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Brazilian soccer stars past and present are under fire from fans for skipping Pelé’s funeral and opting to pay their respects on social media.

Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country.

Thousands of mourners, including high school students and supreme court justices, began filing past the body of Pelé on Monday on the century-old field where he made his hometown team one of Brazil’s best.

Pelé.

The stadium where Brazilian soccer great Pelé played some of the best matches of his career will also hold his funeral on Monday and Tuesday.

Pelé won a record three World Cups and was widely regarded as one of his sport’s greatest players.

Pelé, Brazil’s mighty king of soccer, has died.

In the years that have followed the Pulse shooting, loved ones of victims say people have made false claims regarding their relationship to victims.

A Spanish court has acquitted soccer star Neymar and his fellow defendants in a fraud and corruption trial related to the Brazilian’s 2013 transfer from Santos to Barcelona.

Indigenous traditional owners have won a court challenge that prevents an energy company from drilling for gas off Australia’s north coast.

Olympic gold medalist Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica held off American Sha’Carri Richardson in the 100 meters at a rainy Prefontaine Classic on Saturday.

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China won its first gold of the Beijing Games in short track speedskating's mixed team relay in the event’s Olympic debut.

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Coach Abel Ferreira of Brazil's Palmeiras celebrates with the trophy after winning the Copa Libertadores final soccer match against Brazil's Santos at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. (Mauro Pimentel/Pool via AP)RIO DE JANEIRO – Substitute Breno Lopes scored deep into stoppage time as Palmeiras won its second Copa Libertadores title on Saturday with a 1-0 victory against Santos in an all-Brazilian final. Palmeiras won with its first shot on goal in a dull and disappointing match. The Copa Libertadores title was also the first title for 42-year-old Ferreira as a manager. The Copa Libertadores final was the third to feature two Brazilian teams.