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Pele's funeral date and location announced

His private burial will take place after a parade through the streets of Santos on January 3. Pele will be laid to rest at Memorial Necropole Ecumenica. This area will not be accessible to the public.

Valladolid vs Barcelona: Messi reacts after breaking Pele's scoring record

Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, has spoken about overtaking Brazil legend Pele, to become the player to score the most goals for a single club. Messi netted the record-breaking 644th goal in the second half of their 3-0 win at Valladolid.

Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored more goals than Brazil's Pele

The 35-year-old opened the scoring in the first half with a superb strike pass a helpless Juan Musso. He came back in the second half to score his second as the Old Lady extended their lead to 3-0 at the Allianz Stadium.

World's highest goal scorer: Pele reacts as Cristiano Ronaldo breaks record

Brazil legend, Pele, has congratulated Juventus forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, for breaking his record of goals in official matches.

UCL: You're enlightened, brings us joy - Pele sends message to Rodrygo

The match ended 3-1 in favour of Real Madrid, as they qualified for the Champions League final on a 6-5 aggregate win over City. In a post via his Instagram page, Pele, a Brazil legend, congratulated Rodrygo for his achievement.

Valladolid vs Barcelona: Messi breaks Pele's scoring record

Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, has overtaken Brazil legend Pele, to become the player to score the most goals for a single club. The record-breaking 644th goal came in the second half of Barca's 3-0 win at Valladolid.

Messi breaks Pele's goals record

Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, has broken the South American men's record of goals held by Brazil legend, Pele. Messi netted a hat-trick as they beat Bolivia 3-0 in a World Cup qualifying fixture in Buenos Aires.

Ronaldo beats Messi to astonishing record, becomes 5th highest goalscorer in football history (see full list)

At 34, Ronaldo with a goal per game ratio of 0.72 has now scored staggering 736 goals in 1028 games at the top level. Hungarian icon Ferenc Puskas has 747 goals behind Selecao legend Pele who has 767.

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes football's joint highest-ever goalscorer

Although Pele's Instagram bio proclaims him as 'Leading Goal Scorer of All Time (1,283)', there is still debate over whether all of the Brazil legend's strikes were in official matches.

Serie A: Ronaldo honoured with ‘GOAT 770’ shirt after breaking Pelé’s goal record

Ronaldo’s hat-trick in last weekend’s 3-1 win at Cagliari took him clear of football great, Pele’s disputed record of 767 career goals.

50 greatest footballers of all time ranked, Messi 3rd, Ronaldo 6th (Full list)

Franz Beckenbauer 3. Lionel Messi 2. Pele 1. Diego Maradona

Outrage as Ronaldo misses out, Messi ranked 7th in 10 most famous athletes of all time (FULL LIST)

Maradona - (Argentina & Football legend) 2. Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls and Basketball legend) 3. Pele (Footballing legend) 4. Babe Ruth (Baseball Icon) 5. Larry Bird (Boston Celtics and Basketball legend) 6.

Brazil's Football Legend, Mario Zagallo Is Dead (Photos)

His tilt at a fifth success fell agonizingly short in 1998, when Ronaldo, the pre-eminent player of his generation, suffered a mysterious fit before the final and Brazil slumped to a 3-0 defeat to hosts France.

Top ten highest goalscorers of all time as Cristiano Ronaldo breaks record

Pele 757 goals in 831 games - 1957-1977 4. Lionel Messi 759 goals in 961 games - 2003-present. 3. Romario 772 goals 994 games - 1985-2007 2. Josef Bican 805+ goals in 530+ games - 1931-1956 1.

20 richest footballers in the world in 2022 revealed (Full list)

Pele (retired): $100m 8. Francesco Totti (retired): $101.6m 7. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid): $125m 6. Wayne Rooney (retired): $145m 5. Alexandre Pato (Orlando City): $145m 4. Dave Whelan (retired): $220m 3.

Majek Fashek mourns Ras Kimono, speaks on their last discussion

Ras Kimono recently celebrated his 60th birthday about a few weeks ago and now he is dead. 3. He had about 3 wives, we do not know if he had them all at the same time, or divorced one and married another. 4.

New mum who laboured for 34 hours, shares touching photos after giving birth

She posted her hospital photos and wrote: "After being induced, going through 34 hrs of labor, at risk for a c section, slowly watching my whole birth plan go into shambles, and a failed epidural my little bundle of joy decided to bless us with

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes player with the most goals in 2020 (see top 10)

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid goal poacher will no doubt have Pele's total of 767 official goals in his sights after his superb start to 2020.