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Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pele are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been since the end of November.<\/p>

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Doctors said earlier this week that Pele\u2019s cancer had advanced, adding the three-time World Cup winner is under \u201celevated care\u201d related to \u201ckidney and cardiac dysfunctions.\u201d No other hospital statements have been published since.<\/p>\n

Edson Cholbi Nascimento, one of Pele\u2019s sons and known as Edinho, arrived on Saturday after he gave a news conference to deny he would visit his father in hospital. Edinho, who works for a soccer club in
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\u201cHe (Edson) is here,\u201d Kely Nascimento, one of Pele\u2019s daughters, said in a posting on Instagram with a picture showing her sitting next to Edinho and two of his children at the hospital. \u201cI am not leaving, no one will take me out of here.\u201d<\/p>

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Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who is globally known as Pele, had a colon tumor removed in September 2021. Neither his family nor the hospital have said whether it had spread to other organs.<\/p>\n

Kely Nascimento and her sister Flavia Arantes do Nascimento used their social media channels Friday night to post an undated picture of Pele apparently holding Kely with one hand as he lay on his hospital bed and Flavia slept on a couch.<\/p>

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\u201cWe continue to be here, in this fight and with faith. Another night together,\u201d Kely Nascimento wrote.<\/p>\n

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The hospital has not mentioned any signs of Pele\u2019s recent respiratory infection, which was aggravated by COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported last weekend that Pele\u2019s chemotherapy was not working and that doctors had decided to put him on palliative care. Pele\u2019s family denied that report.<\/p>\n

Pele led Brazil to victory in the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cups and remains one of the team\u2019s all-time leading scorers with 77 goals. Neymar tied Pele\u2019s record during the latest World Cup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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