Global icon Pele has been moved into "palliative end-of-life care" and is no longer receiving chemotherapy as he struggles to fight his bowel cancer.Reports from his native Brazil state that the three-time World Cup winner is now receiving measures to ease his pain which is reportedly no longer curable.
Pele was admitted to the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo last week due to concerns he was suffering from general swelling and heart failure.
However, on Thursday, the former Santos and New York Cosmos star's daughter Kely claimed that her father was in a 'stable condition', and put down any rumours that he was in a much more precarious state.
But Brazilian outlet Folha de Sao Paulo claimed in their report yesterday that the 82-year old is now receiving "end-of-live care" to ease his passing.On Friday, the Albert Einstein Hospital released their own statement saying Pele had been diagnosed with a 'respiratory infection' which they were treating with antibiotics.
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