day for football. elsewhere, in the premier league tonight, will klopp pile more pressure on rodgers, as liverpool host leicester. and news from the darts and of dart as harriet helps great britain to united cup victory over australia. thanks forjoining us. it s been nearly 2a hours since we learned of the death of one of the greatest footballers of all time. tributes have been flooding in so over the next 10 minutes or so
correspondentjoe wilson. the challenge in brazil is to express on a suitable scale at the to the country. the most noticeable man backs decorated as tribute. on. this is the famous stadium, and fans gathered where pele played for nearly 20 years. football is his route out of poverty, but as pele s re advanced alongside broadcasting technology, so his image became global. by1970, the technology, so his image became global. by 1970, the third world cup palais would win, a young emrit, the impact was profound. he wrote today about to pele, i remember seeing a black man playing on tv, a black man loved by everyone. a black man who has the best player on the pitch. it